💥👀 Based on Western intel docs & interviews with perpetrators’ relatives (and one himself), @vsquare.bsky.social & partners identified the ringleader—a Russian radioactive smuggler—and traced the explosive parcels’ route through the Baltics, Poland, Germany & the UK. @michaeldweiss.bsky.social

With Western security guarantees uncertain, Kyiv is turning to its elite, battle-hardened units as the core of a remodeled military, report @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and James Rushton for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

💥🕵️ NEW INVESTIGATION: We reveal the ringleader of the GRU’s parcel-bomb plot—a Russian radioactive-materials smuggler—trace the explosives’ route across NATO borders, and show how the GRU recruited Russians and Ukrainians in the West. @vsquare.bsky.social @michaeldweiss.bsky.social

NEW: With Western security guarantees uncertain, Kyiv is turning to its elite, battle-hardened units as the core of a remodeled military, report @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and James Rushton for @newlinesmag.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in...

”One can’t blame a nation for being small or geographically vulnerable — only for being cheap and shortsighted.” @michaeldweiss.bsky.social spot on in this excellent piece on the Nordic-Baltic countries’ outsized contribution to Ukraine. They have demonstrated what small state power looks like.

NEW: The Nordic and Baltic states are driving a more robust European engagement on Ukraine amid apprehension over Trump’s dance with Putin, writes @michaeldweiss.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and other European leaders will arrive soon at the White House for their meeting with President Trump. @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and Evelyn Farkas join @alivitali.bsky.social to weigh in on what to watch for today. www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...

"Trump comes away angry at both Putin and Witkoff. That's the best case scenario....and by the way, the Norwegians could do us a big favor just coming out and saying you're never gonna get" the Nobel Peace Prize. @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social talk Trump's summit with Putin:

Drove to Aleppo in a Syrian rebel convoy in 2012. Interviewed an ISIS defector in Istanbul in 2015. Going to Boston for a source meeting in 2025? Yeah, this New Yorker is not taking any fucking chances, thank you very much.

"What if it wasn't accomplished, at least to the satisfaction of what he believes is necessary? Does that mean you're gonna do it again? And thus contradict everything you've just said? And it puts the Israelis in a bind too." @michaeldweiss.bsky.social‬ talks Iran with @timmiller.bsky.social:

NEW: Great, great, great conversation with the always-interesting @michaeldweiss.bsky.social — starting off with a little bit of news about "Havana Syndrome." www.youtube.com/watch?v=GClR...

Had CIA's very own @michaeldweiss.bsky.social down to the bunker to discuss 🕷️🕸️ and a lot more. Like & subscribe 🍵 youtu.be/k8KTt5JbqOU

@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social hit on Ukraine's "kill the archer" strategy and Russia's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GcU...

My segment on @anacabrera.bsky.social's show on MSNBC today about Ukraine's stunning operation against Russian strategic bombers and why Ukraine's kinetic intelligence capability has traditionally been fettered by U.S. fears of escalation. And that's changing now: www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...

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

Our latest investigation…

Valuable summary from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/tr...

“There was a darkly comic aspect to watching Europe try to flatter, persuade and finesse Donald Trump into being three things he is not: reliable, constructive and pro-Ukraine.” @michaeldweiss.bsky.social on the geopolitics of ending the war @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/tr...

New from me. What's next after Trump's incredibly shrinking peace plan? Believe it or not, things aren't all bad for Ukraine: newlinesmag.com/reportage/tr...

President Trump continues his trip to the Middle East as he tries to strike deals for the U.S. NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Iran. @ravireports.bsky.social and @michaeldweiss.bsky.social join Katy Tur to share their expertise on Trump's diplomacy. www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

I go to Estonia, Humphrey gets neutered. Yet somehow he looks like he’s the one in Estonia.

Trump is on a tour of the Middle East and he's doing one of his favorite things: Sucking up to strongmen! @michaeldweiss.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on the latest Bulwark Podcast. Check the links below to listen and watch!

Russia’s intelligence services are recruiting Ukrainian civilians, including teenagers and children, to act as unwitting “suicide bombers,” report @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and James Rushton for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Russia’s intelligence services are recruiting Ukrainian civilians, including teenagers and children, to act as unwitting suicide bombers, report @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and James Rushton for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

NEW: Russia’s intelligence services are recruiting Ukrainian civilians, including teenagers and children, to act as suicide bombers, a tactic reminiscent of the Islamic State group, report @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and James Rushton for @newlinesmag.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/reportage/ru...

As the U.S. realigns with Russia, it falls on Europe to back Ukraine — and itself, write @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and James Rushton for @newlinesmag

This is really, really bad. @michaeldweiss.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss the now released war plans texts and why it's such a big deal

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

"The reality is that the Russian military is far from the unstoppable colossus the Trump administration seems to believe it’s -or wants the American people to believe it is"-a good overview of the situation in article by @michaeldweiss.bsky.social&@jimmyrushton.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument

Nobody puts Lil Marco in the corner.

My proposed German neologism: Weltmerz. Noun. "The feeling that reality might turn out slightly better than Europeans are accustomed to, which creates a strange mood of cautious optimism on security and defense."

Very important analysis here by @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and @jimmyrushton.bsky.social. Plan B becomes Plan A when there is no more Plan A. newlinesmag.com/argument/can...

The New York-New York Field Office has an all-you-can-eat 24-hour buffet.

“He was planning to…arrange a partnership between the FBI and the UFC cage-fighting league run by a close friend of President Trump’s, people familiar with the meeting said.” t.co/PKKwZyC2dZ

📚 From our archives: "Master and Chef", by Roman Badanin, Olga Churakova, Mikhail Rubin, @michaeldweiss.bsky.social & Pierre Vaux. Nominated for our 2020 Investigative Reporting Award, this project offers insight into Russia's activity in Libya. www.europeanpressprize.com/article/mast...

so then it's not a cost-cutting team, is it

“Queens Man Decorated.” Humbled to have received the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana from Estonian President Alar Karis.

This is an excellent and timely factsheet on Ukraine, U.S. v. European security assistance, and other misunderstood or lied about aspects of the war, by our friends at @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. I'll summarize a few main points below, with additional sources of my own:

“Europe needs a single envoy to talk to Ukraine, Russia and America. It should tighten its embargo on Russia even if America loosens sanctions. Europe should unilaterally exploit the €210bn ($220bn) of Russian cash frozen in European banks.” www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

Tomorrow, on Friday, at Yale university with @holgerroonemaa.bsky.social and @michaeldweiss.bsky.social we will tell about our recent investigations on Kremlin influence operations in the Baltics. The event will be on Zoom too. Register here. macmillan.yale.edu/europe/event...

This is such a good interview with @michaeldweiss.bsky.social on the Bulwark with @timmiller.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uSb...

Deeply honored to have been awarded the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana by Estonia's President Alar Karis. www.err.ee/1609595192/p...

“Senior National Security Council officials told a group of Havana Syndrome victims in a meeting at the White House that they have seen information that undercuts the intelligence community’s assessment that no foreign adversary was behind the incidents.” www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

New: After an eighteen-month investigation, @theins.press has uncovered new evidence suggesting that Russia’s GRU paid tens of millions of dollars to the Taliban to target American, coalition, and Afghan military forces. Unit 29155 was behind this operation. theins.press/en/politics/...