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Editor @insidereng , @foreignoffpod . ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: . Next book: GRU @twelvebooks . macspaunday @protonmail .com

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Michael Weiss

7 months

Exclusive: We have emails and documents from members of GRU Unit 29155–Putin’s assassination and sabotage squad—proving their culpability for a 2011 bombing in Bulgaria. The IEDs were planted in Czechia.The target was ammunition bound for Georgia.

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Exclusive: Inside an Infamous Russian Spy Unit’s First Bombing in NATO

In November 2011, GRU Unit 29155 blew up an ammunition depot in Lovnidol, Bulgaria, containing artillery destined for Georgia. It was the first known terror attack perpetrated by the team of hitmen...

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2 years

The memes coming in hot from Ukrainians tonight… Here’s one.

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How it started / How it's going

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NEW: A Western intelligence source has told me the intelligence on GRU Unit 29155 offering the Taliban money to kill U.S. or British soldiers is correct.

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2 years

Ukrainian tractor pulls already art.

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2 years

The Kremlin and its surrogates are asking you to believe that after 8 years of not invading occupied Donbas, Ukraine waited until more than 150,000 Russian troops were stationed at its border to do just that -- with chemical weapons. You know what? Some of you will believe it.

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Michael Weiss

3 years

Just got back from a week in Europe. I was in four cities. Everywhere I went, I was asked for my vaccination card. I happily proffered it, as I did my passport. Most were pleasantly surprised I had three Pfizer jabs. I experienced no inconveniences and I carried on with my life.

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Tucker Carlson pushed a fake version of a U.S. intelligence document about Ukrainian war casualties. It was doctored by a fraud podcaster who claimed to be a Russian woman from Luhansk. In reality, Sarah Bils is a former U.S. Navy clerk from New Jersey—and she pocketed all the…

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A major disinformation and Russian propaganda channel called "Donbass Devushka", which published a fake version of "secret Pentagon documents," is hosted by a former U.S. Navy officer who was recently discharged from military service. The "Mila Girl from Luhansk," who hosts…

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Speaks for itself, I should think.

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Pinged a senior Ukrainian Ministry of Defense official just now about these stunning long-range strikes on a Russian air base in Crimea. His reply: "It's just warming up."

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2 years

Reminder: Putin just announced a military operation to "de-Nazify" a country whose president is Jewish.

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How it started / how it’s going.

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No comment.

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New: Spoke to a senior European intelligence official just now. The official says so far Russia’s attempts to draw Ukrainian retaliation have failed, “local warlords in Donbas are increasingly frustrated that Ukrainian troops are disciplined and not falling for provocations.”

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2 years

🧵 A Ukrainian intelligence source has passed along the following, which has already begun to trickle out in some form in the Ukrainian media. *All the usual caveats apply.* I cannot verify. But it is apparently based on human intelligence and concerns Russia’s play for Kyiv.

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🧵Just off the phone with an officer from Ukraine's military intelligence service (GUR). Someone I've known now for four years who's often rolled his eyes at official Ukrainian government pronouncements. A few observations/comments:

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1 year

Russia's Ministry of Defense spokesman Igor Konashenkov says Russia has already destroyed 4 Bradley Fighting Vehicles in Ukraine. Which is indeed remarkable in that none have been delivered yet.

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Viktor Medvedchuk's arrest by Ukrainian intelligence really can't be overstated. He's not just close to Putin, who is godfather to his daughter; he's long been rumored to be one of Putin's "wallets." What secrets he may tell...

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1 year

A big drop today of two ex-Wagner fighters testifying to mass killings, including of more than 20 Ukrainian children and teenagers. Azamat Uldarov and Aleksey Savichev are both former prisoners. They say they blew up a pit with 50+ wounded Ukrainian POWs and the so-called…

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2 years

Unconfirmed, but am now hearing that Ukraine has captured "more than one" Russian general.

