#Iran regime has published some details about April 13 attacks on Israel.

For instance, Khamenei gave the operations order while reading one of his own poems about... Moses opening the Red Sea!

Russia using a missile with cluster munitions in the heart of Odesa. Five people were killed, many more maimed. A war crime as clear as it gets.

Ukraine the latest on air now

Let's be clear here: Gabov and Karelin work for Reuters and AP, respectively. Two biggest news agencies in the world.
I'm expecting both to mount a campaign to press Russia for their release. Or is it going to be different from Evan Gerskovich's case because they're local hires?

On Ali Khamenei and 'strategic patience'. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Wasn't difficult to find Ukrainian men abroad who resent being pressured to go back - was surprised to find that some serving soldiers agree new rule is unfair, won't fix recruitment crisis, and ignores the recruiting reforms they really want: telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

It's quite clear what happened: Just outside the university gates, a semi-regular crowd of quite unwell people who have nothing to do with the Columbia protest have gathered with the explicit aim of getting on TV. Press show up and film them, use the footage to smear the students

Reflections on the US Ukraine assistance package, Russian advances in Donetsk region, British defence politics, deterrence, black swans swallowing Vladimir Putin (or not)...

Two years into a European land war.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

'I don't know what goes through the commander's minds... they’re needlessly bringing a war to us now.”
Turns out not everyone in the IRGC is keen on getting on getting dragged into a major war.
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Early days, but looks relatively small beer and if thats it then this round of tit for tat might be winding down. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

2 dead, 15 injured in Russian missile strike on residential building in Dnipro.

The West scrambled to help Israel because they wanted to deter an aggressor and prevent a wider war in the region. Surely the same logic applies to Ukraine and Europe? Me for The Spectator: spectator.co.uk/article/why-do…

The news from the front is grim for Ukraine. Russian troops have reached the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, a high point in the area. Moscow's advance is slow and costly, but Putin's bet that he can outlast Ukr/the West looks durable. We spoke with front line Ukr troops for a report...

Price of Nato inaction: 'A huge economic hit to Europe in defence spending (hundreds of billions more a year), tens of millions of Ukrainian migrants moving West, socio-economic, political and security crisis (wars) in Europe and the collapse of the Euro.'