Defence On The Brink

The most powerful short video of our time. "He went from being a good leader to being a great leader, to being Winston Churchill with an iPhone." If you haven't already then please do watch The Zelensky Story on BBC iPlayer.

WORLD 2 RIGHTS #15 💥 MoD Afghan Data leak scandal. 💥 More than 100 pro-Palestinian activists arrested. 💥 Ukraine proposes renewed ceasefire talks. @PhilipIngMBE | @CormacS63 | @EliotWilson2

"Shocking! By her logic Hitler was only the head of the political wing of the Nazi party." Leaked footage shows a BBC exec telling staff that the Hamas government is different to its military wing. @PhilipIngMBE

"The Ministry of Defence is institutionally stupid!" They think by denying, delaying, obfuscating - everyone will get bored and nothing will ever come out. @PhilipIngMBE

'Until senior army officers start resigning publicly on principle then nothing will change in the armed forces.' "They need to send a message to Keir Starmer that they cannot maintain a credible military capability with current levels of funding." @PhilipIngMBE

"Corbyn is malignant. This country avoided a bullet in 2017 & 2019." People NEED to look very closely at who is behind the resurrection of Jeremy Corbyn and his new political party with Zarah Sultana. @CormacS63 | @PhilipIngMBE | @EliotWilson2

Donald Trump confirms a deal to sell Patriots to NATO to help Ukraine - and threatens Russia with "severe tariffs". "Good news but western countries still need to be prepared for the fact the US could still walk away." @PhilipIngMBE | @CormacS63 | @EliotWilson2

Sources say NATO will force Britain to spend 3.5% of GDP on defence by 2032. This comes a day after the Gov't published it's Strategic Defence Review. "The SDR lacks urgency and is wrapped up in word soup. There is no real detail in the report." @PhilipIngMBE

💥Does the Strategic Defence Review prepare Britain for war? No. On The Brink's team explains why. @PhilipIngMBE @CormacS63 @EliotWilson2

"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

Excellent and telling insight into the Afghan data leak saga by my @DefenceBrink colleague @SimonLeoDiggins, former defence attaché in Kabul, in the @spectator. spectator.co.uk/article/how-br…

"The reality is they were paid, trained and mentored by us... What can be justified is the initial super-injunction." Former Defence Attache in Kabul & On The Brink's Simon Diggins provides his analysis of the Afghan MoD data leak scandal. @SimonLeoDiggins

Air Marshal Harv Smyth appointed new Chief of the Air Staff gov.uk/government/new…

Trump's latest ridiculous claim... another great lie for the useful idiots to add to their collection. Donald Trump has said axing Russia from the G8 in 2014 was a "big mistake" and that Moscow would not have invaded Ukraine had Vladimir Putin not been kicked out. @CormacS63

WORLD TO RIGHTS #13 💥 Israel-Iran: What's the latest? What does it mean for the Middle East? 💥 Keir Starmer must raise defence spending higher and faster. 💥 Mad Vlad's two week deadline from Donald Trump. @CormacS63 | @EliotWilson2

Russia could launch an attack against NATO by 2030, warns Mark Rutte. "This is nothing new. It's been obvious for years that this is an ambition for Russia. Brits now need to wake-up!" @CormacS63

NATO chief Mark Rutte has called for a 400% increase in air and missile defence to maintain a credible deterrent. "We need to listen. We're seeing daily how Russia is using it's precision long-range weapons to target civilian infrastructure." @CormacS63

Britain has a history of producing defence reviews which are completely dislocated from government spending reviews. This means that defence reviews end up just becoming a wishlist. Point made by Former Defence Secretary @LiamFox.

Lord Dannatt said increasing defence spending to 2.5% by 2027 and setting an “ambition” of hitting 3% by 2034 would leave the nation vulnerable. "It’s a little bit like saying in 1938 to Adolf Hitler ‘please don’t attack us until 1946 because we are not going to be ready’."

💥 Britain's Strategic Defence Review is due to be published on Monday. Sources tell On The Brink that it's going to be embarrassingly light and do nothing to enhance our defence status on the global stage.