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ChristopherJM Oct 31, 2024

US secretary of state Antony Blinken and US defence secretary Lloyd Austin said that as many as 8,000 North Korean troops had been deployed to the Kursk region and could be fighting against Ukrainian troops “in the coming days.”
https://www.ft.com/content/9cf42928-f9bd-4f95-b0af-3a1b8cd90fa4

Ukraine and US warn Kyiv’s troops could face North Korean forces ‘in days’

New assessment finds as many as 8,000 soldiers have been deployed to Russia’s Kursk region

ChristopherJM Oct 29, 2024

Ukraine and Russia are in preliminary discussions about halting strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure. Kyiv is seeking to resume Qatar-mediated negotiations that came close to agreement in August before the Kursk incursion. https://www.ft.com/content/69a57022-aeed-4bfe-8ada-b2ccd38f162a

Ukraine and Russia in talks about halting strikes on energy plants

Qatar-mediated discussions mark resumption of previous efforts abandoned after Kyiv’s invasion of Kursk region

ChristopherJM Oct 29, 2024

Kyiv is on high alert as it awaits the possible entry of North Korean forces into Russia’s war against Ukraine as soon as this week, in what would be the first intervention by a foreign army with its own troops on either side of the conflict.
https://www.ft.com/content/f908deed-7bc5-4e8c-b20f-02d935beaaaf

‘Elite units’ or ‘cannon fodder’?: North Korean troops enter Russia’s war against Ukraine

Deployment to Kursk region threatens to escalate conflict but analysts question Pyongyang forces’ readiness

ChristopherJM Oct 12, 2024

October 24 is publication day in the UK of the paperback of my book 📖 The War Came To Us. 📖

Bookstores in London & elsewhere will have it. But it’ll also be available @frontlineclub event that eve. This edition has a new preface and color photos. Pre-order here https://www.amazon.co.uk/War-Came-Us-Death-Ukraine/dp/139940685X

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ChristopherJM Oct 8, 2024

FlokiNET Oct 8, 2024

#BookRecommendation📚
"The War Came To Us" by
@ChristopherJM is a raw, eye-opening journey into Ukraine's fight for survival. A year after its release, this book is still essential as it isn’t just about war but also about resilience and untold frontline stories.

ChristopherJM Oct 8, 2024

London! Come join us on October 24 at the Frontline Club. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-discussion-russia-ukraine-the-push-to-end-the-war-tickets-998428575747

Panel discussion: Russia-Ukraine, the push to end the war

What could an end to the Russo-Ukrainian war look like?

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ChristopherJM Sep 23, 2024

“We see many cauldrons are forming.”

Russian forces are overpowering Ukrainian troops and employing new tactics, as they pound their way toward key cities of Pokrovsk, Vuhledar & Kurakhove.

My dispatch from the eastern battlefields of Donetsk region.

https://www.ft.com/content/b4baf76b-294d-496e-8e51-7ed1b8b0e6ca

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ChristopherJM Sep 18, 2024

Russians and Ukrainians help train same side in Sudan’s war https://on.ft.com/3ZuNePE

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ChristopherJM Sep 16, 2024

Suspected Trump gunman Ryan Routh had travelled to Ukraine to fight Russia but he was rejected when he tried to volunteer after Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022. “They said ‘You’re 56, you’re old and you have no experience.’” https://www.ft.com/content/7ef7c892-b2cf-4639-8b95-d5f6130ecc2e

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ChristopherJM Sep 5, 2024

Who's in? Who's out? The latest from Kyiv: Ukraine's parliament is expected to approve a new wartime cabinet today, as President Volodymyr Zelensky seeks the biggest overhaul of his government since Russia's full-scale invasion almost 31 months ago.
https://on.ft.com/3XeBVbx