Russian state media are today alleging that a Bellingcat reporter was involved in an attempt to hijack a Russian fighter plane. We would like to make clear that Bellingcat had absolutely no involvement in the alleged activities and the accusations towards us are entirely false.

In the UK this week? Join Bellingcat contributor Dr. Ollie Ballinger at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social for a talk this Friday as he unpacks our investigations into, and the open source tools we built to track suspicious ships operating in international waters. events.bl.uk/events/onlin...

"Meine Familie wurde aus Deutschland vertrieben. Ich hatte das Gefühl, dass die Jüdische Gemeinde mich am Sonntagabend herausgeworfen hat. . . Die Reaktion der Jüdischen Gemeinde in Frankfurt ist ein Verrat an der liberalen, deutsch-jüdischen Tradition."--Jason Stanley

Publicly available sources to aid open-source investigations can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com ⬇️ niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...

More depressing news from the world of sports sponsorship, where World Volleyball, following the examples of FIBA, CAF, PSG and others, has decided to team up with one of the world's worst illegal sports betting operators, 1XBet (who else?). en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/c...

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

Another medieval wooden street discovered, it's almost as people didn't like muddy roads ;) www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

‼️russia has hit at least 1 residential building in Dnipro tonight, continued war crimes. It’s sickening that this has become so “normal” that it doesn’t even make headlines anymore! Do people even understand how insane that is? None of this should EVER be noted as “the usual”!

What does “military power” really mean—and how do the logistics of war shape it? We spoke with Oxus Society’s Michael Hilliard on mapping Central Asia’s armed forces. Listen on Stage Talks with Bellingcat: rss.com/podcasts/bel...

A man has been arrested. Current theory is that he somehow snapped and used his own blood. Has/will be taken to a psychiatric clinic after police processing. presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/43561/6153045

Your 42-minute warning.

Anyone with an opinion is dangerous in Russia. Anyone.

We've covered how Meta Ray-Bans could have been worn by CBP during ICE raids, how it's being modded for facial recognition, and how it's being used as a spy tool. Every time Meta argues: What is the difference between Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and an iPhone? SO yeah—here's a guide for Meta's PR team:

Social media footage and satellite imagery show killings as Rapid Support Forces took over Al Fashir (El Fasher). Bellingcat geolocated one incident on the city’s outskirts and showed it to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...

OK, as promised, here's my thread about the links between tear gas/pepper spray and the arms trade and gun industry.

What can I say except: lol, there is no Muscovite opposition, there is only the oppressed dreams of Russia's enslaved subject peoples. Imagine if Europe supported actual revolutionaries instead of literal spies.

Mike always has a good story and he tells it well. Highly recommended.

I’ve decided I don’t like baseball.

Good morning. Here is a lovely thread for you.

Rooting not just for a Game 7 of the World Series, but another 18 inning game that goes so long on Saturday night that the clocks fall back at 2am before it’s ended and everyone gets tremendously confused about what time it is.

"Father Mark Rowles, 57, went by the name "skinheadlad1488" in a chatroom called Aryan Reich Killers to write offensive messages about Muslims." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anyone near New York on December 9th? The Kyiv Independent does great work and they’re really nice people; it’ll be informative and fun, I have no doubt about that.

The last survivor of the Crimean War died in 2004. "Timothy" spent 40 years in the Navy. After retirement, having moved in with the Earl of Devon, she revealed she was a girl. She would wander round his garden wearing a sign that said. "My name is Timothy. I am very old. Pease do not pick me up".

Quick, the ghosts are coming - everyone act supernatural!

Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻 Enter if you dare...🚪

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

BIRN journalists obtained access to private Telegram groups where recruiters lure Serb mercenaries from Bosnia and Serbia to join Russian forces in Ukraine with promises of lucrative contracts and veterans’ benefits detektor.ba/2025/10/30/m...

looking forward to months and months of the interminable 150-square Rubik’s cube assembling that are Dutch coalition negotiations

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Please note I am out of the office on annual leave returning on 12th November. If your email is urgent please contact [email protected]

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. I hope this email finds you well.

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

Some of us have always had faith in Ukrainian press officers. Press officer shoots Russian FPV drone, protecting Dutch journalist viewing a damaged church in Kostiantynivka. youtube.com/shorts/b893U...

@starskyua.bsky.social How many people have sent this to you already? 🤣 Glad to see the tradition is being kept alive, if with a better choice of target. youtube.com/shorts/b893U...

I just cast my vote in the Dutch parliamentary elections, all the way cheerfully smiling at the good people who make the polling station run. (There were two people ahead of me, which was a bit of a disappointment, but not like the time I miscalculated and had to wait for over 15 minutes!)

Better not mention my late-night PB&J tortilla habit...

I'm excited but a bit sad to announce that I've left Bellingcat to start a nonprofit investigative outlet focused on the far-right. We're called Decoherence Media, and we're launching today.

How attacking healthcare has become a strategy of war “I have not seen anything like the almost daily attacks on hospitals, the relentlessness of the repeated attacks, the indifference to the consequences of the attacks for patients and staff” - Len Rubenstein www.bmj.com/content/391/... @bmj.com

Nu ze zich steeds vaker laten zien, wordt het misschien tijd om dit groepje NSB-larpers uit te lichten. Ze noemen zichzelf de NNB (Nederlandse Nationalitische Beweging), een relatief nieuwe club die vaak optrekt met Defend Netherlands. Hier lopen ze o.a. met Peter van Vliet. Een 🧵

NEW: The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print. If you want to understand how truly ignorant and absent the British media is on Russian interference, read on. A Kremlin spy scandal, a trove of bikini shots....and still nothing but tumbleweed. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

I made my students a little “book” (just using Google slides) to show them how you all answered my question about how you take notes for research. Just to show the variety.

I went to the opening of this exhibition last week It features a cool Bellingcat display, showing the work we (primarily Ollie Ballinger @yoruk.bsky.social, Bridget Diakun @godin.bsky.social & Youri van der Weide) produced to track Russian ships surreptitiously exporting grain from occupied Crimea

What the heck? First they released the man’s murderer and now they sent his family back to Georgia?

Om zijn kernonderzeeërs te beschermen, bouwde Rusland in het diepste geheim aan een wapen in zee. Ook producten van drie Nederlandse bedrijven zijn daarbij betrokken. Zij hebben samen voor meer dan 8 miljoen dollar geleverd aan een bedrijf op Cyprus dat een Russische dekmantel blijkt.

#SmallestHillUponWhichIAmWillingToDie One person cannot be an alumni. #TTADWTN

The White House's East Wing is now completely demolished, as seen in @planet.com SkySat imagery taken today.

The documentary follows the victims of Russian occupation as they recount the coercion, threats, and lies told by the occupying authorities that endangered their and their children’s lives.

The Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigation Unit exposes Russia’s vast system that indoctrinates Ukrainian children, using education and leisure programs in occupied territories to build Russia’s future army. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZGm...