Roland Oliphant

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In 1916 it was the tank. In 2025, it is lasers and stuff. How the war in Ukraine is sending us hurtling into the grim darkness for fully automated robot war.
Taking questions this afternoon: post in the comments and lets chat about techno distopia
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Russia dropped a bomb on a Ukrainian village yesterday that murdered at least 23 elderly people.

Russia hit a village in Donetsk Oblast with an aerial bomb as locals were receiving their pensions, killing 20 people and wounding 20 others.

Eye Investigations - Kharkiv War Diaries Video diaries from people who chose to stay in Ukraine’s frontline city. Filmed over a year, and shared with BBC Eye, the film captures human stories from the aftermath of Trump’s new style diplomacy.

Just finished this film about Kharkiv. Made me feel ashamed at how numbed I have come to the news from that wonderful city. Watch: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

In other words, the coalition of the willing is unwilling to help until Ukraine doesn't need its help. Surely at some point someone has to realise that this approach just incentivises Putin to keep the war going?

David Blair on why talk of leaving the Refugee Convention - "a painstaking and entirely reasonable attempt to strike a balance between humanitarian compassion and national sovereignty" - is half witted. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...

North Korea analysts are a very thoughtful bunch, which made reporting this a fascinating and enjoyable job. On the Kim dynasty's succession plans: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...

The clearing of the rubble in a Kyiv high-rise house bombed by russia — which claimed 25 lives — has just ended, and already a new swarm of russian drones fills our skies, with Tu jets preparing for takeoff and the launch of cruise missiles.

This is a never-ending 9/11.

In maps: Why the entire peace deal hangs on this small strip of Ukraine Vladimir Putin has made it clear he wants the entire Donetsk region as a price for peace. Here’s why Ukraine refuses to give it up

They asked me to write about Donbas so I wrote about the rivers. Again. In maps: Why the entire peace deal hangs on this small strip of Ukraine

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Major development in Ukraine, which for more than three years has seen all sides largely put politics aside to focus on the war against Russia…

YouTube video by The Telegraph Ukrainian hackers 'wipe databases' in major cyberattack | Ukraine: The Latest

Really privileged to have the great Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social on Ukraine the latest today, talking about Our Dear Friends in Moscow www.youtube.com/watch?v=brWk...

YouTube video by The Telegraph Unmasked: The Russian spies who targeted Europe on Putin’s orders | Ukraine: The Latest

Was in the chair for Ukraine: the Latest on Friday. Highly recommend Jade McGlynn’s insights on understanding Russia and the mad way so many people project their own obsessions on it youtu.be/E2FQ7h81ERc?...

YouTube video by The Telegraph 'If it flies it dies': Why America's ever-evolving Patriot missiles are so popular

On Patriot missiles and zooming around the sky in het fighters. Unfortunately missed the bit when he sang the praises of the Mosquito. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlfd...

Battle Lines: Trump wants a new armada. Can America still build one? Tom Sharpe on Warships, Warnings, and What’s Really Going On

Very pleased to see the word "battleships" is still annoying people. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...

YouTube video by The Telegraph Dalai Lama takes on China

Found this conversation utterly fascinating. The Dalai Lama, China, and the politics of reincarnation. It's another experiment with video. Hope everyone enjoys nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8egFEk2uVr4

I almost died in the London bombings. I looked down and saw that half my body was gone Twenty years on, a survivor and her rescuer share their memories of the devastating July 7 attacks

A 7/7 survivor and her rescuer speak to Tel photographer Heathcliffe O'Malley about 20 years of recovery... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...

YouTube video by The Telegraph Trump wants a new armada. Can America still build one?

Rare filmed edition of Battle Lines about Jack Aubrey and other things nautical and warry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSgY...

Battle Lines: Trump wants a new armada. Can America still build one? Tom Sharpe on Warships, Warnings, and What’s Really Going On

Donald Trump wants a bigger navy, so I used it as an excuse to ask former Royal Navy Commander and Tel columnist Tom Sharpe about Master and Commander. New Battle Lines: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...

Hearing lots of helicopters overhead this morning - a very unusual sound here in wartime Kyiv - following massive air raid by fascist Russia on the Ukrainian capital overnight. Likely it's these fire-fighting helicopters, helping to douse the numerous fires around the city caused by the attack.

Eerily quiet in Kyiv now after a thunderous storm of attack drones and ballistic missiles, lasting about 2 hours. Daughter sleeping peacefully in bathtub - if there were a direct hit on our house the metal tub might give her some protection and an increased chance of survival.

Per reporting by my colleague @olliecarroll.bsky.social, US has cancelled 8,000-ish 155mm shells for Ukraine. That is 20% of current MONTHLY production. How that would have materially affected US readiness is hard to see. That's before getting onto 25 Stingers & 92 AIM-7, which are being phased out

If you lived in Moscow in those years, this book will be painfully close to home. If not, it will explain a lot about what the hell happened. It's genuinely great and you should read it. amzn.eu/d/dOeuRxc

Answers to this question may arrive quicker if people in Brussels and national capitals install Ukraine’s air raid app on their phones and turn on notifications for Kyiv. Highly recommend it

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Ukraine is currently facing Blitz-size raids. Horrible.

This is the ‘beginning of the end’ for Iran’s supreme leader. But what comes next? As the war with Israel escalates, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s successor is already being discussed in some political circles

On Iran after the Ayatollahs www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...

Battle Lines: Iran’s nuclear bunkers and Israeli air power And how Iran’s missiles blast through Israel’s bomb shields

This is a follow up to Monday's episode in an Iranian strike on a civilian building in Israel, IRI's nuclear program, and whether it can be destroyed from the air www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...

I spoke to many more Iranians than appear in this episode - and am very grateful to all of them. What I can say is that every single one of them had barely slept for days, regardless of where they are and what their political views.