Christopher Miller
@christopherjm.ft.com
Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 16 years living and reporting in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X
Trump got ahead of himself. Kyiv was surprised, to say the least, by the US president's claim.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2d agoDonald Trump said Ukraine and Russia had agreed to halt strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure, appearing to announce a deal that caught Ukrainian officials off guard in the absence of credible Russian guarantees. ft.trib.al/QtGzNlk
Donald Trump said Ukraine and Russia had agreed to halt strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure, appearing to announce a deal that caught Ukrainian officials off guard in the absence of credible Russian guarantees. ft.trib.al/QtGzNlk
FT Exclusive: France is lobbying EU countries to lift sanctions on Alisher Usmanov as part of a deal to release several French citizens held in Azerbaijan. ft.trib.al/6U4xsdu
'The Sonderstab Ukraine is the engine behind Germany’s €11.5bn-a-year military support for Kyiv. Unlike the sprawling bureaucracy behind procurement for Germany's armed forces, the unit prides itself on striking deals to buy weapons for Ukraine in as little as two weeks.' www.ft.com/content/aa94...
The secretive German ‘guerrilla unit’ buying up arms for Ukraine
Small defence ministry team in Berlin strikes weapons deals in as little as two weeks
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Scoop: France is lobbying EU countries to lift sanctions on Uzbek-Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov as part of a prisoner release with Azerbaijan, according to people familiar with the matter. w/ FT's @maxseddon.bsky.social @henryjfoy.ft.com @paolatamma.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b016...
France in ‘astonishing’ push to lift EU sanctions on Russian oligarch
Paris replicates Viktor Orbán’s tactics in bid to free French nationals from Azerbaijan
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Our latest scoop below. The move comes as the White House is considering paring back the involvement of US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who have been leading the talks with Moscow and Kyiv, according to five people familiar with the plans.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · last wk.FT Exclusive: CIA director John Ratcliffe will play a larger role in shuttle diplomacy between Moscow and Kyiv while maintaining contact with intelligence officers. ft.trib.al/pYYwLWn
FT Exclusive: CIA director John Ratcliffe will play a larger role in shuttle diplomacy between Moscow and Kyiv while maintaining contact with intelligence officers. ft.trib.al/pYYwLWn
Who is voting for the far-right Alternative for Germany? ft.trib.al/ju96yU5
Who is voting for the far-right Alternative for Germany?
AfD’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt reflects national trends — ‘but on steroids’
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The new acting Army chief of staff reassigned three heavy divisions from focusing on the Russian threat in Europe to the new Western Hemisphere Command. Are these armored units supposed to invade Mexico? Greenland? Canada? It makes no sense and sends a dangerous signal to Putin. wapo.st/4gFl3Ey
Opinion | Hegseth’s purges are endangering national security
The Iran quagmire wouldn’t have happened under Trump’s first-term military leaders.
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One of the most horrific stories I’ve ever reported was published this weekend. Please, everyone privileged in this world, read it and really think about what it means not to have freedom of travel. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survived
A harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’
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I flew to Washington to meet Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s former defense minister, who is in an international tour after being sacked by President Zelenskyy in July. Interview below.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2w agoBreaking news: Ukraine’s former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov is seeking US investment for a defence technology fund he hopes will write a 'new history' of the war against Russia ft.trib.al/fKx0ZVr
Breaking news: Ukraine’s former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov is seeking US investment for a defence technology fund he hopes will write a 'new history' of the war against Russia ft.trib.al/fKx0ZVr
FT scoop: Trump admin last week requested Kyiv not strike Moscow, St Petersburg and nothern regions of Russia with its long range weapons on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday when the US would send a plane carrying a top official to the Russian capital, according to people familiar with the request.
Zelenskyy spoke to President Macron “about all the most important issues”, in particular air defence. He said Macron would “communicate with our other partners who have the necessary missiles for Patriots” and that they “agreed to accelerate the delivery of the latest French equipment and missiles”.
Russian ‘double-tap’ attack on Ukrainian shopping mall kills at least 16
Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on allies to pile ‘real pressure’ on Moscow to end the war
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Fedorov seems to have miscalculated both the level of personal support he had and the likelihood that his provocation about elections would strike a chord with society.
A Russian "double-tap" drone attack on a busy Ukrainian shopping mall on Friday evening killed at least 16 people and injured more than 130 others, including 23 children. Nine people in the mall during the attack were still unaccounted for on Saturday morning, including two children.
