Matt Sutherland

UVic Alumni (B.A) 🇨🇦| Glasgow Alumni (IntM)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇨🇿| OSINT Enthusiast | Research Security

[Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc]

Air-raid siren sounded in Amman — a rare event that didn't occur the last time Iran launched drones and ballistic missiles at Israel. https://t.co/mK1SE7IseB

[Mikhail Khodorkovsky @khodorkovsky_en]

Putin's spies are building a hit list of journalists, politicians, and public figures across Europe.

GRU agents are ordered to collect home addresses of Kremlin critics for potential "active measures," @dossier_center reveals

🧵Here’s why they’re doing it — and please RT

[AEOW/INPACT @aeowinpact]

Our work and book are mentioned in @RANDCorporation and this is such a great recognition of our work - go and read their assessment, it is great https://t.co/D5FAJVdkdw

[AEOW/INPACT @aeowinpact]

It looks like Google has done some good work by banning access from their side to Africa Corps. This is responsible handling from tech companies and platforms when their tools are used by organisations recognised as terrorist groups or criminal orgs cc @ebothorel

[AEOW/INPACT @aeowinpact]

🧵 Dig dig baby is about Russian gold mines and gold routes in CAR 🇨🇫 and DRC 🇨🇩
Dig Dig Baby est une histoire de mines d’or et de routes de l’or russes en RCA 🇨🇫 et RDC 🇨🇩

https://t.co/gCX0QVsdMW

[Mark Krutov @kromark]

🚢The Russian fleet is fleeing the Tartus naval base in Syria, as a comparison of @planet satellite images from December 1st and December 3rd shows.

[Michael Kofman @KofmanMichael]

It seems very unlikely at this point, given regime forces are melting away and an Iranian intervention is not forthcoming. Best guess, RF will focus on cutting some kind of deal to keep its two main bases which are key to operations/influence in MENA.

[Mac William Bishop @MacWBishop]

With Assad gone, Syria’s neighbors will try to shape its future, and every outside power will say it knows what is best. But it was Syrians who overthrew the brutal regime, and it is they who have the chance to make peace.

My latest for @RollingStone https://t.co/0xnFfbYwFd

[Candace Rondeaux @CandaceRondeaux]

1/8 I am excited to share the results of our team's year-long study on the Wagner Group at .@NewFrontlines. We've launched https://t.co/LVdlblDAu5, shedding light on the Kremlin’s irregular warfare strategy, which did not die with Prigozhin. #WagnerGroup #Russia

[Brewster Kahle @brewster_kahle]

The data is safe.

Services are offline as we examine and strengthen them. Sorry, but needed. @internetarchive staff is working hard.

Estimated Timeline: days, not weeks.

Thank you for the offers of pizza (we are set).

[Mark Galeotti @MarkGaleotti]

PRIGOZHIN’S CHILDREN: THE NEW WAVE OF RUSSIAN PMCS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITY OF COMMAND
A report covering the 'volunteer' units after the Wagner mutiny, from PMCs to BARS reserve units to battalions bankrolled by corporations or Kadyrov
https://t.co/YvSix4M9xv

[Jack Margolin @Jack_Mrgln]

“Of the approximately 60,000 accused persons, 40% are expected to be ‘recruited.’”

Russia has passed a law suspending criminal proceedings for persons who sign contracts with the MOD - defendants in pretrial detention can enter military service to escape sentencing.

https://t.co/9LOf9u8CoF

[AEOW/INPACT @aeowinpact]

🧵 Info AEOW: de sources propres et info recoupée :la Russie recrute activement des journalistes francophones en Afrique et plus précisément au Tchad et au Niger depuis quelques mois et encore maintenant.

[AEOW/INPACT @aeowinpact]

We worked almost a year ago on the Chinese company HEAD Aerospace, renamed Onyx Space ( @onyx_space ), which had leased high-def satellites to the Wagner group. Today the EU council has just sanctioned the company

[Jack Margolin @Jack_Mrgln]

This is why countering adversary info ops with our own disinfo is not a winning strategy. The cost is on vulnerable populations, not our adversaries + it further degrades an already rare distinguishing characteristic for the U.S.’ global image: trust.

[Marcel Plichta @plichta_marcel]

The central issue is that "the West" has no viable plan for "banishing" Wagner/Russia from CAR (or anywhere else). They are unable to address security threats these countries face and have understandable reservations about working with juntas and increasingly illiberal regimes.

[Paweł Wójcik 🦋 @SaladinAlDronni]

The Burkina Faso military summarily executed at least 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages on February 25, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. To date one of the worst war crimes ever conducted in the country. https://t.co/1x7VKJwlkg

[AEOW/INPACT @aeowinpact]

GRU officer who worked in China under cover at Aeroflot https://t.co/m74fG3OMCC

[AEOW/INPACT @aeowinpact]

Afrique Média, chaîne ayant signé des partenariats de contenu avec des média russes et proches des intérêts russes, annonce l’arrivée prochaine de African Corps au #Niger https://t.co/nfkqKIL8Ej

[Paweł Wójcik 🦋 @SaladinAlDronni]

Disclaimer:
1. It's not Wagner anymore but Africa Corps.
2. It's not mercenaries anymore, but Russia-army run operation.
Distinction matters.