Christopher Miller
@christopherjm.ft.com
Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 15+ years 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
Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X
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Christopher Miller
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· Feb 20
'Film me!’: Russia's executions of Ukrainian POWs points to a policy | FT Film
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🚨NEW @financialtimes.com investigation reveals evidence that Russian executions of Ukrainian POWs are likely part of a systematic policy. And we uncover the identity of a Russian soldier likely involved in filming and carrying out the mass execution of 6 POWs.
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Zelenskyy said he'll meet Trump in Florida this weekend to discuss most politically sensitive parts of US peace proposal that would ultimately be presented to Russia. He told reporters on WhatsApp, “meeting is specifically meant to finalise as much as we can”. More TK here
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy preparing to meet Donald Trump within days at Mar-a-Lago
Talks expected to address the most sensitive parts of US peace plan
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December 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Zelenskyy said he'll meet Trump in Florida this weekend to discuss most politically sensitive parts of US peace proposal that would ultimately be presented to Russia. He told reporters on WhatsApp, “meeting is specifically meant to finalise as much as we can”. More TK here
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“If Ukraine does not have these funds, it is in a much weaker position. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s temptation to try to seize us grows, because we find ourselves in a situation where we lack money for basic needs and for weapons,” Zelenskyy said.
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EU leaders vow to agree funding for Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins summit in Brussels pressuring Belgium to drop its opposition to using Russia’s frozen assets
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December 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
“If Ukraine does not have these funds, it is in a much weaker position. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s temptation to try to seize us grows, because we find ourselves in a situation where we lack money for basic needs and for weapons,” Zelenskyy said.
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US defence act passes in rebuke to Trump administration’s stance on Europe ft.trib.al/wpMUaQN
US defence act passes in rebuke to Trump administration’s stance on Europe
Legislation commits to minimum troop numbers on the continent and continued assistance to Ukraine
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December 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
US defence act passes in rebuke to Trump administration’s stance on Europe ft.trib.al/wpMUaQN
Putin said Russia will not back down from its mission to “liberate its historic lands” and predicted the European “swine” backing Kyiv would ultimately lose power, in a speech that showed no readiness to compromise on the goals for his invasion of Ukraine.
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Vladimir Putin predicts European ‘swine’ backing Ukraine will lose power
Russian president vows to liberate ‘historic lands’ in hardline speech, showing no signs of compromise on invasion goals
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December 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Putin said Russia will not back down from its mission to “liberate its historic lands” and predicted the European “swine” backing Kyiv would ultimately lose power, in a speech that showed no readiness to compromise on the goals for his invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia has promised “the harshest” response if its sovereign assets are used to fund Ukraine, in a threat that has alarmed countries including Belgium, Italy and Austria.
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Putin’s retaliation threat over frozen assets rattles EU capitals
Italy, Belgium and Austria worry about Russia moving against their companies
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December 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Russia has promised “the harshest” response if its sovereign assets are used to fund Ukraine, in a threat that has alarmed countries including Belgium, Italy and Austria.
Ukraine claims strike on Russian submarine with underwater drones www.ft.com/content/4a8b... via @financialtimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Ukraine claims strike on Russian submarine with underwater drones www.ft.com/content/4a8b... via @financialtimes.com
A senior Ukrainian official said the talks in Berlin are done for the night after more than five hours. The sides will pick up tomorrow where they left off. Zelenskyy will comment on the talks tomorrow, once they finish going through the key points of the peace proposal they're working on.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is ready to give up on demands for Nato membership in exchange for security guarantees from the US and Europe, in a move aimed at advancing peace talks in Berlin on Sunday. on.ft.com/4iSMzii
December 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A senior Ukrainian official said the talks in Berlin are done for the night after more than five hours. The sides will pick up tomorrow where they left off. Zelenskyy will comment on the talks tomorrow, once they finish going through the key points of the peace proposal they're working on.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is ready to give up on demands for Nato membership in exchange for security guarantees from the US and Europe, in a move aimed at advancing peace talks in Berlin on Sunday. on.ft.com/4iSMzii
December 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is ready to give up on demands for Nato membership in exchange for security guarantees from the US and Europe, in a move aimed at advancing peace talks in Berlin on Sunday. on.ft.com/4iSMzii
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The EU froze €210bn of Russian sovereign assets held in the bloc on Friday. The freezing paves the way for a loan to be raised against the assets to prop up Ukraine's defence. on.ft.com/48PfDCV
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The EU froze €210bn of Russian sovereign assets held in the bloc on Friday. The freezing paves the way for a loan to be raised against the assets to prop up Ukraine's defence. on.ft.com/48PfDCV
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It also indicates that the Trump administration seems ignorant of how interaction of Ukrainian accession with various East and South European security concerns would inevitably lead to a reframing of the EU's Article 42/7 mutual defence clause
New: Ukraine would be earmarked to join the EU by 2027 under a fast-tracked proposal being discussed in US-brokered negotiations to end Russia’s war, in a move that would rewrite the bloc’s accession procedures.
