Sophie Watson

Sophie Watson

Sophie Watson is a freelance journalist based between London and Kyiv whose work has appeared in The Economist, Columbia Journalism Review and 1843 magazine.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR ( 244 )
Russia ‘Lured’ South Africans to Ukraine to Fight, Ambassador Warns War in Ukraine

Russia ‘Lured’ South Africans to Ukraine to Fight, Ambassador Warns

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 14, 2025
Saakashvili Appeals to Zelensky to Grant Him Ukrainian Prisoner Status Zelensky

Saakashvili Appeals to Zelensky to Grant Him Ukrainian Prisoner Status

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 13, 2025
Lavrov Reappears, Accuses Britain and Baltics of Provoking War Between Russia and NATO

Lavrov Reappears, Accuses Britain and Baltics of Provoking War Between Russia and NATO

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 11, 2025
Kremlin Offers to Discuss Trump’s Claim That Russia Violated Nuclear Treaty Nuclear weapons

Kremlin Offers to Discuss Trump’s Claim That Russia Violated Nuclear Treaty

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 11, 2025
BBC Resignations Over Trump Edit Trigger Kremlin Propaganda Offensive UK

BBC Resignations Over Trump Edit Trigger Kremlin Propaganda Offensive

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 10, 2025
Two Colombian Fighters in Ukraine’s Armed Forces Sentenced to 13 Years Imprisonment by Court in Russian-Occupied Donetsk Donetsk

Two Colombian Fighters in Ukraine’s Armed Forces Sentenced to 13 Years Imprisonment by Court in Russian-Occupied Donetsk

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 6, 2025
Flights Grounded at Sweden’s Gothenburg Airport in Latest Drone Disruption

Flights Grounded at Sweden’s Gothenburg Airport in Latest Drone Disruption

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 6, 2025
Sweden, Ukraine Sign New Weapons Development Agreement Sweden

Sweden, Ukraine Sign New Weapons Development Agreement

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 6, 2025
Bulgaria Reportedly Explores Possibility of Seizing Oil Refinery From Russian Gas Giant Zelensky

Bulgaria Reportedly Explores Possibility of Seizing Oil Refinery From Russian Gas Giant

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 6, 2025
Zaporizhzhia Court Hands Down First Life Sentence For Russian Soldier Who Executed Ukrainian Prisoner War in Ukraine

Zaporizhzhia Court Hands Down First Life Sentence For Russian Soldier Who Executed Ukrainian Prisoner

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 6, 2025
Germany’s Far-Right AfD Party Accused of Harboring Russian ‘Sleeper Cell’ Germany

Germany’s Far-Right AfD Party Accused of Harboring Russian ‘Sleeper Cell’

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 6, 2025
New German Security Council to Coordinate “Interdepartmental” Action Against Russia’s Hybrid Warfare Germany

New German Security Council to Coordinate “Interdepartmental” Action Against Russia’s Hybrid Warfare

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 5, 2025
Vučić and Zelensky Discuss EU Accession Despite Intractability on Kosovo, Russia Sanctions Zelensky

Vučić and Zelensky Discuss EU Accession Despite Intractability on Kosovo, Russia Sanctions

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 5, 2025
Angelina Jolie Makes Surprise Visit to Kherson War in Ukraine

Angelina Jolie Makes Surprise Visit to Kherson

By Antonia Langford
Nov. 5, 2025
Orban Critic Faces Prison Ahead of Decisive Hungarian Election Hungary

Orban Critic Faces Prison Ahead of Decisive Hungarian Election

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 3, 2025
Czechia: Babiš Agrees Coalition Deal With Anti-EU Parties to Form Government Europe

Czechia: Babiš Agrees Coalition Deal With Anti-EU Parties to Form Government

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 3, 2025
EU Expected to Approve €1.35 Billion Funding for Ukraine and €600 Million in Previously Withheld Funds Ukraine

EU Expected to Approve €1.35 Billion Funding for Ukraine and €600 Million in Previously Withheld Funds

By Sophie Watson
Nov. 3, 2025
Four Bulgarian Nationals Jailed for Defacing Paris WW2 Memorial – Foreign Interference ‘Indisputable,’ Judge Says Russia

Four Bulgarian Nationals Jailed for Defacing Paris WW2 Memorial – Foreign Interference ‘Indisputable,’ Judge Says

By Sophie Watson
Oct. 31, 2025
Bulgaria Restricts Petroleum Exports After US Sanctions Russian Gas Giants Energy

Bulgaria Restricts Petroleum Exports After US Sanctions Russian Gas Giants

By Sophie Watson
Oct. 31, 2025
Pentagon Approves Transfer of US Tomahawk Missiles to Ukraine, CNN Reports US

Pentagon Approves Transfer of US Tomahawk Missiles to Ukraine, CNN Reports

By Sophie Watson
Oct. 31, 2025