➡️ Russia continues to try and set conditions for any ceasefire in Putin’s war against Ukraine. As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I warn at @thehill.com, it’s crucial that Team Trump not give into them. Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants Ukraine. ↖️ thehill.com/opinion/nati...

➡️ Goals change in wars. Especially when you start to lose them as Russia is doing in Ukraine. Tomorrow, in a special piece for @thehill.com at 7AM EST, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I argue what Putin now hopes to be his primary end state. He must be deterred. ↖️

➡️ Conquering Ukraine, for now, is beyond Putin’s reach. However, as Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I warn at @thehill.com, destroying NATO from within has become the new goal of his sputtering ‘special military operation.’ If done, he will return to Ukraine. Link below. ↖️

➡️ It’s not a coincidence that as Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire gained momentum that the Houthis announced they were going to resume attacks against Israeli shipping. At the @kyivpost.com, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I urge to recognize he is at war with Putin’s Axis of Evil. Link below. ↖️

➡️ Shout out to the @newyorkpost.bsky.social’s editorial board for citing my piece with Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) at @thehill.com — Putin’s real goal: Destroy NATO Grateful. Especially given the importance of this message re: Putin’s designs on NATO. ↖️ nypost.com/2025/03/17/o...

➡️ Putin & Khamenei continue to use the Houthis to distract Team Trump from Ukraine & Iran’s nuclear weapons program. As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I urge at @thehill.com, it’s time for Donald Trump to adopt Admiral James Stavridis’ plan. ↖️ thehill.com/policy/natio...

➡️ Team #Putin is playing Team #Trump for time in Saudi Arabia. As @jonsweet.bsky.social & I warn in a special piece at @thehill.com, #Russia isn’t interested in a ceasefire in Ukraine save where Moscow gains battlefield advantages. Meanwhile, Putin keeps killing Ukrainians. Link below. ↖️

➡️ @jonsweet.bsky.social & I are honored to have been picked up a 14th time by the Drudge Report for our piece that is running in @thehill.com. This time is especially meaningful as we highlighted an upcoming documentary entitled Faith Under Siege & the Bazylevych family. Links below. ↖️

➡️ In our latest for the @kyivpost.com, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I take a deep dive into the fallacy of #Putin & the so-called ceasefire negotiations. Putin isn’t interest in peace or in pieces of #Ukraine. He wants it all. Link below. ↖️

"The fallacy now is that there is some sort of “ceasefire” in Ukraine – and that Russia is adhering to it while Zelensky continues to resist." @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @kyivpost.com www.kyivpost.com/opinion/49605

➡️ Always honored — and humbled — by the @newyorkpost.bsky.social’s editorial board citing my work with @jonsweet.bsky.social. This time it was for our Europe’s thin red line in Ukraine piece at @thehill.com. ↖️ nypost.com/2025/03/07/o...

➡️ Grateful as well to Real Clear World for citing my latest w/ Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (Ret.) at @thehill.com — Europe’s thin red line in Ukraine. ↖️ www.realclearworld.com/2025/03/06/e...

Privilege for @marktoth.bsky.social and I to join Daniel Tkiie on News Channel 24 and First Western TV in Ukraine to discuss the post-Oval Office meltdown and Europe's way ahead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYe...

➡️ @jonsweet.bsky.social & I were honored to be interviewed earlier by El Confidencial in Spain. It is in Spanish but you can translate in Google Chrome if need be. ↖️ www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2025-0...

Trump and Putin need Zelenskyy to go, for reasons that align in certain respects and differ in others. Justice and security are getting in the way of 'the big deal'. They may use any means available to force Zelenskyy out. @marktoth.bsky.social - @jonsweet.bsky.social - youtu.be/wco3jpmidwU

➡️ Always an honor to appear w/ @jonsweet.bsky.social on one of @siliconcurtain.bsky.social’s podcasts. If you are not familiar with Jonathan Fink’s work, check out his other podcasts. He has a huge array of impressive guests including retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges. ↖️

@marktoth.bsky.social and I had the honor to join Jonathan Fink again on the @siliconcurtain.bsky.social to discuss the 2nd and 3rd order effects of the Oval Office version of Tombstone's O.K. Corral last Friday. Is Zelensky in the way? www.youtube.com/watch?v=wco3...

➡️ Trump’s U.S. foreign policy has taken a sharp right turn. As @jonsweet.bsky.social & I note at @thehill.com, it’s arguably become mafia-like in its construct & execution. If so, a turf war looms. Putin as well is intent on being the Don of the Donbas. ↖️

"Washington is devolving into a mafioso world. This deal is the equivalent of Ukraine paying protection money." As Henry Hill said in Goodfellas: “F**k you, pay me.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/nati...

@marktoth.bsky.social and I return to the No Delusion Zone with David Debatto to talk about the war in Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq92...

@marktoth.bsky.social and I join News Anchor and TV Host Daniel Tkiie at News Channel 24 and First Western Television in Ukraine to discuss Trump’s next steps in Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qop7...

"Putin still believes he can win. He just needs the U.S. and NATO to stop supplying weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I document in @thehill.com Vladimir Putin is trying to pull a snow job on Trump thehill.com/opinion/nati...

“Trump is utilizing Cold War tactics, expressing American willingness to outfight and outspend Putin.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @newyorkpost.bsky.social nypost.com/2025/01/24/o...

"The “root cause” of the war in Ukraine is Putin ... Trump’s message ... should be to leave Ukraine or risk losing your army and your country." @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain. What part of Putin’s capitulation demands don’t you understand? thehill.com/opinion/nati...

