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SAS: The Shadow War podcast – How to listen to the series as soldiers break their silence

Find out how to get exclusive early access to all eight episodes now

The Independent UK · Oct 5

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky celebrates major ‘hit’ against Moscow after anti-drone weapon test success

Moscow accused Denmark of ‘dangerous’ fly-bys near its warships

The Independent UK · Sep 15

It is still in Britain’s interest to maintain good relations with an unpredictable America

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: When Andy Burnham meets Donald Trump for the first time later this month, the temptation will be to adopt Mark Carney’s robustly oppositional approach – but the PM would do better to follow his own predecessor’s lead

The Independent UK · Sep 2

Ukraine peace talks have been little more than a mafia-style shakedown by the US and Russia

COMMENT: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been powered by lies and backed up by the US. World affairs editor Sam Kiley meets some of Putin’s Russian-speaking victims in Pavlohrad, eastern Ukraine, as Volodymyr Zelensky calls out Trump’s ‘unfair’ treatment of his country

The Independent UK · Feb 18

Growing up in a cold and dark Ukraine under constant Russian attack: ‘My 4-year-old can tell the bombs apart’

SPECIAL DISPATCH: As world leaders wring their hands over Ukraine, Sam Kiley in Kyiv meets a leading politician whose daughter Sophia was born just before the invasion and – alongside her parents and sister – is battling to survive as Putin’s latest strategy targets power supplies

The Independent UK · Feb 15

I spent six months with Nato troops in Afghanistan – Trump’s wrong, they were the front line

IN FOCUS: World affairs editor Sam Kiley was alongside 16 Air Assault Brigade in Helmand where British and US forces put their lives on the line to keep each other safe

The Independent UK · Jan 23

Voices: ‘No quick fix’: Readers split on whether Trump’s Greenland threat is a catalyst for rejoining the EU

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over analysis from world affairs editor Sam Kiley, which suggested Donald Trump’s tariff threat over Greenland should prompt the UK to rethink its relationship with the EU

The Independent UK · Jan 19

Inside the Venezuelan refugee shanty towns where post-Trump hope is dangerous

SPECIAL DISPATCH: World affairs editor Sam Kiley reports from the ‘Venezuela’ favela in Cucuta, on the Colombian border, where Venezuelans live as refugees and worry about life in their post-Maduro homeland

The Independent UK · Jan 8

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin dismisses new peace plan after Trump’s envoy calls talks constructive

Steve Witkoff has hailed latest talks in Florida as 'productive and constructive' without announcing any major breakthroughs

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2025

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin sinks Trump’s hope of peace deal by Thanksgiving

Moscow says European counterproposal ‘does not work for us’ in sign that both sides remain far apart

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025