Will Ukraine Beat Russia This Year? What does winning mean? Jim Brooke, a 24-year veteran reporter for The New Times, worked for eight years as a reporter in Moscow, then six years in Kyiv. Sandwiched in between, he worked for 18 months in Phnom Penh, running the Khmer Times. Now back in the US, he gives frequent talks and interviews about the Russia-Ukraine war and writes once a week on the conflict for The New York Sun.