Opinion

Absolute power makes you think you can do what you like, where you like, how you like. It is a power no truly democratic leader will ever enjoy

Chelsea’s future is uncertain and manager Thomas Tuchel finds himself asked questions about war and morality instead of tactics and injuries

Johnson won't get his Churchillian moment from this crisis, nor will he get the chance to return to his mister good times act afterwards

Boris Johnson’s claims of generous support to Ukrainian refugees are easily refuted by the figures: 50 visas granted vs nearly 1 million people taken in by Poland

We are all Ukrainians... for now. But as fuel costs rise and a drawn-out war looms, how long will the West’s resolve last?

The war in Ukraine has pushed #Partygate off the front pages but Boris Johnson’s attempts to reinvent himself as a trustworthy statesman are still overshadowed by past misdemeanours, with the police yet to report on whether he broke lockdown rules

A recent biography demonstrates how the former Ukip leader doesn't believe anything beyond the fact that Nigel Farage should get a lot of attention

The editor-in-chief of Ukrainian news platform 24tv.ua left Kyiv two days before Russia invaded on a scheduled holiday. On February 24, she was woken at 6am by calls from her friends telling her war had started. She is now safe in Lithuania but in regular contact with friends and colleagues in Ukraine’s capital

As Putin’s invasion of Ukraine reached its first week, it was announced that Gavin Williamson has received a knighthood. The government have shown Britain to be a country where you can be a jack of all trades, master of failing up

The tear-filled voice of a Ukrainian interpreter translating Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech has shone a spotlight on the skilled linguists who bring the words of world leaders to us in real-time

The crisis offers an opportunity for the UK and EU countries to realise that all people fleeing war and oppression are “like us”. It’s one that is unlikely to be seized

Even a cursory reading of the Russians would have explained to many in the West why Putin was going to invade Ukraine, says WILL SELF

While some in sport suck up to Vladimir Putin, others are reacting correctly to the threat of the obliteration of life on our continent

The Kremlin strongman is now an isolated, out-of-touch world pariah and increasingly unpopular at home. Could he be toppled?

Two 1990s films made by a future Putin ally explain the national obsession with humiliation that led to Ukraine

If we don't stop with sanctions and retool our economy, we will be even more complicit in the next atrocity we enable

While Putin's invasion challenges not only Ukraine's democracy but our own democratic system, we have found ourselves in a war between truth and lies

A train lover’s billet-doux to the Paris underground

Polish ophthalmologist LL Zamenhof's dream of a universal language that would foster international harmony never really caught on. Nonetheless, we have to keep communicating with each other

Remainers are in despair at Labour’s determination to seek the “advantages” of Brexit rather than call for Rejoin. But what if their leader is right?

There is something troubling about many men at the moment, and it's about time someone said it

Our columnist explains how the country has finally woken up after years of hesitation

The British response to the invasion of Ukraine illustrates why the sickness in the Conservative party goes beyond Boris Johnson, writes one reader

Like the rest of the UK, Wales has been repeatedly lied to over the benefits that will come from Brexit. The time for clarity, and answers, was yesterday

The meeting revealed a man more confident than autocratic, not the brittle and paranoid aggressor the world sees today

Could Ukraine become a historical hinge point for idealistic initiative when confronted by the forces of tyranny, just like the Spanish civil war in the 1930s?

Comedian MITCH BENN on the government's flag-waving and photo op filled response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Putin must be seen by the world to lose. But, how this will happen and how long it will take remain difficult questions

Anger grows as the UK government appears to drag its feet over waiving visa requirements for Ukrainians fleeing bullets and missiles

A former military intelligence officer argues that Putin’s ambitions will not end here - and that we must recalibrate how we respond to agents of chaos