At least 900 times 🇷🇺 army has used tear gas against 🇺🇦 soldiers in the last 6 months. In total, more than 1400 such cases have been recorded since the full-scale 🇷🇺 invasion. The use of chemical weapons is a flagrant violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, to which Russia

In this 🇨🇳propaganda narrative, unruly folks from the 'global south' try to attack a Chinese man & his blond girl friend. In response to the aggression, the young man wields his mighty PRC passport like a sacred talisman--the attackers see it and immediately bow several times

A fascinating piece from Phillips P. OBrien. Highly recommended to understand where and how US politics might go with a Trump victory in November.

Today, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Gabrielle Cowan visited the #LockedShields2024 exercise at NATO CCDCOE and explains how the event gives NATO Allies the opportunity to exchange best practices, boost trust and resilience, and increase cyber readiness across the Alliance.

There’s more.

the summer migration of 155mm shells has begun.

Another welcome development.

At this point, German leadership must seriously ask themselves why 🇩🇪 is the only country unable to trust Ukraine to confine the use of long-range strike weapons to its own borders. This reflects a pathetic lack of trust by Scholz and his government towards the Ukrainian people.

Another day, another zero day in a security appliance (suspect China). I cannot stress enough how much the volume of Chinese zero days in security appliances has exploded since my book in 2021.

Back then the biggest criticism was, 'Nicole, why did you focus on zero days when

Dear all, in a newly published report together with Samuel Bendett, Max Bergmann, Tina Dolbaia and Nick Fenton we have looked into the Russian military industry's adaptation to the sanctions in the second year of war. Main takeaways:

1) The report starts with an overview of

Keilar: “We've just learned that former President Donald Trump is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Michigan attorney general's case against so-called fake electors.”

Anton Gerashchenko After 'liberation' Ukrainian cities look like average Russian cities. This is no problem. After Russians are kicked out the cities will be rebuilt and life there will become vibrant once again. Its just a question of time

'They say: let’s go to Avdiivka! Let’s go!'

A typical representative of the Russian army of looters, murderers and rapists is examining the 'liberated' territories, looting apartments and houses damaged by shelling and abandoned by Ukrainian civilians, taking out children’s

A hole that the Western Europeans even didn't try to fill.

“Reuters: The Ministry of Economy allows an exchange rate of 120 rubles/$ in a stress scenario”

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#NEW : As a follow on to last's year 'Out of Stock' report, authors Maria Snegovaya Max Bergmann Tina Dolbaia Nick Fenton (w/ contributions from Samuel Bendett) have published 'Back in Stock? The State of 🇷🇺's Defense Industry After 2 Years of the War.'

Short thread on the report 🧵

😡 Russians purge libraries in occupied Crimea of books referencing Holodomor and Crimean Tatars

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The list of Republican senators still voting against the Ukraine aid package is very revealing. Shockingly, it includes Intelligence Committee Vice Chair, Rubio. The Kremlin’s influence in American conservative politics is clearly growing, despite Putin’s ever-worsening conduct.

So do we.