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Michael Bond retweeted
📝 NEW | The price of deterring Russia is accepting a share of the risk.
Read Dr Jade McGlynn's new piece for @ForeignPolicy below 👇
foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/16…
Michael Bond retweeted
💥A fake Israeli think tank linked to Kremlin disinformation was promoted by real experts and Israeli media—and its founder lobbied lawmakers. My colleagues have uncovered ties to a suspected Russian spy. One promoter admitted taking cash, then backtracked.vsquare.org/journalist-admit…
Michael Bond retweeted
For the first time, Ukraine can procure weapons and military equipment through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency.
Minister of Defence Evgeniy Khmara has signed the agreement bringing Ukraine into a dedicated partnership with the Agency.
Ukraine’s needs can now be combined with other countries’ orders for better prices, met through existing NSPA contracts or new tenders, and Ukrainian manufacturers can bid alongside foreign firms on equal terms.
@NSPA_NATO @NATOinUkraine
Read more:
mod.gov.ua/en/news/ukraine-n…
Michael Bond retweeted
🚨🚨🚨 Four LNG carriers have changed identities ahead of Russian Arctic operations.
🇸🇬➡️🇵🇦 In September, ONEIROI (IMO 9958327), MELICERTES (IMO 9958303), NELEUS (IMO 9958315) and AEOLUS (IMO 9958298) switched from Singapore to Panama flags, alongside changes in names, ownership and management.
Three were sanctioned in May 2025, then delisted in September 2025 following assurances they would not transport LNG from Yamal LNG or Arctic LNG 2.
⚠️ Now, under new identities, they appear to be heading towards Russia's Arctic LNG terminals.
Michael Bond retweeted
A compilation of combat footage from the TFL-1 system with a digital video link, integrated into one of our partners’ drones and operated by one of the leading units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
No AI cartoons here.
Autonomy in action.
Michael Bond retweeted
"Rosneft has managed to restart some refineries within weeks of an attack, only to see them struck again as repairs are completed or nearing completion. The need to repeatedly repair damaged equipment is straining operations and causing costs to pile up to levels that Rosneft officials have privately warned cannot be sustained long-term, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named to discuss sensitive information. Some plants have deliberately slowed repairs as a result, stretching work that should take days into weeks, the people said.
Efforts to protect the facilities with shipping containers, nets and steel cables have proved ineffective against swarms of drones, according to company plans reviewed by Bloomberg. The damage is particularly difficult to repair when strikes hit complex secondary units such as catalytic crackers, reformers and hydrocrackers, whose parts would previously have been sourced from the West.
Sanctions are compounding the problems by restricting access to replacement equipment, forcing Rosneft to rely on Russian-made copies and Chinese imports that can take months to obtain and are not always compatible with existing machinery, people familiar with the matter said.
More broadly, the International Energy Agency said drone strikes on Russian refineries are having a “cumulative negative effect.” In September, the agency cut its outlook for Russian oil processing over the next 18 months to around 4 million barrels a day, roughly 30% below prewar levels."
bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Michael Bond retweeted
BREAKING: German authorities have arrested a suspected Russian spy in Brandenburg. The 53-year-old Ukrainian man, identified as Vadym Y., is accused of collecting militarily sensitive information for the Russian intelligence service since at least July 2025.
According to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, he allegedly targeted contacts within Europe’s arms industry, gathering information on the production of tanks, ammunition and explosives, as well as industry personnel. He is also suspected of monitoring military installations linked to the security of NATO’s eastern flank, including, according to media reports, the German Armed Forces’ Lithuania Brigade.
The suspect was arrested in the Oder-Spree district following an investigation involving the BKA and information from Germany’s domestic intelligence service. He is due to appear before an investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, who will decide whether he will be remanded in custody.
Michael Bond retweeted
Festnahme wegen mutmaßlicher geheimdienstlicher Agententätigkeit, Pressemitteilung der #Bundesanwaltschaft vom 22.10.2026
generalbundesanwalt.de/Share…
Michael Bond retweeted
Czech President Petr Pavel says a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was “quite close” – until Donald Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel.
vist.ly/5pf23
Michael Bond retweeted
🚨Major Breaking News from the Irish Times on Alumina
• EU commission internally discussed a tapering off of alumina exports from Ireland to Russia to buy time for alternative customers
• The Commission continues to not rule out sanctions
• They don’t plan on introducing them in the next package however acknowledge it is possible via national government’s requesting it does feature
• Estonia has confirmed it will ask to include alumina in the 22nd package
irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
Michael Bond retweeted
Up to 12,000 North Koreans work under conditions of forced labor at Russia’s Alabuga drone plant, @CSIS report says
They are paid around $2.50 an hour, with the regime in Pyongyang confiscating between 70% and 90% of their earnings.
theins.press/en/news/298555
Michael Bond retweeted
Russia is using online influence campaigns to target Democrats running for office, and any candidates largely supportive of Ukraine, @jahimes and @MarkWarner told reporters today. Here we go again. More here: politico.com/news/2026/10/21…
Michael Bond retweeted
Last October, President Trump imposed significant sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, complaining that negotiations with Putin over ending the war in Ukraine “just don’t go anywhere.”