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Very intrigued by how Macron approaches Ukraine now that the domestic pressure is off. Already Paris greenlit the transfer of Milan anti-tank systems and Caesar artillery systems (originally intended for Morocco) to Kyiv. And Macron is said to be very impressed with Zelensky…

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2 years

🧵I spoke this afternoon to a senior European intelligence official. The picture shared about what's happening in Ukraine differs from U.S. government assessments, especially on Russian losses. So let me present (without commentary) what this source said:

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The totality of what the U.S. has done for Ukraine won’t be known for a spell. And that’s OK. Does Joe Biden deserve a lot of credit? Even more than that, I’d wager. But let’s not lose sight of the fact that Ukrainians are fighting this war themselves. This is their victory.

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Just off the phone with a European diplomat with extensive Ukraine experience. Says: - Russia's campaign "not going well at all." - Ukraine "has completely won the information war." - For Ukrainians, the failure to fight back at Crimea is a "national trauma" now being righted.

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Michael Weiss

3 years

Lindsey Graham will be visited on Christmas Eve by three ghosts. They will all be John McCain.

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Michael Weiss

8 months

DoD should now confirm the extent to which U.S. national security remains dependent on Musk and his technology and there should be a Congressional hearing as to whether or not this in America’s best interest.

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David Frum

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Musk has confirmed the story that he turned off Starlink to thwart a Ukrainian military operation in fall 2022.

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2 years

Javelins getting a good workout, a Ukrainian military official told me just now.

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1 year

None of this would have happened but for the expansion of the CSTO, which many of us warned you about. Ukraine was provoked into invading Russia.

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He also confirmed the majority of Ukraine's Air Force is still in tact, on Day 12, including fixed wing and rotary aircraft. I asked how many operational Bayraktar TB2 drones Ukraine has in its arsenal. He laughed. "OK, Michael, can I just say: 'It's enough.'" // END

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Whatever they're putting in his beef bourguignon lately, double the dose.

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Julien Hoez

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Emmanuel Macron being brutally honest in Prague today: "Who launched the war in Ukraine? Vladimir Putin. Who threatens us, whatever we do whatever we say, with nuclear weapons? President Putin. If every day we explain what our limits are in the face of someone who has none and…

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Prague. Zelensky is addressing foreign citizens remotely

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The Ukraine aid bill passed by a margin of nearly 200 votes. A gang of morally compromised ideologues held up the will of the American people to support an ally in the fight of its life. Remember the “nay”votes today and render them unemployed tomorrow.

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1 year

It's not even that this was the one document doctored by pro-Russian Telegram users, inverting Ukrainian and Russian casualties. (I have the original, which shows Russian losses are greater.) It's that Carlson's team knows it and still let him run with this lie.

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Tucker Carlson: "The second thing we learned from these slides is that despite direct U.S. involvement, Ukraine is in fact losing the war. Seven Ukrainians are being killed for every Russian. Ukrainian air defenses have been utterly degraded. Ukraine is losing."

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Exclusive: Tatjana Zdanoka, a Latvian member of the European Parliament, has been an agent of Russian intelligence for at least twenty years, @the_ins_ru can reveal, based on emails we obtained between Zdanoka and two of her FSB handlers.

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Leaked footage of Vladimir Putin from inside the Kremlin today.

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"Our mood: Everything is OK. We are defending our soil, our Motherland. We have nothing to lose. They are conquerors. They are the fascists. And we will win. I have no doubt."

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Michael Weiss

7 months

Still no explanation as to why likes on this critical thread about Elon Musk keep getting deleted every three hours, as even a Twitter Community Note now confirms.

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Pekka Kallioniemi

10 months

In today's #vatniksoup , I'll introduce a South African-American(!) businessman and social media figure, Elon Musk ( @elonmusk ). He's best-known for being the wealthiest man in the world, running Tesla Inc., SpaceX & Twitter, and for parroting Kremlin's propaganda narratives. 1/24

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2 years

This would be the third fire of strategic infrastructure inside Russia this week.

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Michael Weiss

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So it seems Zelensky convinced the EU to impose greater sanctions and help Ukraine in a way it was otherwise not going to do.

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Overnight Ukraine hit Sevastopol, one of its Russian-occupied, ports damaging or destroying two Russian landing ships. Comparing such an operation, of which there have now been several, to "Pearl Harbor" demonstrates Musk is both a moral and historical idiot.

