1/ A leaked letter exposes secret Russian video talks with China’s Ministry of Defence.
The subject: training Chinese paratroopers for a Taiwan assault.
Do you want to know what they’re cooking? 🧵⤵️
2/ Now, notably this letter was from 2021.
Before Russia’s full-scale f-up in Ukraine.
Was China trusting Moscow’s bravado to help it take Taiwan?
Has Ukraine's resistance protected Taiwan? ⤵️
3/ The leaked letter arranges video talks on a closed network. Definitely not Zoom, lol.
Subject: Sword 208—an airborne assault project.
Participants: Russia’s Rosoboronexport, China’s Defence Ministry, and the Nanjing Institute of Electronics. ⤵️
4/ Another letter from Beijing confirms the Russian letter.
Russia provides the tech.
China provides the troops.
Together: rehearsing a Taiwan assault. ⤵️
5/ This isn’t speculation.
These are signed business letters.
Moscow and Beijing, coordinating invasion plans behind closed channels. ⤵️
6/ Now, we also know such training and collaboration has continued through to 2025. So the threat is there. It seems Ukraine has been the only firewall preventing complete Moscow-Beijing cooperation on taking Taiwan.
1/ 🧵 A wounded Ukrainian warrior texted me today about the Alaska summit.
His first words surprised me:
“It takes tremendous personal courage to do what Trump did in Alaska.”
Here’s what else he wants Americans to hear. 🧵⤵️
2/ My friend "Matviy," wounded in battle and now creating mil-tech solutions, texted me today:
"Joe, I want to share with you my reflections on the Alaska summit and what I’d tell Trump if I had the chance."
Here are his full thoughts, which I hope @realDonaldTrump reads: ⤵️
3/ "It takes tremendous personal courage to do what Trump did in Alaska.
"He put his political capital at risk and set his ego aside to meet one of the most disliked and toxic political figures of today with one goal in mind—to save lives and stop the war. ⤵️