Luke Harding
@lukeharding1968
Journalist @Guardian, #1 New York Times best-selling author. New book: Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival. Agent: @SLANYC
Russia has been pummelling Ukraine's towns and cities since the start of its full-scale invasion. In recent months the attacks have got dramatically worse. "It's blitz, blitz, blitz," Dartsia Liuba told me, of life under fire in Kyiv. My Guardian dispatch theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
Trump: Russia should be in the G8. I don’t want to impose sanctions. Putin: Yay. Let’s lob missiles into Kyiv residential buildings at night and murder lots of sleeping Ukrainians.
It was another terrible night in Kyiv. My latest report with photos by @AlessioMamo theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
One of the most moving trips I've made in this war: spending 24 hours inside southern Pokrovsk, with both soldiers and civilians fighting for survival, in their own ways. I captured what it's like inside in the near-surrounded city for @KyivIndependent: kyivindependent.com/24-hours-insid…
I interviewed the deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence agency. The US has not told Kyiv what weapons will be sent as part of Trump's package worth "billions of dollars" & there is confusion as to how many Patriot batteries will arrive. Not "17".. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
Zelenskyy is moving #Ukraine's ambassador from the US to strengthen ties with Republicans. Meanwhile, the UK's national security adviser Jonathan Powell has played a key behind the scenes role in improving Kyiv's relations with #Trump, I'm told. My report theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
Here's my report from Kyiv after last night's Russian attack. As one Ukrainian adviser put it Putin is "publicly humiliating" Donald Trump after their phone call yesterday. The US strategy of appeasing Russia doesn't work- & civilians are paying the price theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
Kyiv metro now. Photo by @dobronosov_yan #Ukraine
Massive Russian drone attack in Kyiv right now. You can hear the moped-like whine of drones above the centre of the city - one, two, then many more - followed by booms and machine gun fire from Ukrainian air defences trying to shoot then down. This is Putin’s war - and Trump’s ..
So Zelensky did everything Trump asked him to do, signed away mineral rights, agreed to an unconditional ceasefire, and the U.S. still cut off previously funded weapons supplies, leaving Ukrainian cities defenseless against Russian missile strikes. A lesson to all here.
BREAKING: White House confirms it has halted weapons that Ukraine was scheduled to receive, including PAC3 Patriots, 155mm artillery rounds, GMLRS, Stinger, AIM-7, and Hellfire missiles. @AnnaKelly47 tells me: “This decision was made to put America’s interests first following a…
Again we must ask, though we may never know why Trump does everything he can to help Putin and Russia, if he were a Russian agent, what would he do differently?
Trump administration just lifted sanctions on several Russian banks close to Putin.
Amelina's book is wonderful, do yourself a favor and read it if you haven't yet—not just as a way to honor her memory, although that too, but as a vivid picture of people trying to bring about justice in horrible times and keep the darkness at bay. We lost a brilliant writer💔
Victoria Amelina, killed by a Russian bomb in Ukraine on 1 July 2023, has posthumously won the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing for Looking at Women, Looking at War. "An unforgettable picture of the human consequences of war." Kim Darroch, Chair of Judges @WmCollinsBooks
I'm interviewing Charles Beaumont on Monday (June 16), 7pm at the Frontline Club in London. Please join us for a conversation about his new thriller A Spy at War, set in Ukraine, & how Charlies went from MI6 field operative to a successful writer of thrillers
The best spy novel I’ve read for years by Charles Beaumont. It’s an astonishing debut, written by a former MI6 field operative, and a brilliant portrait of how Britain allowed Russia to game our recent politics, including with Brexit
I'm speaking about Ukraine and my book 'Invasion' in Belfast tomorrow, Friday 6pm, at Crescent Arts, with @DonnaTraynorTV thanks @BelfastBookFest
Looking forward to speaking to @lukeharding1968 about his latest book at the #belfastbookfestival tomorrow. ‘Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival’ is a great read. Tickets via the Crescent Arts Centre. @FaberBooks
🔥Even more amazing footages of the FPV drone attack on the Russian air base in Olenegorsk, Murmansk region, 1750km from the Ukrainian border just dropped.
‼️BREAKING: Right now the SBU is striking the Russian military airfield Belaya in the Irkutsk region by controlling drones in real time, receiving a video signal from the drones! (Video is from the Irkutsk region) Belaya Air Base, located approximately 85 km northwest of…
This will be in textbooks. Ukraine secretly delivered FPV drones and wooden mobile cabins into Russia. The drones were hidden under the roofs of the cabins, which were later mounted on trucks. At the signal, the roofs opened remotely. Dozens of drones launched directly from the…