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👀 Elon Musk Says the Request to Turn on Starlink in Crimea Came from the Ukrainian Government in the Middle of the Night "We figured out that this was kind of like a Pearl Harbor like attack...So they really asked us to proactively take part in a major act of war" @elonmusk …

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. @michaeldweiss obtained a recording of an oligarch close to the Russian government saying Vladimir Putin is “very ill with blood cancer.” Is this the truth, a rumor or clever disinformation intended to make a paranoid dictator look ripe for removal?

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Is Putin Sick – Or Are We Meant to Think He Is?

An oligarch close to the Kremlin was recorded on a tape saying the president is ‘very ill with blood cancer.’ Is this true, idle speculation or disinformation designed to make an erratic and paranoid...

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5 months

Fiona Hill: "They are thinking less about U.S. national security, European security, international security and foreign policy, and much more about how they can humiliate Biden."

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‘We’ll Be at Each Others’ Throats’: Fiona Hill on What Happens If Putin Wins

The veteran Russia watcher is deeply alarmed as Washington reaches an inflection point on the war in Ukraine.

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Michael Weiss

11 months

Carlson cost Fox News almost $800 million for spreading lies he didn’t believe. He lost his job. His first Twitter episode (yes) is all about blaming Ukraine for blowing up the Kakhovka dam, which he falsely describes as “effectively Russian,” and Russia’s “own infrastructure.”

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Michael Weiss

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A pro-Kremlin Twitter account tweets a nonexistent Turkish newspaper, claiming “NATO soldiers” have been killed in Ukraine. @elonmusk , evidently very concerned about media corruption and fake news, takes the bait, then is asked by the account to “mediate.”

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Michael Weiss

2 years

"Yesterday, they lost 30 helicopters in the vicinity of Kherson where our marines destroyed them. The government announced this. Frankly speaking, it's true."

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Michael Weiss

4 years

THREAD. Welp. I think I've found the former beauty queen Trump is rumored to have gotten to know perhaps a little too well in Moscow in 1996. The SSCI leaves several clues about the "Miss Moscow" pageant winner, even amidst all the annoying redactions.

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Michael Weiss

2 years

We're reaching the point in the war in which Putin calls Macron asking him to intercede with Zelensky to stop.

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Michael Weiss

3 years

The U.S. government affirms for the first time that a Russian spy close to Trump's campaign chair in 2016 not only received privileged Trump campaign information but did indeed pass it along to the Russian Intelligence Services. In case you thought Mueller was the last word...

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Michael Weiss

3 years

Treasury further confirms that not only is former Manafort associate Konstanin Kilimnik a "Russian Intelligence Services agent" but that he "provided the Russian Intelligence Services with sensitive information on polling and campaign strategy" -- the campaign being Trump's.

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It feels like 1939 and 1989 simultaneously.

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Michael Weiss

11 months

Ukraine apparently croaked another Russian general today. Major General Sergey Goryachev, Chief of Staff of 35th Combined Arms Army of Russia. Missile, Makarivka.

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I asked how his spirits were holding up. Answer: "Now is not the time for crying; now is the time for laughing." He meant at Russia's military performance and its enormous losses in manpower and firepower in the field.

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Wow.

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Tbilisi tonight. Thank you, Georgia! #StandWithUkriane

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NEW: A yearlong investigation by @InsiderEng , @60Minutes and @derspiegel has uncovered evidence suggesting that Havana Syndrome may have its origin in the use of directed energy weapons wielded by the Russian GRU’s infamous Unit 29155.

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Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious...

A yearlong investigation by The Insider, in collaboration with 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel, has uncovered evidence suggesting that unexplained anomalous health incidents, also known as Havana Syndro...

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2 years

What a fucking crock. Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX says it can no longer pay for critical satellite services in Ukraine, asks Pentagon to pick up the tab | CNN Politics

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3 years

NEW: So you know how Lukashenko blamed the Ryanair diversion to Minsk on a Hamas bomb threat? Well, we got the email "Hamas" sent to airports. The problem? The timestamp shows it was sent 24 minutes *after* Belarus told the pilot a bomb was on board.

