Liz Cookman

Europe Correspondent, The Observer. Ukraine and Turkey. My work also appears regularly in The Times, The Guardian and others Email: lizcookman@gmail.com

How Liz Cookman went from school dropout to award-winning war correspondent - Press Gazette
How Liz Cookman went from school dropout to award-winning war correspondent - Press Gazette
‘Everything is burned’ – but hope lives on in Ukraine’s most dangerous city after four years of war – The Observer
‘Everything is burned’ – but hope lives on in Ukraine’s most dangerous city after four years of war – The Observer
Kyiv under siege: ‘I try to sleep as much as possible, th...
Kyiv under siege: ‘I try to sleep as much as possible, th...
Tourists go nuts for Turkey’s dashing ‘man of the year’ - The Times
Tourists go nuts for Turkey’s dashing ‘man of the year’ - The Times
Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world – The Guardian
Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world – The Guardian
Love in a time of war: the new sex therapy for Ukraine’s injured soldiers – The Observer
Love in a time of war: the new sex therapy for Ukraine’s injured soldiers – The Observer
‘Children thrive down here’: the secret play centre hidden under Ukraine’s most dangerous city – The Guardian
‘Children thrive down here’: the secret play centre hidden under Ukraine’s most dangerous city – The Guardian
How Russia is fuelling a birth-rate crisis in Ukraine – video, The Guardian
How Russia is fuelling a birth-rate crisis in Ukraine – video, The Guardian
How Russia is grooming Ukraine’s children to fight for it: ‘I understood it wasn’t just play’ – The Guardian
How Russia is grooming Ukraine’s children to fight for it: ‘I understood it wasn’t just play’ – The Guardian
As Russian drones rain down on Ukraine, this unit has one... – The Observer
As Russian drones rain down on Ukraine, this unit has one... – The Observer
‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth-rate crisis in Ukraine – The Guardian
‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth-rate crisis in Ukraine – The Guardian
We want peace – but not on Putin’s terms, Ukrainians say – The Observer
We want peace – but not on Putin’s terms, Ukrainians say – The Observer
How Europe can hit Russia where it hurts — and why it probably won’t – The Times
How Europe can hit Russia where it hurts — and why it probably won’t – The Times
Pregnant, panicking… then the bomb struck | The Observer
Pregnant, panicking… then the bomb struck | The Observer
Sickness and starvation stalk Somalia’s children in the ‘City of Death’ – The Telegraph
On the ground with the crew battling Turkey’s blazing wildfires - The Times
On the ground with the crew battling Turkey’s blazing wildfires - The Times
How Erdogan went from pariah to peacemaker – The Times
How Erdogan went from pariah to peacemaker – The Times
The honey from a hidden Turkish valley that costs £1,000 a vial – The Times
The honey from a hidden Turkish valley that costs £1,000 a vial – The Times
Turkish opposition: We will protest until Erdogan calls election – The Times
Turkish opposition: We will protest until Erdogan calls election – The Times
Rebuilding Old Damascus After Assad - Foreign Policy
Rebuilding Old Damascus After Assad - Foreign Policy
Children pull skulls from mass graves in Syrian killing field - The Telegraph
Children pull skulls from mass graves in Syrian killing field - The Telegraph
Dave McKechnie Memorial Prize winner: There may be a war in Ukraine, but almost nothing can get in the way of a manicure
Dave McKechnie Memorial Prize winner: There may be a war in Ukraine, but almost nothing can get in the way of a manicure
Now Ukraine Is Also Recruiting Prisoners – Foreign Policy
Now Ukraine Is Also Recruiting Prisoners – Foreign Policy
Parents dive on disabled children to save them from Russian hospital attack – The Telegraph
Parents dive on disabled children to save them from Russian hospital attack – The Telegraph
The Resilience of Ukraine’s War Widows - Foreign Policy
The Resilience of Ukraine’s War Widows - Foreign Policy
Ukrainian orphan abducted by Russia tells of how he escaped Putin’s grasp - The Telegraph
Ukrainian orphan abducted by Russia tells of how he escaped Putin’s grasp - The Telegraph
We’re the only opposition to Putin left, say Russian soldiers fighting for Kyiv - The Telegraph
We’re the only opposition to Putin left, say Russian soldiers fighting for Kyiv - The Telegraph
Russia killed our husbands. We want the right to bear their children – The Sunday Times
Russia killed our husbands. We want the right to bear their children – The Sunday Times