Now, exactly a year after the oil sanctions, Mr. Putin has never been so close to his goal of normalizing relations with Washington without having to make any compromises on Ukraine.
With comments from @HannaNotte, @scharap and @JyShapiro
nytimes.com/2026/10/22/world…
Michael Bond retweeted
„The #Pentagon has spent months quietly building an elite new tech agency to help covertly disrupt and sabotage foreign technology programs considered threats to American #military superiority.“
politico.com/news/2026/10/22…
#TSO
Portrait of glorious Russian serviceman and football hooligan who was killed by a drone now sheds supernatural tears.
RU official:
“If God be with us, who can be against us - certainly not Trump”
Neither the Catholic Church nor Guinness Book or World Records has confirmed
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На форуме в Москве рассказали о «замироточившей» фотографии убитого военного из «Эспаньолы»
Фотография военного из ультраправой бригады «Эспаньола» с позывным «Казак», размещенная в офисе подразделения, «замироточила», сообщил в четверг на открытии XII Московского международного форума «Религия и мир» бывший гендиректор телеканала «Спас» Борис Костенко.
Детали. Поделиться «уникальным событием» Костенко решил в завершение своего выступления на открытии форума.
▪️Цитата. «Я вчера получил фотографию, на которой изображен наш боец, его позывной — "Казак". Он из батальона "Эспаньола". Он погиб, уведя за собой дрон от своих товарищей, совершил героический поступок. Их много сейчас происходит на войне. Он погиб. Жена, ребенок остались. Но что важно — эта фотография помещена в офисе этого батальона в Москве. Так вот фотография — она замироточила, она покрылась мелкими каплями мира».
▪️По словам Костенко, это «свидетельство присутствия Божия в нашем мире прямо сейчас здесь».
Контекст. Костенко в прошлом работал гендиректором телеканала «Спас», а сейчас является советником госсекретаря Союзного государства России и Беларуси Сергея Глазьева.
▪️«Эспаньола» — сформированная после вторжения в Украину бригада из ультраправых футбольных фанатов. Бойцы «Эспаньолы» участвовали в штурме «Азовстали», Мариуполя и Угледара, держали оборону Клещеевки, захватывали Авдеевку и Часов Яр. В декабре прошлого года ее командир Сергей Орлов стал первым участником войны, прощание с которым прошло в Храме Христа Спасителя.
▪️Военный из бригады Вадим Казак погиб в сентябре 2024 года под Часовым Яром.
▪️Форум «Религия и мир» проводится с 2013 года. Его организует Союз за содействие сохранению традиционных ценностей «Христианский мир» при содействии управления президента по внутренней политике, Минобрнауки и правительства Москвы.
Michael Bond retweeted
Every time russia announces they are ready for peace - the massive attack on civilians follows. I counted at least 16 ballistic hits in Kyiv - feels like Armageddon.
Michael Bond retweeted
Couple things on the large scale tactical aircraft activity over the Middle East tonight:
I don't have any info on this operation or if it truly has gone kinetic, but here is likely what is happening if not:
1.) Dry runs are important for such a large integrated operation. They can be scaled as the operation gets closer. Getting a large part of the intended force up and in position can really help with the chances of mission success if the actual order to execute is given. So many moving parts to align. Not great to find out any weak spots on night one of a new offensive.
2.) Stimulating Iran's air defenses is critical. By Iran operating as if a full scale attack could be coming, their air defenses can be detected, categorized and geolocated. This is absolutely critical prior to a major air operation. Surveilling them during times of lower alert does not provide the same fidelity of actionable intelligence. Knowing where those threats are and how they are operating can mean the difference of life and death and/or will help standoff munitions make their way to their targets as those defenses can be suppressed, destroyed, or avoided entirely via careful mission planning.
Michael Bond retweeted
In case it wasn’t already obvious: being nice to Putin hasn’t achieved peace. And it never will.
Luckily there is at least one easy option that stops Russia’s ballistic missiles from killing civilians and destroying power grids. Starlink.
Ukrainian drones can destroy the launchers, but need access to Starlink over Russian territory to navigate effectively.
This would cost American taxpayers nothing. It would save lives. And it would put real pressure on Putin.
My latest in the Washington Post:
Michael Bond retweeted
Oleg Mikhailov, the only candidate from Russia's Komi region to call for peace in this year's parliamentary election, has been detained in Moscow on suspicion of “justifying terrorism.” He lost his seat in September to a veteran of the war in Ukraine. meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/21…