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Lukashenko’s Crazy-Stupid Hamas Headfake

Adding to the fact that the message was sent after the mid-air bomb theatrics unfolded, the sought-for cease fire referenced in the email had already taken effect on Friday, two days before this...

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2 years

"As long as the Western resupply channels remain open and Ukraine still fields a decent number of fighters, then they're OK."

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6 months

If you pass by a poster displaying a person kidnapped by terrorists and your instinct is to blame the people who put it up for “baiting” you into tearing it down, you should check yourself into a psychiatric institution.

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Claire Goforth

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SCOOP from the amazingly talented ⁦⁦ @taliaotg ⁩: Are posters of Israeli hostages creating awareness or baiting people into getting canceled for tearing them down?

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10 months

Every Ukrainian I've spoken to today.

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Michael Weiss

7 months

More attention should be paid to the sadistic delight Russia takes in cooking up its disinformation tropes. It is now expending a good deal of energy accusing Ukraine of arming Hamas while Iran, which actually arms Hamas, is providing Russia with weapons to kill Ukrainians.

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2 years

"They have lost far more than they expected. That is why they started peace negotiations on the second day of the war."

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Michael Weiss

2 years

"The CIA director provided a vital piece of intelligence that helped Ukraine significantly in the first days of the war: He warned that Russian forces planned to seize Antonov Airport in Hostomel... and use it to fly in troops for a push to take Kyiv."

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Vladimir Putin’s 20-Year March to War in Ukraine—and How the West Mishandled It

Washington and the EU vacillated between engagement and deterrence. Meanwhile, the Russian leader became more isolated and more obsessed.

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2 years

"Russia doesn't have the power to keep going like this for very long. Time isn't on their side, nor do they have a recipe for winning. They can't win hearts and minds, that's for sure."

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Michael Weiss

1 year

Exclusive: a consortium of international investigative journalists including @holger_r and myself have obtained the Russian Presidential Administration’s strategy document for Vladimir Putin’s takeover of Belarus by 2030.

Revealed: Leaked document shows how Russia plans to take over Belarus

The document, written for Putin’s Presidential Administration, envisages the total incorporation of Belarus into a “Union State” with Russia by 2030.

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7 months

The ratfuckery was self-evident from day one.

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EXCLUSIVE: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Planning to Announce Independent Run

2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce he will run as an independent on October 9 in Pennsylvania, Mediaite has learned.

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Michael Weiss

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No U.S. politician was poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent (twice) by the FBI and then tortured and murdered in a U.S. penal colony. Those with a visible hard-on for Russia want to pretend America is Russia—or ought to be. Again: Don’t say you weren’t warned this time.

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Heath Mayo

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On Navalny, Trump says: “It’s happening in our country, too.” No, it isn’t. The US is better than Putin’s Russia—and if you can’t see that, you don’t really understand America. Infuriating. I don’t get how any red-blooded American can sit & nod to this.

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7 months

All the "just imagine if Putin had done this" tweets in the last two weeks have several things in common, but the most salient is: He did. Repeatedly. And fools tweeting this stuff now were either silent at the time or tried to obfuscate and blame Putin's victims for it.

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Yanis Varoufakis

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Just imagine the headlines if Putin had bombed a hospital in Kharkiv killing 500 people, many of them kids, and then blamed it on the Ukrainians... Nothing makes Vlad happier than watching the West's touching attempts to overtake his callous cynicism...

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2 years

Not independently verified but… Ukrainian military intelligence tells me Gen. Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s chief of the general staff, was “lightly injured” in an artillery strike in Izyum. Gerasimov was evacuated. Another general and “dozens of high staff officers were killed.”

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2 years

Very impressed seeing those who insisted a Russian invasion of Ukraine would never happen and was tantamount to a U.S. conspiracy theory now insisting that it will lead to World War III.

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Didn’t even bother to Photoshop the white guy’s shoulders for this shit.

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2 years

Day two of Russia's invasion and Ukraine still appears to have capable air defenses.

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10 months

The only sign of stability and continuity in the Russian government I can detect is that Dmitry Medvedev appears to be drunk.

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7 months

Ukraine is famously facing no existential threat.

