It is interesting that the article was posted as news, though it reads indeed rather like screenwriting. No one's asked about the author so....
"Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, (born 4 March 1946) is a British-Belizean businessman, pollster and politician. He is a former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. Ashcroft founded Michael A. Ashcroft Associates in 1972 and was the 132nd richest person in the UK, as ranked by the Sunday Times Rich List 2021, with an estimated fortune of £1.257 billion." More....Isn't it interesting that now a British billionaire is "on the front lines" as "war correspondent?" < s a r c >His own website -- Lord Ashcroft web site
The same article as in the Daily Mail appears on his site: The Honeytrap Resistance
It's rather likely that he is working to support some future investment, as Ukraine's farmlands are being bought / leased by Western entities. This is not an assertion, as one reads:
War and Theft - the Takeover of Ukraine's Agricultural LandMore citations, as might be wished.BlackRock Chief Says Investors Ready To 'Flood' Ukraine
Ukraine’s other land grab - Ukraine is the breadbasket of Europe, and its land is changing hands.
Good reporting! I’m not surprised in the slightest. And Russia was going to go the way of Ukraine too, till they fought back. Global elites have loyalty only to their own class.
MI 6 controlled propagandist stooge just like the American Press. No need to spend money on foreign correspondents when you can get all the latest doggerel fresh every morning in your inbox, with the added bonus of special access to the latest breaking bombshells.
Wasn’t there some guy Orwell something or other who warned us specifically about the manipulation of the UK press by the organs of government?