Paraic O'Brien is a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Channel 4 News.
Paraic's investigations include the multi-award winning "Bruce Lee, King of Romania's Sewers", a searing film about the subterranean life of Bucharest's drug addicts. His expose of how the global online game Habbo Hotel was putting children at risk, resulted in a mass exodus of investors. His investigation into the death of Alois Dvorzac in a British detention centre exposed serious flaws in the immigration system.
He was the first TV reporter on the ground in Brixton and Croydon as the riots broke out in 2011. He also once had a minor altercation with Russell Brand.
Before joining Channel 4 News he worked at the BBC as an investigations reporter for BBC London News and Newsnight on occasion. Prior to that he was a community worker in Ireland and south London.
Joyous residents welcomed Ukrainian troops in the centre of Kherson today after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion earlier this year.
Could this be a turning point in the war in Ukraine?
Could this be a turning point in the war in Ukraine?
Russia has announced its imminent withdrawal from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the only regional capital it has captured since February’s full-scale invasion, and which it illegally annexed just weeks ago.
As winter sets in, the war in Ukraine looks set for a new, bloody phase around Kherson.
Russian forces appear to be withdrawing from the Ukrainian city of Kherson in the south of the country – the first and only regional capital they managed to take and hold since the invasion began. There are reports of checkpoints abandoned around the city and residents have told us that there are fewer troops on…
Power and water supplies have been hit across many of Ukraine’s major cities, after a barrage of Russian missiles and drones struck critical infrastructure this morning. Most of the missiles were shot down by Ukrainian air defence and emergency crews have now managed to restore water to most of the capital Kyiv, although part of…
Ukraine has accused Moscow of engaging in yet more “primitive blackmail” after it pulled out of the deal allowing exports of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
It’s been 246 days since Russia invaded Ukraine.
It’s been 246 days since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Russian forces have carried out practice launches of their ballistic and cruise missiles today.
In Ukraine, Russia has ramped up its attacks on the country’s critical infrastructure, launching missiles against its power stations and triggering blackouts.
There are reports that Russia has mined a dam that – if blown up – would flood the area around the city of Kherson – perhaps a final act of vengeance should the Russians abandon the area in the face of a Ukrainian advance.
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has declared martial law in all four temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine which Moscow says it has annexed – allowing it to impose even tighter restrictions ahead of an anticipated Ukrainian offensive in the south.
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has declared martial law in all four temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine which Moscow says it has annexed – allowing it to impose even tighter restrictions ahead of an anticipated Ukrainian offensive in the south.