23rd September, 2023. Tweets, videos, quotations, links. Could the Ukraine war become a long drawn out war of attrition. What about cyber implications? Recommend Col Macgregor’s take. Reality bites home and should do so now. What Peace initiatives exist to halt the war in Ukraine. We don’t need mention from Russia about using nuclear weapons. President Zelenskyy at Shannon Airport Ireland now 1pm.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

@ZelenskyyUa

At Shannon Airport, I held an unscheduled meeting with President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. I am grateful for Sudan’s consistent support of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. We discussed common security challenges,… Show more

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Search on YouTube Thursday 21st September 2023:

Col Douglas Macgregor: “The Ukrainian Phase Of The War Is Over”

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Bill Browder

@Billbrowder

23rd September 2023

Allegedly Roman Abramovich accumulated a $1 billion art collection. Shortly before Russia’s murderous invasion of Ukraine he transferred majority control of the trusts that own it to his ex wife. Sanctions now can’t apply to it.

theguardian.com

‘You could fill a museum with it’: the $963m Roman Abramovich art collection revealed

Leak suggests the oil and gas tycoon and his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova amassed one of the most significant collections of modern art in private hands

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

@ZelenskyyUa

22ndSeptember 2023

In my today’s address to the Parliament of Canada I emphasized that what Russian occupiers are doing to Ukraine is genocide. And when we want to win, when we call on the world to support us, it’s not just about an ordinary conflict. It’s about saving lives of millions of people.

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Igor Sushko

@igorsushko

22nd September 2023

It appears Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Commander, Admiral Viktor Sokolov will not face trial at the Hague for war crimes. Reports that he has been killed in the daytime strike on his headquarters in occupied Crimea.

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Visegrád 24

@visegrad24

23rd September 2023

A video has emerged of Russian soldiers saying they will kill a Ukrainian POW Take a good look at their faces, pass the video on so that as many as possible will see it & hopefully these criminals will be indentified & sentenced at the International Criminal Court in The Hague

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Ronan L Tynan

@RonanLTynan

23rd September 2023

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#Syria: What these amazing protests in #Suwayda show including the biggest one yet yesterday is that #Assad never crushed the spirit of the 2011 peaceful revolution for freedom dignity and the end of his brutal regime. Inspite of over 600,000 dead half the country forced to flee… Show more

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Eliot Higgins

@EliotHiggins

23rd September 2023

If you want to see someone hopelessly out of touch with the topic he’s writing on, read this piece by Matt Taibbi on open source investigation.

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Matt Taibbi

@mtaibbi

22nd D-September 2023

Forget Bellingcat. Meet a Real “Open Source” Watchdog Jack Poulson has an insider’s background, an outsider’s perspective, and unique technical expertise, making him an invaluable resource for monitoring the world of national security contracting https://open.substack.com/pub/taibbi/p/forget-bellingcat-meet-a-real-open?r=5mz1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Leonid ХВ Ragozin

@leonidragozin

23rd September 2023

Two ways the Kremlin is tackling Sevastopol strikes. For the grannies watching TV, it says nothing. For the younger and politically active audience on the Internet, the message is that it is the wake-up call and it’s time to mobilise in a war for survival.

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky

@khodorkovsky_en

As winter approaches, voices urging Ukrainian leaders to negotiate a ceasefire will get louder, and Putin will hope they are amplified as the US election grows closer. But in my view, trying to persuade Kyiv to negotiate would be an error. Here’s why:  – key points

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Glasnost Gone

@GlasnostGone

23rd September 2023

Yesterday #Ukraine signed an updated Free Trade Agreement with #Canada. President Zelensky called the agreement “the basis for the reconstruction of Ukraine.” And “will facilitate the development of trade in goods & services… https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-09-22-23/h_91878ebfc570d2ab0244fe964ca9b82a

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Glasnost Gone

@GlasnostGone

23rd September 2023

If as widely reported, US is now going to provide #Ukraine with long-range ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) missiles – do it now America. Russian military morale is nosediving & Ukraine’s already shown it can make crushing good use of such missiles. So please, no delays.

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The Wall Street Journal

@WSJ

He’s 34 years old. He went to business school in Paris. He’s at the center of an emerging battle over the fate of Wagner’s multibillion-dollar empire of gold, diamonds and mercenaries.