In occupied Ukraine, the best way to survive is to stay silent - a longread for The Telegraph
In occupied Ukraine, the best way to survive is to stay silent - a longread for The Telegraph
After Surviving Soviet Repression, a Turkic Minority Is Being Divided in Ukraine - a longread for New Lines
After Surviving Soviet Repression, a Turkic Minority Is Being Divided in Ukraine - a longread for New Lines
On patrol with the Ukrainian army’s drone hunters - The Economist 1843
On patrol with the Ukrainian army’s drone hunters - The Economist 1843
Russians carved swastikas into foreheads of Ukrainian captives - The Telegraph
Russians carved swastikas into foreheads of Ukrainian captives - The Telegraph
How Gaza’s wealthiest neighbourhood was flattened overnight - The Telegraph
How Gaza’s wealthiest neighbourhood was flattened overnight - The Telegraph
Podcast: The man in the forest - The Economist
Podcast: The man in the forest - The Economist
‘I just want justice’: Ukrainians struggle with hidden war crime of sexual violence - The Guardian
‘I just want justice’: Ukrainians struggle with hidden war crime of sexual violence - The Guardian
He was tortured for standing up for Ukraine. Now he lives alone in a forest - The Economist 1843
He was tortured for standing up for Ukraine. Now he lives alone in a forest - The Economist 1843
A Ukrainian sniper called Lucky dreams of vengeance – The Economist 1843
A Ukrainian sniper called Lucky dreams of vengeance – The Economist 1843
‘With help, we might survive’: Kyiv sees sharp rise in homeless people – The Guardian
‘With help, we might survive’: Kyiv sees sharp rise in homeless people – The Guardian
Ukraine Starts to Rebuild After Russia’s Rampage – Foreign Policy
Ukraine Starts to Rebuild After Russia’s Rampage – Foreign Policy
Ukraine’s 10,000 amputees and the struggle for artificial limbs – The Telegraph
Ukraine’s 10,000 amputees and the struggle for artificial limbs – The Telegraph
The Kids Aren’t Alright – Foreign Policy
The Kids Aren’t Alright – Foreign Policy
‘Some women have been forced into sex acts to cross a checkpoint’ – Al Jazeera
‘Some women have been forced into sex acts to cross a checkpoint’ – Al Jazeera
‘Killing Was a Game for Russians’ – oral histories for Foreign Policy
‘Killing Was a Game for Russians’ – oral histories for Foreign Policy
Mariupol: The ruin of a city – The Guardian
Mariupol: The ruin of a city – The Guardian
The exploded dam has flooded Kherson. Many are too exhausted to leave – The Economist 1843
The exploded dam has flooded Kherson. Many are too exhausted to leave – The Economist 1843
Liz Cookman's year freelancing in Ukraine: 'Spirit-crushing but worth fighting for' – Press Gazette
Liz Cookman's year freelancing in Ukraine: 'Spirit-crushing but worth fighting for' – Press Gazette
Blankets, Food Banks, and Shuttered Pubs: Brexit Has Delivered a Broken Britain – Foreign Policy
Blankets, Food Banks, and Shuttered Pubs: Brexit Has Delivered a Broken Britain – Foreign Policy
Ukraine Battles On in the Dark - Foreign Policy
Ukraine Battles On in the Dark - Foreign Policy
Defiance in the dark: Ukrainians improvise to thwart Putin’s power cuts - The Sunday Times
Defiance in the dark: Ukrainians improvise to thwart Putin’s power cuts - The Sunday Times
Kherson Is Liberated but Not Yet Freed - Foreign Policy
Kherson Is Liberated but Not Yet Freed - Foreign Policy
The inside story of the siege of Azovstal - The Economist 1843
The inside story of the siege of Azovstal - The Economist 1843
Released Ukrainian PoWs reveal the brutal treatment meted out by their Russian captors - The Sunday Times
In Kharkiv, Ukraine Reveals a Network of Russian Torture Chambers - New Lines Magazine
In Kharkiv, Ukraine Reveals a Network of Russian Torture Chambers - New Lines Magazine
Forest of the Dead - Foreign Policy
Forest of the Dead - Foreign Policy
Putin’s War Drives Refugees From Occupied Kherson - Foreign Policy
Putin’s War Drives Refugees From Occupied Kherson - Foreign Policy
Ukrainians claw back normal life even in a town 100 miles from the front line - The Sunday Times
Ukrainians claw back normal life even in a town 100 miles from the front line - The Sunday Times
Ukrainians brace for worst around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - Foreign Policy
Ukrainians brace for worst around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - Foreign Policy
They are sick, poor and frightened, yet Donbas’s elderly don’t want to leave - The Sunday Times
Civilians on Ukraine’s Front Lines Face Food and Water Shortages and Worse—Lack of Medication - Foreign Policy
Civilians on Ukraine’s Front Lines Face Food and Water Shortages and Worse—Lack of Medication - Foreign Policy