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Ukraine would join EU by 2027 under draft peace plan
Fast-track entry to bloc being discussed by US and Ukrainian officials backed by Brussels in drive to end Russia’s war
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December 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It also indicates that the Trump administration seems ignorant of how interaction of Ukrainian accession with various East and South European security concerns would inevitably lead to a reframing of the EU's Article 42/7 mutual defence clause
New: Ukraine would be earmarked to join the EU by 2027 under a fast-tracked proposal being discussed in US-brokered negotiations to end Russia’s war, in a move that would rewrite the bloc’s accession procedures.
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Ukraine would join EU by 2027 under draft peace plan
Fast-track entry to bloc being discussed by US and Ukrainian officials backed by Brussels in drive to end Russia’s war
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December 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New: Ukraine would be earmarked to join the EU by 2027 under a fast-tracked proposal being discussed in US-brokered negotiations to end Russia’s war, in a move that would rewrite the bloc’s accession procedures.
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Honored to win a British Journalism Award with @joesinft.ft.com for our investigative doc on Russia’s executions of Ukrainian POWs. Thanks to @pressgazette.co.uk for bringing light to this important issue. Russian forces are still executing Ukrainian troops — because as we showed, it’s state policy.
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Honored to win a British Journalism Award with @joesinft.ft.com for our investigative doc on Russia’s executions of Ukrainian POWs. Thanks to @pressgazette.co.uk for bringing light to this important issue. Russian forces are still executing Ukrainian troops — because as we showed, it’s state policy.
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The winners of the Online Video Journalism category are @joesinft.ft.com and @christopherjm.ft.com @financialtimes.com for ‘Film me!’: Russia’s executions of Ukrainian POWs point to a policy #BJA2025
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The winners of the Online Video Journalism category are @joesinft.ft.com and @christopherjm.ft.com @financialtimes.com for ‘Film me!’: Russia’s executions of Ukrainian POWs point to a policy #BJA2025
If you want to learn more about the Donbas – before and after Russia's invasion, about its people, culture, towns, mines and even sparkling wine – check out my book, The War Came To Us. It moves from Bakhmut, where I lived in 2010, through the end of the first year of the full-scale war 2022.
December 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If you want to learn more about the Donbas – before and after Russia's invasion, about its people, culture, towns, mines and even sparkling wine – check out my book, The War Came To Us. It moves from Bakhmut, where I lived in 2010, through the end of the first year of the full-scale war 2022.
Germany's Friedrich Merz has urged Donald Trump not to pursue a Ukraine peace deal “above Europe’s head”, as he offered to host talks with Washington on potential territorial concessions to Russia to secure a ceasefire. w/ @chassnews.bsky.social @maxseddon.bsky.social
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Friedrich Merz offers to host Ukraine talks so deal not done ‘above Europe’s head’
[FREE TO READ] Leaders of Germany, France and UK hold ‘detailed’ call with Donald Trump about latest draft of peace plan
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December 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Germany's Friedrich Merz has urged Donald Trump not to pursue a Ukraine peace deal “above Europe’s head”, as he offered to host talks with Washington on potential territorial concessions to Russia to secure a ceasefire. w/ @chassnews.bsky.social @maxseddon.bsky.social
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Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ that Donald Trump wants to trade for peace
Known as the Donbas, the region has become the fulcrum of fraught US-led diplomacy to end Russia’s full-scale invasion.
A bit of history, the recent past & present in my
@financialtimes.com piece today
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Known as the Donbas, the region has become the fulcrum of fraught US-led diplomacy to end Russia’s full-scale invasion.
A bit of history, the recent past & present in my
@financialtimes.com piece today
www.ft.com/content/ec49...
Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ that Donald Trump wants to trade for peace
Known as the Donbas, the region has become the fulcrum of fraught US-led diplomacy to end Russia’s full-scale invasion
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December 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ that Donald Trump wants to trade for peace
Known as the Donbas, the region has become the fulcrum of fraught US-led diplomacy to end Russia’s full-scale invasion.
