Cormac Smith ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ฆ๐ช๐บ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
@CormacS63
Former:๐ฌ๐งcivil servant & advisor Foreign Minister๐บ๐ฆ, pundit, comms coach, charity leader, contributing editor: https://defencebrink.uk/, Bobsleigh veteran๐
Iโm sick of idiots telling me Ukraine will have to concede land for peace What part of their countries would they be willing to give up for no good reason? How many of their fellow citizens would they be willing to abandon to systematic rape, looting, torture, murder & kidnap?
Morning Ukrainian drones donโt let Russia sleep. Explosions hit Nevinnomyssk Azot (37 strikes), the Tambov gunpowder plant, and targets near Taganrog & Novocherkassk, likely rail & distribution hubs with Multiple airports also shut down
โAnti government protests in Ukraine - we all need to draw breath and trust the Ukranians, and @ZelenskyyUa moreโ My first take 24 hours ago, I have not changed my mind.
"Ukraine has been making significant progress in fighting corruption since the end of the Maidan Revolution in 2014." On The Brink's Cormac Smith provides his analysis on the latest protests against President Zelensky. @CormacS63
Best way to negate Russiaโs advantage of Mass is by destroying their logistics and HQโs.
First Ukraine hit a thermal power plant supplying electricity to southern Russian railways, then a railway bridge & now a southern Russian railway marshalling yard? @grok, have we seen this operational pattern of railway strikes from the Ukrainians before?
Russia โsending kidnapped Ukrainian children to front lineโ - The Times and The Sunday Times apple.news/ADofAtaDyTPm9xโฆ
Valencia Co Kerry ๐ฎ๐ช Sub-sea cables were vital pieces of infrastructure over 100 years ago, arguably more so today in the digital world. The ability to monitor and protect vital for a functioning modern economy. It's time to fix defence @SimonHarrisTD
The triple lock has nothing to do with neutrality. No party is proposing to end neutrality. It appears that Sinn Fรฉin would prefer that the British and others have a say in when and where we decide to deploy our Defence Forces. The triple lock simply dilutes our sovereignty.
Pointed perspective from @CormacS63 Few leasers could rise to a invasion & unrelenting hostilities + find time to tackle corruption Of course they want Zelensky to fail - heres to the underdogs with the hearts of giants in this fight
"Ukraine has been making significant progress in fighting corruption since the end of the Maidan Revolution in 2014." On The Brink's Cormac Smith provides his analysis on the latest protests against President Zelensky. @CormacS63
People keep asking why I donโt continually cover the protests in Ukraine & the main reason is that this is internal politics & inappropriate for foreign journalists to interfere and speculate on what Ukrainians want from their own country. Iโm also filming & the Donbas situationโฆ
We are an absolute international embarrassment. Shame on us.๐ฎ๐ช rte.ie/news/primetimeโฆ
Iโve just approved the text of a draft bill that guarantees real strengthening of Ukraineโs law enforcement system, independence of anti-corruption agencies, and reliable protection of the law enforcement system against any Russian influence or interference. The text isโฆ
.@Billbrowder is back on The Trump Report today as we tackle the 50 day ultimatum Trump gave to Putin, if Lindsey Grahamโs sanctions bill will still see the Senate floor & if NATO should be prioritising sending Ukraine long range missiles. @TimesRadio youtu.be/Sx6U3SMAM40
"Ukraine has been making significant progress in fighting corruption since the end of the Maidan Revolution in 2014." On The Brink's Cormac Smith provides his analysis on the latest protests against President Zelensky. @CormacS63
They are fighting for independence. May be we should let them be independent? This is all manufactured bs.
Why is this racist filth tolerated on Twitter / X?
Panic in Crimea - Drones, rockets and explosions reported by local media
War Diary Day 1,245 @ZelenskyyUa has made a bad mistake by defanging Ukraineโs anti-corruption guard dogs. The West should tell him to stop it. But Ukraine is still a democracy under attack from fascist Russia. #VPDFO!
Excellent and telling insight into the Afghan data leak saga by my @DefenceBrink colleague @SimonLeoDiggins, former defence attachรฉ in Kabul, in the @spectator. spectator.co.uk/article/how-brโฆ
Germans talking about โUkrainian corruptionโ is the most colonialist thing I have ever seen. Like really, guys, we have Schrรถder not yet imprisoned. Please just shut up.
Why is a Russian โshadow fleetโ sailing around Ireland? Interesting podcast. It's worth a listen. irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-thโฆ