Voices of Mariupol: first-hand accounts from those who escaped – Channel 4 News
Trapped in a Mariupol hospital: ‘They said anyone who left would be shot’ - The Guardian
Mariupol escapees risk lives to go back with aid and to rescue family - AFP
Mariupol escapees risk lives to go back with aid and to rescue family - AFP
Ukraine war's youngest victims fight for their lives - AFP
Ukraine war's youngest victims fight for their lives - AFP
“Like the Middle Ages, only with bombs”: inside the sieges of Mariupol and Kharkiv - The Economist 1843
‘The World Must Know What Happened to Us’: fleeing Mariupol residents tell of siege - Foreign Policy
"It's not Mariupol anymore. It is hell" - AFP
Life Underground in Bomb-Shattered Kharkiv - Foreign Policy
Life Underground in Bomb-Shattered Kharkiv - Foreign Policy
Desperate relatives seek news from Ukraine’s besieged Mariupol - AFP
On the road in eastern Ukraine, everywhere is the front line - Al Jazeera
Amid attacks, Ukrainians seek shelter in a subterranean church - Al Jazeera
Amid attacks, Ukrainians seek shelter in a subterranean church - Al Jazeera
‘They shoot, we hide’: Life amid shelling on Ukraine’s front line - Al Jazeera
‘They shoot, we hide’: Life amid shelling on Ukraine’s front line - Al Jazeera
Ukrainians face ‘game of cat and mouse’ with stoic calm - Al Jazeera
‘Babushka battalion’ ready to protect Ukraine from Russia - Al Jazeera
‘Babushka battalion’ ready to protect Ukraine from Russia - Al Jazeera
Interview with British soldiers in Ukraine Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner – Al Jazeera
Ukraine coastguard patrolling Sea of Azov eye Russian war ships - Al Jazeera
Ukraine coastguard patrolling Sea of Azov eye Russian war ships - Al Jazeera
‘They Are No Longer Our Brothers’: on the frontline in Ukraine’s frozen conflict - Foreign Policy
‘They Are No Longer Our Brothers’: on the frontline in Ukraine’s frozen conflict - Foreign Policy
War-weary residents lament homes lost in eastern Ukraine shelling - Al Jazeera
‘Vaccines carry tiny knives that cut your veins from the inside’: Romania’s toxic anti-vax movement - The Telegraph
‘Vaccines carry tiny knives that cut your veins from the inside’: Romania’s toxic anti-vax movement - The Telegraph
With a minority vaccinated in Romania, fears of fifth wave mount - Al Jazeera
With a minority vaccinated in Romania, fears of fifth wave mount - Al Jazeera
Land disputes, climate change pressure Turkish nomads to settle - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Land disputes, climate change pressure Turkish nomads to settle - Thomson Reuters Foundation
From the ruins of war, a tourist resort emerges - Foreign Policy
From the ruins of war, a tourist resort emerges - Foreign Policy
‘The water used to be up to your armpits’: birds starve as Turkey’s lakes dry up - The Guardian
‘The water used to be up to your armpits’: birds starve as Turkey’s lakes dry up - The Guardian
Azerbaijan’s internally displaced long to return to regained land - Al Jazeera
Taliban Takeover Seen as a Boon for Human Smugglers - Foreign Policy
Taliban Takeover Seen as a Boon for Human Smugglers - Foreign Policy
Fleeing the Taliban: Afghans met with rising anti-refugee hostility in Turkey - The Guardian
Fleeing the Taliban: Afghans met with rising anti-refugee hostility in Turkey - The Guardian
Turkey wildfires: Despair and questions as forests burn - Al Jazeera
Turkey wildfires: Despair and questions as forests burn - Al Jazeera
‘There’s no life for us here, but we risk death if we stay’: Afghan refugees flood into Turkey - The Telegraph
‘There’s no life for us here, but we risk death if we stay’: Afghan refugees flood into Turkey - The Telegraph
Climate change ‘sea snot’ killing Turkey’s Marmara Sea - Al Jazeera
Videos from Nagorno-Karabakh conflict prompt accusations of war crimes - The Washington Post
For Armenians Fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh, ‘Losing It Is Everything’ - Foreign Policy
In Armenia and Azerbaijan, desperate families search for news of the Nagorno-Karabakh war dead - The Washington Post
‘We Don’t Believe in a Political Solution’ in Nagorno-Karabakh, Fighters Say - Foreign Policy
‘We Don’t Believe in a Political Solution’ in Nagorno-Karabakh, Fighters Say - Foreign Policy
In Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian soldiers wonder how long peace will hold - The Washington Post
Syrians Make Up Turkey’s Proxy Army in Nagorno-Karabakh - Foreign Policy
Syrians Make Up Turkey’s Proxy Army in Nagorno-Karabakh - Foreign Policy

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