Mac William Bishop
@MacWBishop
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Foreign correspondent. Contributing writer, Rolling Stone. Former NYT, FT & Jane’s Defence Weekly. Int’l affairs, conflict & security.
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There’s a story which may well be apocryphal: at an art exhibition in the 1880s the Russian painter Vasily Vereshchagin took General Helmuth von Moltke (the elder) on a tour of the gallery. There he led the general in front of his painting, “The Apotheosis of War,” (1871).
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RT @Tatarigami_UA: Good commentary on the situation from Michael Kofman: I agree with his vision. He notes, “The next few days will prove t….
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RT @KofmanMichael: Russia’s advance near Dobropillia reflects the broader problematic dynamic, characterized by a lack of cohesive defensiv….
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RT @Tatarigami_UA: A month ago, I wrote that the situation in Pokrovsk had become critical - for the second time since 2024. This time, how….
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RT @bayraktar_1love: Right now, the Russian drone assembly plant in Tatarstan is under drone attack
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RT @bayraktar_1love: Moravan Z-137 Agro Turbo turboprop aircraft, modified for R-73 air to air missile launches, was spotted in Ukraine. Mo….
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RT @dim0kq: Russians trying to fool our AI interceptor drones by putting bird stickers onto their reconnaissance drones. Insane warfare. h….
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RT @TankerTrackers: Out of great frustration, we have published our own consolidated list of #tankers that have been sanctioned/blacklisted….
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TankerTrackers.com is an independent online service that tracks and reports shipments and storage of crude oil in several geographical and geopolitical areas of interest.
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RT @StefSimanowitz: Fifty years ago, 35 European states came together in Finland to sign the Helsinki accord recognising the inviolability….
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RT @KyivPost: In Kyiv, the death toll from the Russian strike has risen to 26. Rescuers pulled 10 more bodies from the rubble overnight — a….
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RT @Reuters: UN meets as US says Trump wants deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine by Aug. 8
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RT @ZelenskyyUa: I received a report from the Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko. All emergency services are involved in saving a….
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RT @OzKaterji: President Zelenskyy statement saying that one of Kyiv’s mosques was also damaged in Russia’s overnight bombardment which kil….
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RT @yarotrof: The daily horror. Rescue workers in Kyiv are trying to save a man who is buried in the rubble of his apartment building. They….
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RT @KyivIndependent: ⚡️ US Senate eyes up to $8 billion in Ukraine arms supplies a year in allied-funded scheme, WSJ reports. https://t.co….
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The so-called Peace Act would establish a fund at the U.S. Treasury through which NATO allies could contribute money, enabling the Pentagon to replenish weapons sent to Kyiv, the Wall Street Journal...
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RT @AlMonitor: NEW: Lebanon is under growing US pressure to issue a formal decision on the disarmament of Hezbollah as soon as possible, wi….
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Lebanon is under growing US pressure to issue a formal decision on the disarmament of Hezbollah as soon as possible, with US Ambassador to Lebanon nominee Michel Issa, who is of Lebanese origin,...
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RT @US_Stormwatch: BREAKING: A massive magnitude 8.0 earthquake has just struck off the coast of Eastern Russia in the Pacific Ring of Fire….
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RT @Channel4News: At least 17 people have been killed and 42 others were injured in a Russian airstrike on a prison in Ukraine's southeaste….
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RT @brantphilip1978: Malian security forces intercepted a shipment of inflatable decoy pickup trucks, made to mislead drones and other aeri….
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RT @Robert4787: CIA analyst Sandy Grimes just passed away, but she and her team hunted a traitor and brought down Aldrich Ames. RIP to Sand….
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