Russian ‘double-tap’ attack on Ukrainian shopping mall kills at least 16
Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on allies to pile ‘real pressure’ on Moscow to end the war
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Ukraine is requesting approval from Elon Musk to use Starlink-equipped drones against ballistic missile launchers up to 200km inside Russia as it struggles to counter intensifying missile and drone strikes. ft.trib.al/KfOL5xw
Ukraine seeks Musk’s help to hit Russian missile launchers as.ft.com/r/19432ded-6... @christopherjm.ft.com
Another horrific night for Kyiv with waves of Russian missiles and jet-powered drones striking in the early hours of Thursday, killing at least 13 people in an attack that came as Ukraine struggles with a severe shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles. www.ft.com/content/7364...
Russian missile attack kills at least 13 in Kyiv
Strikes come as Ukraine struggles with a shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired one of his top aides on Wednesday after her house was raided by anti-corruption authorities, as the Ukrainian president comes under attack over a litany of graft allegations against top allies. www.ft.com/content/5799...
Zelenskyy fires top aide as corruption allegations pile up
Raid on Ukrainian official’s home came after ousted defence minister launches a blistering attack on wartime president
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Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has launched a sweeping political broadside against Volodymyr Zelenskyy, warning the president that rampant corruption is undermining the country’s ability to fight Russia and calling for extraordinary wartime elections. www.ft.com/content/7bf7...
Ukraine’s ousted defence minister calls for wartime election
Mykhailo Fedorov launches major challenge to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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“The shortage has become so acute that Ukraine’s air force has stopped routinely disclosing the number of missiles Russia fires, in order to avoid revealing how many it fails to intercept, Ukrainian officials told the FT.” as.ft.com/r/7e716d7c-d... @christopherjm.ft.com
Ukraine left exposed as Patriot launchers run empty
Kyiv’s military momentum at risk as dwindling interceptor stocks leave it vulnerable to Russia’s winter campaign
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Sun, sea and bombs in Odesa—“Ukraine is one of the largest grain producers. So cutting us out of the world market will impact and… www.ft.com/content/d046... @christopherjm.ft.com @financialtimes.com
Sun, sea and bombs in Odesa
In the port city known for its beaches and nightlife, Russian attacks are choking off an export lifeline
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This week on World Review: Iran. Ukraine. Cuba. And the question in each case is the same: Success? Failure? Or Stalemate? newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/world-revi...
World Review: Iran, Ukraine, and Cuba. Failure? Success? Or Stalemate?
A synopsis of this week's edition of World Review
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Kyiv’s air-defence crews were left helpless during recent waves of Russian ballistic missile attacks for one simple reason: their Patriot interceptor launchers were empty. www.ft.com/content/6448...
Ukraine left exposed as Patriot launchers run empty
Kyiv’s military momentum at risk as dwindling interceptor stocks leave it vulnerable to Russia’s winter campaign
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In Odesa, the war can disappear for hours, dissolving into the music, sea air and champagne fizz of a summer eve. And it can come roaring back with a massive Russian attack like the one I witnessed on Saturday. My @financialtimes.com dispatch from the Black Sea port city: www.ft.com/content/d046...
Sun, sea and bombs in Odesa
In the port city known for its beaches and nightlife, Russian attacks are choking off an export lifeline
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Ukraine halted an intense campaign of drone strikes on oil tankers using a critical Black Sea port after a request from JD Vance amid concern about further destabilizing energy markets, Ukrainian officials tell @christopherjm.ft.com @malcolmmoore.bsky.social Amy Mackinnon www.ft.com/content/725b...
JD Vance asked Ukraine to halt strikes on tankers using Russian port
Washington alarmed by Kyiv’s drone attacks on vessels collecting Kazakh oil from Novorossiysk
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The Caruzo, a 28-year-old tanker sanctioned by EU and UK governments, sailed out of the Black Sea through the Bosphorus on Tuesday with anti-drone nets and stackable water tanks hung off its sides, according to footage filmed by shipping analyst @yoruk.bsky.social. w/ @alicemhancock.bsky.social
Russian ghost fleet tankers use ‘Mad Max’ nets to fend off Ukraine’s drones
Defences on vessels under sanctions aim to protect against Ukraine’s vast maritime drone campaign
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