Paul D. Shinkman

Words @DFCgov 🇺🇸 Former National Security Correspondent @USNews🌲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sailing through this to that. Personal ≠endorsements.

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

Some personal news: I am so excited to announce that today is my first day at @DFCgov. The U.S. International Development Corporation is a relatively new federal agency that invests in developing and middle-developing countries in line with U.S. foreign policy.

[Yulia Svyrydenko @Svyrydenko_Y]

The US-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund has begun its operational work with its first contribution.

The US Development Finance Corporation @DFCgov has made a pilot commitment of $75 million, which Ukraine will match. This joint step launches the Fund’s practical activity, with initial focus on projects in energy, infrastructure, and critical minerals. Until the end on 2026, we plan to implement three large-scale projects.

The Fund is built on the principle of equality. Ukraine assumes the same financial obligations as the American side, underlining both our responsibility and our vision of the Fund as a genuine instrument of shared recovery and long-term cooperation.

This decision opens the way to financing modern industries, creating new jobs, and advancing technological solutions that strengthen Ukraine’s economy and security. The start-up capital also carries broader meaning: American investment in Ukraine becomes a guarantee of security for both Ukraine and American business operating here.

I thank our American partners for their trust. Together, we are turning solidarity into real projects that will shape the future.

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

“Ukraine, in an active war, would not have been a natural fit” for the U.S. agencies that preceded @DFCgov, @AmbPower44 said, but its creation “has expanded the U.S. toolkit.”

I deeply enjoyed learning more about our young agency’s history this week. I think you will, too:

[DFC Invests @DFCgov]

Catch up on the key takeaways and powerful moments from our 5 Year Anniversary Conference in our latest blog. #DFC5Years https://t.co/xQi82OmENl

[DFC Invests @DFCgov]

"DFC is a bipartisan priority. It was created under the Trump Administration. It has been strengthened under the Biden Administration. And as we look toward DFC’s reauthorization next year, it has to remain a bipartisan priority." - @JakeSullivan46 #DFC5Years

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

@joshsorbe This is an excellent tweet.

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

@LeeHudson_ Congratulations, Lee. You've had an impressive tenure.

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

@DuplessisBrad He didn’t even dip in two fingers and set it on fire first.

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

@taraMaustin @MatthewRhys I just realized they share names with the royal family – and scenarios. This took several moments to get up to speed.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

50,000 confirmed and verified Russian fatalities in Ukraine is more than Russia/Soviet Union lost in all post-1945 wars combined.

Moreover, as the investigators admit, their count covers nearly 50% of the real military death toll, which, therefore, may be over 100,000 dead (!).

Upon that, some 23,400 forcibly mobilized men from occupied Donbas were also killed.

This war is the most terrible meat grinder Europe has seen since World War II.

In all, over 120,000 have been killed on the Russian side as of now since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

I got just one question here: WHAT THE FLYING FUCK DID THEY ALL DIE FOR?!
https://t.co/uIvfv8m5WY

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

Attn: @general_ben @USAmbKyiv @Gerashchenko_en @Podolyak_M

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

Some stunning statistics in here about Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine:

Half of all 🇺🇦hospitals in the conflict zones have been completely destroyed. 1,700 country-wide are damaged.

3.9M suffer from PTSD and other trauma.

But we’re helping to do something about it:

[DFC Invests @DFCgov]

Amid the devastation of Russia’s invasion, @superhumans_com is a beacon of hope.

Backed by $25M in DFC political risk insurance, the non-profit is providing innovative care & rebuilding lives across Ukraine. Learn more about this groundbreaking work: https://t.co/V78pSFhWi7

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

“‘Shaheds’ in the skies above Ukraine sound identical to those over the Middle East. The impact of ballistic missiles, if they are not intercepted, is the same everywhere.”

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

The entire world witnessed allied action in the skies above Israel and neighboring countries. It demonstrated how truly effective unity in defending against terror can be when it is based on sufficient political will.

Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Jordan acted together and with maximum efficiency.

Together, they prevented terror from prevailing. And they are working together, and in coordination with others, to prevent further escalation.

Israel is not a NATO member, so no action, such as triggering Article 5, was required. And no one was dragged into the war. They simply contributed to the protection of human life.

"Shaheds" in the skies above Ukraine sound identical to those over the Middle East. The impact of ballistic missiles, if they are not intercepted, is the same everywhere.

European skies could have received the same level of protection long ago if Ukraine had received similar full support from its partners in intercepting drones and missiles. Terror must be defeated completely and everywhere, not more in some places and less in others.

I thank everyone in the world, every leader and state, who truly assists us with air defense and missiles necessary to protect our skies, as well as training our pilots on F-16s. All of this already works and will continue to work to save lives.

However, we can now see how unity can work truly a hundred percent, and how almost a hundred percent of “Shaheds” and missiles can be intercepted. We will discuss it with our partners.

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

@DaveLapanDC Any suggestions on where to go instead?

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

@ColinPClarke …and have *separate* Civics classes

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

@Dave_Parke @JackMurphyRGR @dee_takos Plus a POW. Wow.

[Frida Ghitis @FridaGhitis]

Gen. Milley warning about Trump, without using his name: "We don't take an oath to a king, or queen, or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator"

[Jennifer Griffin @JenGriffinFNC]

General Mark Milley, the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, receives a clap out as he left the Pentagon today for the last time. He retires tomorrow. Gen CQ Brown will begin work at midnight Sunday.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Soldiers of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade and French photographer Émeric Lhuisset recreated the painting "Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks" by Ukrainian artist Illia Repin.

📸📷 - emericlhuisset / Instagram

[Paul D. Shinkman @PDShinkman]

@kenzietuff

[DFC Invests @DFCgov]

Today in Hanoi, CEO Nathan signed a commitment for $300 million in DFC financing for VPBank to on-lend to women-owned and -operated and climate-focused small businesses in Vietnam, witnessed by @ClimateEnvoy @MarcKnapper.