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Josh Hawley

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Israel is facing existential threat. Any funding for Ukraine should be redirected to Israel immediately

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Michael Weiss

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The CEO of the company that makes the Switchblade drone —now in use in Ukraine — is an Afghan refugee from the Soviet invasion. 👇

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WeLoveNATO

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A quick thread on poetic justice for russia... AeroVironment is the company that makes the #Switchblade kamikaze drones. /1

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Er, so Putin caved to a putschist with an army and agreed to make the MoD more amenable to him, after the putschist showed how well he can challenge the regime. And the guy gets to live? Things are wild, weird and unpredictable in Russia but this doesn’t quite convince.

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The Spectator Index

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BREAKING: Reports there will be major changes in Russian Ministry of Defense leadership in exchange for Wagner halting its advance on Moscow

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"We also have evidence that even when the Russians occupy villages and towns they face resistance. In Kyiv they will meet extremely tough Territorial Defense."

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I have never seen such shade as Finnish shade.

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A Finnish general reacting to Putin’s threats if Finland joins NATO: “You are most welcome here to join the 200,000 Russians that are already in Finland buried a few meters in the ground after your last attempt in 1939" #Finland #NATO #UkraineRussianWar

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Exclusive: A controversial aide to Bundestag deputy Eugen Schmidt, of Germany's far-right AfD party, is an agent of Russian intelligence. Oh, and his handler raps!

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The far-right Bundestag aide and his rapping FSB case officer

A pro-Russian aide to a far-right German legislator who attempted to scuttle Berlin’s shipment of main battle tanks to Ukraine is an agent of Russian intelligence, The Insider can now reveal. Also,...

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Scoop: @YahooNews has obtained a U.S. Air Force assessment of how two Ukrainian pilots did in a 3-week course on F-16s at Morris Air National Guard Base in Feb/March. Conclusion: it’ll take 4 months to train them, not 18, as the Pentagon has said:

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Exclusive: U.S. could train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s in 4 months

Yahoo News has exclusively obtained an internal U.S. Air Force assessment that concludes it would take only four months to train Ukrainian pilots to operate American-made F-16 fighter jets, a far...

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Senior adviser to EU parliament says that jets given to Ukraine will be airborne “within the hour.”👇

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You can’t say you weren’t warned this time around:

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Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would encourage Russia to do “whatever the hell they want” to any NATO member country that doesn’t meet spending guidelines on defense in a stunning...

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Hard to see how Israeli-Russian relations recover from this. Putin hosts Hamas in Moscow weeks after Hamas perpetrates the worst mass atrocity against Jews since the Holocaust. Now a pogrom unfolds in Makhachkala on the occasion of a flight landing from Tel Aviv.

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. @SeanPenn , who has been in Kyiv throughout the invasion filming a documentary, sends a message: “Already a brutal mistake of lives taken and hearts broken, and if he doesn’t relent, I believe Mr. Putin will have made a most horrible mistake for all of humankind..." 1/2

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Michael Weiss

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The man who stole and leaked hundreds of classified U.S. documents to impress his teenaged gamer buddies is a Jew-hating racist with a conspiracist view of government. And the Pentagon gave him clearance. I look forward to more commentaries on here about the problem with fascists…

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Michael Weiss

1 year

“In a video seen by The Post, the man who the member said is OG [the leaker] stands at a shooting range, wearing safety glasses and ear coverings and holding a large rifle. He yells a series of racial and antisemitic slurs into the camera, then fires several rounds at a target.”…

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Michael Weiss

10 months

A friend and former diplomat reminded me today that if this White House thinks Zelensky is pushy, they should have seen Walesa and Havel with Clinton in the 90s when Poland and the Czech Republic felt their window for NATO membership was closing…

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Michael Weiss

2 years

"They fled into the woods. Sometimes they're marodyory [looters, marauders]. Even according to our interceptions we can determine many are robbing civilian houses and occupying them."

