The Russians were responsible for this horror in Syria. The Syrians had absolutely no way of protecting themselves from Russian missiles and bombs. If the Russians could, they would do exactly the same to us.

I also found myself thinking about my trip to Syria. As I stood amongst the ruins of what used to be a city, there wasn’t a single intact residential building as far as the eye could see.

I arrived in Kyiv late at night and a rocket attack began almost immediately. It was incredibly loud; the house was shaking and the doors were banging. After such a long journey, I had hardly any strength left. I’m so tired of these sleepless nights.

Yesterday I was in Düsseldorf at the wonderful Asphalt Festival 2026. The event took place at an art museum right on the riverbank.

Today, July 17th, on the Day of International Criminal Justice, it has been exactly 12 years since the Malaysian Boeing MH17 was shot down by the Russians military personnel in Donbas. 298 people, including 80 children, lost their lives that day.

At a meeting of Nobel laureates at the Vatican, we discussed the threats posed by the rapid development of AI.

In my opinion, no peace agreement that fails to resolve this issue and leaves people in Russian prisons can be called peace.

Yesterday I spoke in Brussels before the Ministers of Foreign Affairs. For the first time in all these years, the EU Council discussed the issue of illegally imprisoned civilians at the highest level. As a result, a joint EU-Ukraine statement was adopted.

Because occupation is the same war, just in a different form. Because peace is the freedom to live without fear of violence and to have long-term prospects for the future.

One of the questions from the audience struck me as particularly important. We were discussing the fact that peace is not equal occupation.

In this photo, I am with Francesco Chiamuleri, the founder of Una Montagna di Libri, an international literary festival that has been held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, for 34 years. It is a stunningly beautiful place. This year, I had the honour of opening the festival with a speech on just peace.

Putin is waging war against mothers and their children. The Russian army cannot win on the battlefield. The Russians are not strong, they are cruel. That is why they launch daily attacks on the civilian population, trying to break Ukrainians' resistance.

From the pages of The Economist, Putin addresses the leaders of democratic countries with a simple message:  It is wrong to put pressure on Russia, so you must change your approach and, as before, silently acquiesce to all the crimes of the Kremlin.

Yesterday, at a meeting of the Global Foresight Council in Paris, we discussed security. War has changed dramatically over the past five years. At the start of the full-scale invasion, I refused to evacuate and remained in Kyiv, which the Russians were trying to encircle.

We do not choose the time we are born, nor the country we are born in. But we always have a choice - to be honest people, or not. I am again at the Moldova airport. France is ahead.

… to see who will merely pay lip service to our resilience, and who will actually do something. Video Kristina Berdynskykh

The Ukrainian authorities have appealed for missiles to be urgently supplied from the stockpiles of various countries to defend against Russian attacks. Those of us who survived this night in Kyiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa and Kherson – we are all watching closely

… hand them over to Ukraine for free. Or other news of this sort no longer stirs our emotions. They simply become yet another feature of these despicable times.

Against this backdrop, the fact that in the US the military are rolling out the red carpet for Putin – who has an arrest warrant issued by the Hague and is the world’s biggest child abductor – Or the fact that Poland has decided to scrap Soviet aircraft for scrap metal rather than

The Russians have once again killed families with children who were sleeping in their beds this night. They were killed because we do not have the missiles to protect the skies over Ukrainian cities.

The war has taught me a simple truth. Thousands of things that people consider important in their lives are, in fact, of no value whatsoever. And there are literally just a few things worth living and fighting for.

There’s no need to tell us how resilient we are. This is a resilience born of necessity. I can barely walk myself from exhaustion and lack of sleep. If you can, please do something to support the people in Ukraine who are fighting for freedom and have no intention of giving up.

I slept for two hours and went to work. On a day like this, when everyone is tired and sleep-deprived, I feel like hugging every single person on the street. The Russian Empire will fall, but we will stand firm.

Our friends no longer have a flat; everything was burnt down. They survived because they went into the underground. Lots of people were taking shelter there, as you can see in the photo.

I drove into Kyiv whilst Russian missiles were being fired. The birds were singing, explosions were rumbling – it all seemed surreal. Sadly, there were many casualties.

The church in Russia has been taken over by the security services. That is why Russian priests support the war and bless the missiles and drones that strike Christian churches. The Russians fear the power of faith in God because they cannot control it.

What is important to understand about Russia’s night-time attack on a world-renowned Christian landmark in Kyiv. They deliberately struck the Lavra—built during the era of Kyivan Rus’, when Moscow itself did not yet exist—with a Russian drone.

This isn’t about boxing. It’s about all of us. Ukrainians, I’m sending you a hug 💙💛 Because we love, we can do it.

Remember that the crowd in the stands cheers for a long fight, but it’s better for you if it’s shorter. Remember that it will end sooner or later, and you have to hold on for one more minute.

Today my friend wrote: Stay on your feet as long as you can. If you get hit, recover quickly. Move fast - faster than your opponent. Know that weight isn’t everything. Protect your vulnerabilities, strike at his vulnerabilities, and know where they are.