A bit of history, the recent past & present in my
@financialtimes.com piece today
www.ft.com/content/ec49...
Known as the Donbas, the region has become the fulcrum of fraught US-led diplomacy to end Russia’s full-scale invasion.
A bit of history, the recent past & present in my
@financialtimes.com piece today
www.ft.com/content/ec49...
Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Jared Kushner and BlackRock boss Larry Fink. “In fact, this could be considered the first meeting of the group that will work on a document concerning reconstruction and economic recovery of Ukraine.”
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Zelenskyy talks Ukraine postwar plan with Scott Bessent, Jared Kushner and Larry Fink
Discussions on reconstruction come as Donald Trump seeks end to Russian invasion
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December 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Jared Kushner and BlackRock boss Larry Fink. “In fact, this could be considered the first meeting of the group that will work on a document concerning reconstruction and economic recovery of Ukraine.”
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December 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A British soldier has died in Ukraine after a “tragic accident” while observing a test of new defensive equipment, the UK’s Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday, in the first death of a UK soldier in the war. www.ft.com/content/0ddd...
British soldier dies in Ukraine after ‘tragic accident’
Serviceman was killed away from enemy lines during test of ‘new defensive capability’
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December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A British soldier has died in Ukraine after a “tragic accident” while observing a test of new defensive equipment, the UK’s Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday, in the first death of a UK soldier in the war. www.ft.com/content/0ddd...
New: Zelenskyy told European leaders he feared the EU would drop a plan for a “reparations loan” to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian central bank assets, mainly over fears of upsetting Trump and losing support on Euro defence and security guarantees. w/ @henryjfoy.ft.com
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Trump gives Zelenskyy ‘days’ to respond to peace proposal
Ukrainian president pressed by US envoys for a swift response with an aim to agree ceasefire with Russia ‘by Christmas’
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December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New: Zelenskyy told European leaders he feared the EU would drop a plan for a “reparations loan” to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian central bank assets, mainly over fears of upsetting Trump and losing support on Euro defence and security guarantees. w/ @henryjfoy.ft.com
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Trump gives Zelenskyy ‘days’ to respond to peace proposal
Ukrainian president pressed by US envoys for a swift response with an aim to agree ceasefire with Russia ‘by Christmas’
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December 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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New: Under immense pressure, Zelensky told European counterparts he'd been pressed to take a swift decision on the US peace plan by Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Trump is hoping for a final deal agreed “by Christmas”.
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Trump gives Zelenskyy ‘days’ to respond to peace proposal
Ukrainian president pressed by US envoys for a swift response with an aim to agree ceasefire with Russia ‘by Christmas’
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December 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New: Under immense pressure, Zelensky told European counterparts he'd been pressed to take a swift decision on the US peace plan by Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Trump is hoping for a final deal agreed “by Christmas”.
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Just in: A new US national security strategy is calling for 'cultivating resistance' in Europe, warning that the continent is subverting democracy, blocking peace in Ukraine and facing 'civilisational erasure' from high migration and falling birth rates. on.ft.com/3Y7XP0G
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Just in: A new US national security strategy is calling for 'cultivating resistance' in Europe, warning that the continent is subverting democracy, blocking peace in Ukraine and facing 'civilisational erasure' from high migration and falling birth rates. on.ft.com/3Y7XP0G
Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will brief Kyiv officials in Miami on Thursday, after a US meeting with Vladimir Putin this week concluded with no agreement on ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Steve Witkoff to meet Ukrainian officials after fruitless talks with Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump’s special envoy to brief Kyiv’s chief negotiators on Kremlin meeting
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December 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will brief Kyiv officials in Miami on Thursday, after a US meeting with Vladimir Putin this week concluded with no agreement on ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Vladimir Putin today, ahead of his meeting with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to supposedly talk peace: “We have no intention of fighting Europe — I’ve said this a hundred times. But if Europe decides to start a war, we are ready right now.”
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Vladimir Putin accuses Europeans of sabotaging Ukraine peace push
[FREE TO READ] Russian president hosts Witkoff and Kushner for peace negotiations as military claims battlefield advances in Ukraine
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December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Vladimir Putin today, ahead of his meeting with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to supposedly talk peace: “We have no intention of fighting Europe — I’ve said this a hundred times. But if Europe decides to start a war, we are ready right now.”
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