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Simon Newton

Biography

Simon Newton began his career as a print journalist in the early 1990s before moving into broadcasting. He has reported for Sky News, BBC News and ITV and received numerous awards. He reported extensively from Afghanistan and spent three months embedded with British troops in Helmand. He now covers the war in Ukraine. 

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More Articles by Simon Newton

British troops train to reinforce Nato's eastern flank and avoid kamikaze drones
Why is Russia launching so many missile strikes on southern Ukrainian port of Odessa?
Ukraine said to be withdrawing US-supplied Abrams tanks from frontline as losses mount
British Army's new Apache model spearheads largest Nato exercise since Cold War
Threat from the sky: Why Ukrainian and Israeli airspace can't be defended the same way
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