Mark MacKinnon

Senior International Correspondent for The Globe and Mail. Now based in London, after stops in Moscow, the Middle East and Beijing.

[Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon]

Oh, and find me here more and more often going forward… https://t.co/6n27H4jwGs

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

Trump says the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot systems instead of simply supplying more of them.

If this actually comes true, it could be one of the most consequential decisions for Ukraine’s long-term air defense since the full-scale invasion began.

[David Rider @dmrider]

Priceless. Reminds me of the old Rhinoceros Party in Canada.

[Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon]

This would indeed be news…

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Trump:

The Islamic Republic of Japan attacked our aircraft carrier.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

BREAKING: Trump to Zelensky:

We are gonna give you a license to make Patriots.

This way he can't complain that we are not giving him enough.

Make them yourself.

[Michael Kofman @KofmanMichael]

A sobering view of the situation from Zaluzhnyi.

[Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon]

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[IOC MEDIA @iocmedia]

The IOC Executive Board has provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee. Recommendations to International Federations with regard to Russian athletes’ participation are no longer applicable.

Read: https://t.co/k9FlApULU5

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

This is a very dark story.
The Ukrainian woman suspected of carrying out a bombing that injured Ukrainian-born tycoon Vadym Iermolaiev in Monaco was shot dead in Kyiv by a serving Ukrainian military intelligence officer who claimed he had acted on his own initiative, according to prosecutors. Both men made numerous transfers to her via crypto accounts. A torture chamber was found at the home of one of the suspects.

https://t.co/AGfNZLM000

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

"During their chat, Trump told Merz he had something to show him, and walked the chancellor of Germany into a small study off the Oval Office. It was, Trump announced, 'the Lewinsky room' and he had filled it with MAGA memorabilia, including red hats and boxes of Florsheim dress shoes. 'Just grab whatever you want,' a congenial Trump told his German guests, adding that their wives could sell the swag for 'thousands of dollars.'" https://t.co/IODwG6mIE7

[Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon]

“While Moscow has been accused of waging what’s known as “hybrid warfare” against the entire NATO alliance since 2014, the Kremlin seems to take its tactics a step further when the target is Britain...” https://t.co/q4P7cJNacw

[Deborah Haynes @haynesdeborah]

BREAKING: A Russian spy plane has flown “unnecessarily close” to the UK’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales in the Norwegian Sea and dropped “a large number” of expendable sonar devices close to the warship, the UK Ministry of Defence says.
Two F-35 jets from the carrier scrambled to intercept the Bear-F maritime patrol aircraft.
The UK says the Russian “activity was unsafe and unprofessional”
This happened on 2 July. The UK carrier is deployed to the High North on a NATO mission

https://t.co/o59c79G2bN

[Financial Times @FT]

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that ‘any delay’ in sending Patriot interceptor missiles ‘means the loss of lives and it encourages Russia to continue the war’. https://t.co/EwnNwJjNOS

[Steven Seegel 🇺🇦 @stevenseegel.bsky.social @steven_seegel]

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[Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon]

“We are their public enemy number one.”

Blaming Britain for encouraging Ukrainian resistance, Russia takes its hybrid warfare tactics a step further when the target is the UK.

My report from London

https://t.co/q4P7cJNacw

[Christy Somos @C_Somos]

New IISS report blames Russia for drones over Europe, but fails to provide evidence.
Always important to question the analysis, and in this case Drone Watch Europe finds the flaws and shortcomings and puts them into a cohesive report

@DronewatchEU

https://t.co/YeLlViDOaQ

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

⚡️Zelensky calls Putin's Kostiantynivka bluff: 'Let's meet there.'

"If Kostiantynivka were currently under Russian control, then surely Putin would have no problem meeting me there and finding diplomatic solutions to finally end the war," Zelensky said. https://t.co/YYZNwqDjXw

[Kevin Rothrock @MrKevinRothrock]

Russia's Foreign Ministry claims it has verified data that Latvia and other Baltic states have opened corridors through their airspace for Ukrainian drones striking Russian civilian sites. Moscow has made this allegation before, but the evidence claim is new.

[Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין @MairavZ]

Marwan Barghouti to Bid for Palestinian Presidency From Israeli Prison, Report Says https://t.co/CHqiYxkzOv

[Laura Rozen @lrozen]

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[Lisa Nandy MP @lisanandy]

I've decided to leave this platform and my Department will too.

A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate.

It isn't healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it.

[Tam Hussein @tamhussein]

An explosion has ripped through heart of Damascus in a cafe frequented by lawyers. According to one law enforcement officer 4 had died and 25 were injured and the casualty list is likely to go up.

[Kateryna Lisunova @KaterynaLis]

‼️The death toll from Russia’s strike on Kyiv has risen to 21. Another 85 people were injured, including 2 children.

Emergency response and recovery operations are ongoing. The information is being updated.

Source: Emergency Service of Ukraine.