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wsj.com The Elusive Figure Running Wagner’s Embattled Empire of Gold and Diamonds Following Prigozhin’s death, business school grad Dmitry Sytii is working to preserve the group’s multibillion-dollar African operations.

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Dmytro Kuleba

@DmytroKuleba

Good to meet

@Kamikawa_Yoko

. We discussed Japan’s engagement in the Peace Formula and the need to create the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine. Ukraine is interested in Japan and Japanese businesses taking an active part in our country’s recovery.

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Visegrád 24

@visegrad2423rd September 2023

Remember those viral posts claiming “Poland will stop sending weapons to Ukraine”? It made for dramatic headlines, caused outrage and generated clicks – but it divided two allies and served Russia. Here is the segment of that interview but in context:

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Declassified UK

@declassifiedUK

23rd September 2023

The Undercover Policing Inquiry provides startling details of how the Metropolitan Police and MI5 spied for decades on political parties and peace organisations. ICYMI

declassifieduk.org Spycops: When the public is the enemy The start of the Undercover Policing Inquiry provides startling details of how the Metropolitan Police and MI5 spied for decades on political

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Bloomberg

@business

UK prosecutors will charge five Bulgarian nationals suspected of spying for Russia with conspiracy to conduct espionage

bloomberg.com UK Prosecutors to Charge Five Bulgarians in Russian Spying Case UK prosecutors will charge five Bulgarian nationals suspected of spying for Russia with conspiracy to conduct espionage, the Crown
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The Japan News

@The_Japan_News

23rd September 2023

Russian spies are using hackers to target computer systems at law enforcement agencies in Ukraine in a bid to identify and obtain evidence related to alleged Russian war crimes, Ukraine’s cyber defense chief told Reuters on Friday.

japannews.yomiuri.co.jp Russian Hackers Seek War Crimes Evidence, Ukraine Cyber Chief Says KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) – Russian spies are using hackers to target computer systems at law enforcement agencies in Ukraine in a bid to
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The Jerusalem Post

@Jerusalem_Post

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The FBI has sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite #Russian spies, US authorities said Tuesday, providing a glimpse of the digital tug-of-war between two of the world’s cyber superpowers.

jpost.com

FBI says it has sabotaged hacking tool created by elite Russian spies

The official identified the FSB hackers behind the malware with a notorious hacking group known as

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Cyber Warfare Asia

@ImamAlMahditech

#SaudiArabia has increased its stakes in #cybersecurity protection, with the Human Resources Development Fund receiving approval to join the US-based Forum of Incident Response and Security Team.

arabnews.com

Saudi Arabia’s HRDF to join international cybersecurity organization

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has increased its stakes in cybersecurity protection, with the Human Resources Development Fund receiving

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The Moscow Times

@MoscowTimes

22nd September 2023

#OpEd It’s hard to escape the impression that the clubs Russian children have to join are doing anything other than teaching them to kill or be killed, argues

@DrJadeMcGlynn

themoscowtimes.com Russia is Preparing the Next Generation to Die for their Country Opinion | In Russia, 2023 is the Year of the Teacher and Mentor.

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The Moscow Times

@MoscowTimes

22nd September 2023

Bulgarian authorities accused the Russian Orthodox Church representative in Sofia of acting in the interests of the Kremlin.

themoscowtimes.com Moscow ‘Outraged’ as Bulgaria Expels Orthodox Church Head Russia on Thursday slammed Bulgaria after it expelled the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in the southern Balkans nation.
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Michael McFaul

@McFaul

22nd September 2023

#ATACMs are coming. Spread the word to all Russian soldiers wondering why they are in Ukraine. Maybe time for them to leave before they die in vain for a hopeless, meaningless cause?

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Foreign Affairs

@ForeignAffairs

“With so many Russian diplomats expelled from Europe, traditional options for Russian spies are rapidly shrinking. For the Kremlin, the Russian Orthodox church, with its broad network of parishes, can provide a palatable alternative.”

foreignaffairs.com Putin’s Useful Priests The Russian Orthodox Church and the Kremlin’s hidden influence campaign in the West.

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Erin Burnett

@ErinBurnett

The reporting on the Russian Orthodox Church recruiting spies in the US

@AndreiSoldatov

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The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.

Albert Einstein

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Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

John F. Kennedy

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Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.

Omar N. Bradley

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