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Michael Weiss

2 years

NEW: Emails and documents show just how closely Italian, French, German and Austrian politicians coordinate with Moscow. An investigation by @holger_r , Martin Laine, and @michaeldweiss for @newlinesmag in collaboration with Dossier Center, @DelfiEE , etc.:

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Exclusive: Russia Backs Europe’s Far Right

Emails and documents show just how closely Italian, French, German and Austrian politicians coordinate with Moscow

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Michael Weiss

11 months

“[On] May 16, the Patriot’s radar detected the missiles, including six Kinzhals, at a distance of about 125 miles. The system’s computer tracked the missiles and launched interceptors, destroying all of them, the last at a distance of about 9 miles…”

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U.S. Patriot Missile Is an Unsung Hero of Ukraine War - WSJ

archived 11 Jun 2023 13:22:00 UTC

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Michael Weiss

11 months

All right, you’re forgiven for that orange sky.

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Canada to transfer AIM-7 Sparrow missiles and artillery shells to Ukraine

Canada is allocating a new military aid package to Ukraine, which will include missiles and shells for artillery.

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Michael Weiss

2 years

"There was also some evidence for the loss of two aircraft in the airspace around Kyiv."

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Michael Weiss

1 year

All my friends are without water, power and internet in Kyiv. Not that this means anything to the world at the moment, but there it is.

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Michael Weiss

9 months

“The Russian henchman who is wanted for poisoning Alexander Litvinenko has advanced cancer from the radioactive substance used in the attack.”

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Russian henchman wanted for murder of Litvinenko has advanced cancer

Andrey Lugovoy (pictured), who is wanted for murder by British police, has reportedly developed prostate cancer following the hit on former KGB officer Litvinenko in 2006.

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Michael Weiss

1 year

She’s not heartbroken, even in the slightest. And whatever these men left of themselves on the battlefield is worth more than her political career will ever amount to.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸

1 year

It is heartbreaking to see these disabled Ukrainian soldiers here in the halls of Congress being used as pawns to pressure our Congress to give American’s hard earned tax dollars to Zelensky. I’m calling for an audit of funds to Ukraine and to fund and secure our border.

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Michael Weiss

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Victims of "Donbas genocide" were paid actors, Prigozhin's fired trolls reveal - Euromaidan Press

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Victims of “Donbas genocide” were paid actors, Prigozhin’s fired trolls reveal

In the aftermath of Prigozhin's media empire collapse, former employees spoke out about the dark tactics employed, including hiring individuals to portray "victims of Ukrainian Armed Forces” in...

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Michael Weiss

2 months

NEW: Jan Marsalek, the fugitive COO of disgraced company Wirecard, wasn't just behind Germany's biggest financial fraud in history. @InsiderEng can now reveal he was also a GRU agent for a decade.

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A most wanted man: Fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek exposed as decade-long GRU spy

Fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek wasn’t just responsible for Germany’s largest financial fraud in history. He was also a decade-long Russian spy.

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Michael Weiss

2 years

Ruh roh.

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Michael Weiss

2 years

And there's the first serious confirmation: Poland is donating MiG-29s to Ukraine's Air Force and Ukrainian pilots are already in Poland to pick them up.

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European plan to donate fighter jets to Ukraine collapses

The dissolution of the deal comes as European countries lined up Monday to announce new weapons packages for Ukraine, from anti-armor and anti-air rockets to artillery and medical supplies.

www.politico.com

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Michael Weiss

2 months

Apart from nearly killing Zelensky, Russia also nearly killed the Prime Minister of Greece today. Missed them both by about 300 feet.

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Ursula von der Leyen

2 months

I strongly condemn the vile attack on Odesa by Russia during @ZelenskyyUa and @kmitsotakis 's visit. No one is intimidated by this new attempt at terror - certainly not the two leaders on the ground nor the brave people of Ukraine. More than ever, we stand by Ukraine.

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Michael Weiss

2 years

The Ukrainian Army Has More Tanks Now Than When The War Began—Because It Keeps Capturing Them From Russia

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Michael Weiss

1 year

Exclusive: For @YahooNews , @holger_r and I have obtained the Russian Presidential Administration's strategy plan for installing a pro-Russian government in Moldova. A collaboration with a team of international investigative partners. #kremlinovici :

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Exclusive: Russia's secret document for destabilizing Moldova

Yahoo News has obtained an internal strategy document from Vladimir Putin's presidential administration that reveals Moscow's plans for Moldova, a small country vulnerably sandwiched between war-torn...

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