Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands will potentially foot the bill for more than 3,000 air-launched cruise missiles. themoscowtimes.com/2025/08/29/pen…

Ukrainian volunteer Serhiy Sternenko, who supplies frontline units with drones and drone interceptors, said air-defense crews are being reassigned to infantry again, including interceptor drone operators. Amid rising Shahed attacks, reassigning AD crews looks like self-sabotage

Interesting new piece on survey participation in Russia (link at the end of the 🧵), Here's some snippets and my comments.

while the world debates a territorial deal between RU and UA, we found that RU is reshaping Enerhodar -the site of Europe’s largest nuclear plant - through fear, propaganda, and newcomers 1/9 w/Mari Saito Anton Zverev Marian Prysiazhniuk Lori Hinnant reuters.com/investigations…

In POLITICO today, my deep dive into Steve Witkoff's role in the Russia-Ukraine diplomacy, with exclusive reporting on where the effort is now. Some frustrated U.S., Ukrainian and European officials say part of the problem is the go-it-alone style of Witkoff, Trump’s special

The latest update to our losses count confirms the names of ~125K Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine as of August 28. Our separate statistical analysis with Meduza in English, based on probate records, now estimates the true death toll to be at least 219K en.zona.media/article/2025/0…

The first sale, with an estimated cost of $179.1M, is for the sustainment of Ukraine's Patriot Air Defense Systems The package includes classified and unclassified spare parts, maintenance support, software updates, system modifications, and training for Ukrainian forces. 2/3

This is an AI-generated image and there's no evidence for the story. AI slop is now being used to make up images and stories about sacrifice and bravery in World War II in order to drive engagement and money. Wonderful.

This is merely the Trump White House spin on the recent string of reporting from Financial Times and others about the failures and miscommunications of Trump and Witkoff during meetings with Putin and European leaders that have exposed their inexperience and lack of understanding of a

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in China in the coming days, the Kremlin said Sunday, talks that will likely further strain tensions between Bratislava and Brussels. themoscowtimes.com/2025/08/31/put…

Part of me is actually curious about how this self-publishing "psychologist and optimist" thinks he can end the war in Ukraine (in 600+ pages!), not to mention bring peace to the Middle East

Liz Truss calling Rishi Sunak “Russhi Sunak” over him dragging his feet over sanctions should have disqualified her from leadership because “Russkiy Sunak” was *right there*

European capitals are working on “pretty precise plans” for potential military deployments to Ukraine as part of post-conflict security guarantees that will have the full backing of US capabilities, Ursula von der Leyen tells Financial Times.

Ukraine has conducted swarm attacks on the battlefield for much of the past year, the previously unreported attacks are the first known routine use of swarm technology in combat. wsj.com/world/ai-power… #drones #UkraineWar

It was supposed to very glamorous -- and extremely cold. Over 150 super-rich Russians were due to sail last month to the North Pole to party to DJs on the ice, on a French company's ship. Then, an FBI arrest, and the trip fell apart... ft.com/content/2ec3cb… w Adrienne Klasa

Worth a read today: Airwars completed its project documenting civilian harm from Russian airstrikes in Syria. As many as 25,256 are reported to have been killed. airwars.org/airwars-publis…

London accused eight Russians and three organizations of participating in the deportation and “indoctrination” of Ukrainian children. themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/03/uk-…