Ashley Westerman

Supervising PrEditor NPR’s @MorningEdition. Past: Ukraine, Southeast Asia @nprworld @theworld @foreignpolicy. @eastwestcenter @icfj 🇵🇭 #bbn Мама і дружина

[Ashley Westerman @_aswesterman]

Aw I lost my blue check mark bc I refuse to pay for validation on this hell site. I guess it’s up to you all now to do your homework on whether I’m legit or not!

[Ashley Westerman @_aswesterman]

Watching this guy go to Kyiv for the first time is truly a trip.

[Andrew Moore @MooreIAm]

Several Ukrainians have told me in person and X that my original spelling of Kyiv is wrong. I said “Kiev” originally, which is the Russian spelling.

When the war started, on-air journalists gradually switched from saying Kee-yev to Keev. I never understood why. Until now.

Russia is waging a cultural war on Ukraine. They are indoctrinating kidnapped children to only speak Russian, forbidding the use of Ukrainian. Russian leaders claim Ukraine has no distinct cultural identity or history separate from Russia.

But last night I ate borscht, a Ukrainian dish, for the first time. I’m in a city originally named Kyivan Rus’. Muscovites took the name to create “Russia.” Even the underlying technology for Russia’s nuclear energy is Ukrainian.

Russia has appropriated Ukrainian history and culture since Russia’s founding. Ukrainians take pride in their history and identity. They do not like to see it appropriated by Russians killing their families every single day.

So if you’re an American asking yourself why this matters, you have your answer.

Reporting from KYIV with @LauraLoomer @LoomerUnleashed

[Ashley Westerman @_aswesterman]

Well yea. Bc they weren’t anywhere the violent crime actually happens.

[Cuneyt Dil @cuneytdil]

National Guard didn't reduce D.C. violent crime, report says https://t.co/nykexL3cHF

[Reuters @Reuters]

President Vladimir Putin has read long-term ally Armenia the riot act: persist in wanting to join the European Union and you can kiss goodbye to cheap Russian oil and gas https://t.co/ESJczbAN1T

[Ashley Westerman @_aswesterman]

Ukraine delivers its own message during Russian Davos. Now Candace Owens has something over President Trump, Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, Laura Loomer and a whole other host of people… experiencing even just a slice of this war in-person.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Our long-range sanctions carried out by the warriors of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine have yielded good results. Important facilities on Russian territory were hit last night.

Among them was the Petersburg Oil Terminal. The distance from Ukraine’s state border to this facility of Russia’s oil industry, which serves the war, is about 1,100 kilometers. Purely military targets at the Kronstadt base were also hit.

Another target was an enterprise in the Tambov region involved in the production of Russian weapons. The distance from the frontline is almost 600 kilometers.

I thank our warriors for their precision. Ukraine’s plan for long-range sanctions is being implemented exactly as needed to bring peace closer. Glory to Ukraine!

[Ashley Westerman @_aswesterman]

President Zelenskyy calls out other countries along the Russian drone supply chain. But doesn’t name any specifically: https://t.co/U2rhLqgJKL

[Mariska den Eelden 🇪🇺🇳🇱 @eeldenden]

It has begun. The US State Department is about to fund Russophile parties across Europe. The implementation of the White House new Security Strategy

[Ashley Westerman @_aswesterman]

No high-level intelligence experience

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: President Trump taps housing finance director Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard. https://t.co/MsAP2xHQ1m

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

Bloomberg News exclusive:

Vladimir Putin has been told by senior Russian officials that the war in Ukraine is becoming unaffordable, the most serious sign of internal division in Moscow since the full-scale invasion began

https://t.co/gpk6OChdlC

[Ashley Westerman @_aswesterman]

Okay -- this is hella cute.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals.

As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them.

Go Knicks.

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

The full moon rises behind the ancient Greek Temple of Poseidon at cape Sounion, south of Athens

📸 Aris Messinis

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

BREAKING France and its allies detained a sanctioned Russian oil tanker in the Atlantic over the weekend, says President Emmanuel Macron

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Russia said Saturday it had recalled its ambassador to Armenia for "consultations" over Yerevan's growing ties with the EU, a day after President Vladimir Putin warned the Caucasus country against pivoting to Brussels.
https://t.co/4i5gJY64Cg

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

.@CBSNews: Analysts say that Ukraine appears to be regaining momentum on the battlefield. In a May 25 report, @TheStudyofWar said, "the character of the war is shifting in favor of Ukrainian forces, at least for now."

[Ashley Westerman @_aswesterman]

I now know way more about the Milli Vanilli saga than I ever wanted to.

[NYTimes Communications @NYTimesPR]

The New York Times Calls for Reinstatement of China Correspondent. Read more in a statement from Joseph Kahn, Executive Editor of The New York Times.

https://t.co/hJhqDyJOAe

[Daniel Hamburg @DHamburgReports]

The Kennedy Center has 14 days to remove any signage that’s been put up and update the website too, to remove any references to the “Trump Kennedy Center”

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

A total of 31 Ukrainian defense manufacturers have already obtained Defence City resident status under a special legal framework that provides state support to defense industry enterprises. Among them are manufacturers of UAVs, missiles, and other types of armaments.
https://t.co/xVnjv0C4sZ

[Ashley Westerman @_aswesterman]

Let Europe lead. What a novel idea. https://t.co/ERj8lVzTbL

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

BREAKING: A Russian drone struck an apartment building in NATO-member Romania, its defence ministry says.

[Theo Kahler @tckahler]

Runner’s World asked Zohran Mamdani some questions about his experience running the NYC Marathon.

Was not expecting him to say he ripped a cigarette mid-race.