“It is Trump’s world now. The self-defeating passivity of the Biden Administration is gone … for better or worse, he is asserting himself on the global stage.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com. thehill.com/opinion/nati...

@marktoth.bsky.social and I return to the @nodelusionzone.bsky.social show with host David Debatto to discuss Trump 2.0 and Russia, China, and Iran: Reality vs Campaign Rhetoric and few days before the inauguration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RWY...

Great to be back on @tvpworld.bsky.social "Ukraine this Week" with Don Arleth to discuss the Biden handover to Trump. But what will the strategies of 'weaken Russia' and 'just enough' transition to under the Trump Admin? We discuss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGVO...

"Without sustainment [Russian] assaults grind to a halt. If the AFU severs that connective tissue, then the Russian forces in Ukraine will wither on the vine." @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @kyivpost.com www.kyivpost.com/opinion/45699

➡️ Apolitically speaking, Trump must end Biden’s permissive environmental that began as a result of his disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. Or, as @jonsweet.bsky.social & I warn at @TheHill, Trump can make the same mistake by abandoning Ukraine. ↖️ thehill.com/opinion/nati...

“This weekend’s attempt to put ‘lipstick on a pig’ only validates - indeed cements - Biden’s national security failures over the last four years.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in The Hill thehill.com/opinion/nati...

“Beijing is working to strangle economically and militarily U.S. maritime and naval sea routes by controlling key choke points and naval transit routes.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain its bigger than Greenland in the @nypost.com nypost.com/2025/01/12/o...

➡️ Ukraine, as @jonsweet.bsky.social & I argue at The Hill, will not concede its sovereign territory to Russia. Nor should it be. Putin cannot be rewarded for an illegal land grab. By renewing the AFU’s counteroffensive inside of Russia, Zelensky’s drawing a red line. ↖️ thehill.com/opinion/nati...

“Defeat mass, and Ukraine defeats Russia. Interdiction defeats mass and sets conditions to push Russia out of Ukraine.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/nati...

“Since “Mexit,” as it became known, Harry and Meghan’s agenda has essentially been one of grievance-chasing.” Is England prepared for a regent King Harry? @marktoth.bsky.social and I explore in @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/inte...

Russia’s sphere of influence has taken a pretty big hit with the loss of Syria. Countries that once aligned with the Putin regime may be having second thoughts. Many leaning towards the EU. @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @kyivpost.com www.kyivpost.com/opinion/44656

Trump is signaling to NATO members they must spend 5% GDP annually on defense. As of June 2024, 8 of 32 members were still short of the 2% GDP threshold. Only Poland exceeds 4 percent; the U.S. comes in at 3.4%. @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/nati...

“Putin is not interested in a silent night come Christmas Eve. Only a permanent deadly peace – and the death of Ukraine.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @kyivpost.com www.kyivpost.com/post/44313

"Trump and Kellogg must immediately change this dangerous trajectory they are inheriting from the Biden Administration or there will not be a need for a peace deal; rather, an obituary" @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @newyorkpost.bsky.social nypost.com/2024/12/21/o...

Putin has doubled down on Ukraine - essentially abandoning Syria in his pursuit of a Russian victory. @marktoth.bsky.social Toth and I explain in The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Was invited back to speak with Daniel Tkiie on Ukrainian Television to talk about possible ceasefire talks in Ukraine. m.youtube.com/watch?v=WQcU...

Great opportunity today to join Ross Kaminsky on KOA 850 AM to discuss the current situation in Syria and the impact it is having on Russia and Iran. koacolorado.iheart.com/featured/ros...

➡️ #Iran is down. But #Khamenei is not out. As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I earn at The Hill, Washington must stop #Tehran’s nuclear Phoenix from rising from the ashes of #Gaza, #Lebanon & #Syria. ↖️ thehill.com/opinion/nati...

➡️ Shout out to the @newyorkpost.bsky.social’s editorial board for recommending my latest piece w/ Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) at The Hill — #Assad’s fall has #Iran desperately searching for a new proxy. Always honored. ↖️ nypost.com/2024/12/11/o...

Joined the team at @tvpworld.bsky.social again last night to talk about Ukraine and the current U.S./European discussion of cease fire & peace talks. IMO, conditions have not been set to end this war on conditions favorable to Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkdN...

With the loss of Syria, Iran needs a new proxy. The courting of al-Shabaab has already begun. @marktoth.bsky.social and I, with insight from Guled Ahmed, a non-resident scholar for Washington DC think tank Middle East Institute, explain in The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/nati...

➡️ My latest with Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) at The Hill — #Putin’s overseas empire is collapsing all at once — don’t let up on him now. ↖️ thehill.com/opinion/nati...

➡️ President Elect Donald #Trump ultimately will determine his policy toward #Ukraine & #Russia. But in tapping retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I argue at The Hill he’s picked the right General to stand up to #Putin. ↖️ thehill.com/opinion/nati...

“Given an inch, he [Putin] took a mile and launched his invasion of Ukraine with upwards of 190,000 troops.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in The Hiil thehill.com/opinion/5010...

Too little too late. Slow walking munitions has ensured a long, attritional war. Ukraine has lost many of its bravest warriors. Is the rush to supply Ukraine now simply to ensure the country does not fall on Biden’s watch? @marktoth.bsky.social - @jonsweet.bsky.social - youtu.be/EEMh0jz1IKU

➡️ Our #ThanksgivingDay column at The Hill is locked, loaded & waiting to be opened at 7AM EST Thursday morning. Read my piece with Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) while the turkey is roasting or if you are trying to get out of helping in the kitchen! #Nuclear Brinkmanship. ↖️