Jimmy Rushton

Russia’s New Weapon: Child 'Suicide Bombers' Moscow’s intelligence services are recruiting civilians, including the young and vulnerable, to carry remotely detonated explosives

"Russian attempts to exacerbate preexisting tensions in society via Telegram-incited active measures are not limited to Ukraine." @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and @jimmyrushton.bsky.social report on a grim Russian operation for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

I run a couple of scripts that might have blocked you by mistake; you should be unblocked now.

My latest episode of @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social featuring security analyst @jimmyrushton.bsky.social discussing the latest developments from Zelenskyy's trip to the United Nations is out now on the link below or wherever you listen to your podcasts:
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Inside Ukraine’s Plan To Build a Self-Sufficient Defense Force With Western security guarantees uncertain, Kyiv is turning to elite, battle-hardened units as the core of a remodeled military

For New Lines Magazine: I spent a week and a half with Ukraine's elite Third Assault Brigade, the largest and one of the most effective fighting forces within the Ukrainian military, and not coincidently, one of the least 'Soviet'.

With @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
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YouTube video by Times Radio Putin uses ‘lethal’ WW1 gas to attack Ukrainian troops on the Frontline

Systematic use of chemical weaponry by Russia in Ukraine continues. My interview/report from the front line for Times Radio.
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Cutting US Aid Jeopardizes the Lives of Ukrainian Civilians For the volunteers evacuating their fellow citizens, the sudden end of funding means more will die under Russian fire

NEW: For the Ukrainian volunteers evacuating their fellow civilians, the sudden end of U.S. funding means more will die under Russian fire, reports @jimmyrushton.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

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Kyiv.

Latest with @jimmyrushton.bsky.social: Ukraine didn’t just humiliate Vladimir Putin with its stunning FPV drone assault on Russia’s strategic bombers—it also embarrassed Donald Trump, who repeatedly dismissed Kyiv’s ability to fight without U.S. help t.co/9SqbwxSa35

Ukraine strikes Putin’s prized spy planes Operation Spider’s Web successfully damages A-50 surveillance aircraft, key to co-ordinating Russia’s fighter jets and missiles

"Ukraine strikes Putin’s prized spy planes - Operation Spider’s Web successfully damages A-50 surveillance aircraft, key to coordinating Russia’s fighter jets and missiles."

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I’ve been shown unreleased footage of Sunday’s SBU drone attack. I can confirm at least two A-50 AWACS aircraft were struck by drones; the FPV drones landing directly on the radar domes before detonating.

Multiple Tu-22M3s can also be seen struck in the footage.

Russia’s New Weapon: Child Suicide Bombers Moscow’s intelligence services are recruiting unsuspecting civilians, including the young and vulnerable, for suicide missions

NEW: Russia is using social media to recruit unsuspecting Ukrainian civilians - including children - and turning them into unwitting suicide bombers.

A deep dive into Moscow's disturbing new tactic with
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social for New Lines Magazine.

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Ignore the moral panic; there's nothing inherently unethical about drone warfare And in fact drones might enable combatants to more closely follow the laws of armed conflict

"Ignore the moral panic; there's nothing inherently unethical about drone warfare..."

I wrote about the debate surrounding the use of small drones in Ukraine, why such drones could actually be considered more 'moral' and why violent combat footage isn't new
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Americans really got bored of living in the richest and most powerful country on the planet and decided to just set everything on fire, huh?

Every week, hundreds of Ukrainians take part in noisy protests, demanding the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war held in inhumane conditions in Russian jails.

I attended one such protest yesterday:
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Can Europe Back Ukraine's Fight Alone? For the first time in decades, European leaders face a US commander-in-chief who doesn’t care for Cold War-era pieties

NEW: Can Europe Back Ukraine’s Fight Alone?

In the wake of a possible breakdown of the transatlantic alliance me and Michael Weiss argue that it both can, and must.

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Back in the U.K. for a couple of weeks off after another year in Ukraine; will be back in Kyiv just before New Year.

Coming back to what used to be “normality” feels very strange!

A defeat for the Assad regime is a defeat for Russia; and Moscow will undoubtably be facing some difficult decisions in the next few hours/days over what resources to commit to shoring up it's crumbling Syrian client state.

One of the largest Russian drone attacks on Ukraine last night of the war.

188 drones were launched against Ukrainian targets.

95 were disabled by electronic warfare - 76 were shot down by air defence.

5 more "flew in the direction of Belarus" according to the airforce.

Another midnight air-raid in Kyiv. Drones incoming, explosions and flashes of anti-aircraft fire in the distance.

Tonight in Kyiv we have Russian drones flying directly over our apartment block and anti-aircraft fire and explosions in the distance...

Good afternoon from this very good boy (and suspected Ukrainian nationalist).

Remember when Argentina used French Exocet anti-ship missiles to sink British warships during the Falklands War which inevitably led to the great Anglo-French war of 1983?

A knowledgable source confirms to me the target of today's Storm Shadow cruise missile strikes in Mar'ino, Kursk Oblast, was a Russian command centre.

Anyone I'm following that's tweeting about Ukraine!

The released footage also confirms the target location; this small group of buildings due east of the main estate.

Footage was released showing today's Ukrainian "Storm Shadow" cruise missile strikes on a Russian target in the settlement of Mar'ino, Kursk Oblast, Russia.

Notable that the Ukrainians were able to operate an ISR drone deep in the Russian rear, with no Russian air defence response.

A lot of speculation about target; clearly it was of extremely high perceived value for the Ukrainians to expend this number of missiles.

A high possibility is a Russian military headquarters, potentially struck during a meeting (this would also explain the daytime strike).

Geolocation of the video of the strikes: 51.587872, 34.940254

The actual video cannot be posted due to BlueSky's restrictions on video length.

Russian channels also published video allegedly showing the impact of multiple "Storm Shadow" cruise missiles at an unspecified target.

This does appear to confirm the use of cruise missiles; what type is still open to question.

Alleged debris from the missiles was also displayed. No indication of the effectiveness of the strikes was given.