@SAISHopkins MA Strategy, Cybersecurity, & Intelligence.
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Oct 13, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Morning Israel Update: Friday, October 13
- IDF has dropped 6,000 bombs in Gaza in just six days.
- Israel gives residents in northern Gaza until appx midnight local time to evacuate south of Wadi Gaza. open.substack.com/pub/crispinbur…
IDF hints at “significant” military operation in northern Gaza in the coming days, likely a major ground offensive, coupled with more air strikes.
AP/Frontline investigation uncovers Russian grain smuggling operation which pilfered $530 million from Ukraine to help pay for Putin’s war. apnews.com/article/87c3b6…
- 🇺🇦 advanced approximately 25 miles (40 km) in the south in the past 24 hours. This follows yesterday's major victory at Lyman in Donetsk.
reuters.com/world/europe/u…
It's easy for me to agree with this from the US, a large country that will see relatively few people. But I'm hearing from people in Georgia that the number of Russians who have fled in recent weeks is simply overwhelming the country.
As tensions increase between #Russia and #Ukraine, you may be wondering how we got here. Here's a short thread with a few maps and links which should help bring you up to speed.
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There are long-standing cultural and historical ties between Ukraine and Russia dating back to the state of Kievan Rus in the 9th Century CE and all the way up through the Soviet period, during which Ukraine was a Soviet republic.
Sailors aboard @TheRealCVN71 cheer CAPT Brett Crozier, who was relieved by Navy officials after a memorandum warning of the effects of #COVID19 among the ship’s crew was leaked to the media.
CAPT Crozier right now:
Aug 1, 2019 • 45 tweets • 11 min read
Many of you have asked me about this series of articles from @jacknicas in the @nytimes this week about Nigerian romance scammers who use pictures of US servicemembers to scam victims out of money. I have been dealing with this problem since 2012. 1/n
nytimes.com/2019/08/01/tec…
If you want the short version of this story, read this article in @cracked which is based on an interview with me. 2/n
