Tom Ball

In Sudzha there is a house on the hill known as Little Monaco. Until last August it was home to 150 FSB officers. When Ukrainian soldiers accessed the flats they found a trove of information about the lives and activities of these officers. In @thetimes https://t.co/3rNsgfOZpu

RT @TheNewsAgents: "These girls are being exploited all over again. Politicians jumping on the bandwagon after years of silence is 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭…

RT @thetimes: ‘I know the horror of Russian captivity — it drives me to help others ’ The Angels are a crack military unit who rescue Ukra…

RT @thetimes: Ukrainians dropped their New Year champagne as drone sirens rang out. The air raid warning came seconds into 2025 in war-tow…

RT @FT: Russia is using civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones. There have been more than 9,500 attacks in Kherson as Moscow atte…

RT @oconnellhugh: My colleague @tomfball⁩ has spent a few days in Dublin reporting on #GE24, here’s his dispatch 👇 Irish election: Ireland…

RT @Shayan86: RFK Jr hosted a podcast episode on the chemtrails conspiracy theory last year. Kennedy said years ago, he and Woody Harrelso…

RT @BBCSteveR: “It’s absurd. I can’t get my head around what’s happening,” 68-year-old paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova tells me. Minutes la…

As the deadline for improvements to aid going into Gaza elapses, Israel has got nowhere near reaching 350 lorries a day. We went to Erez on Monday where there were 26 allowed in. Drivers said that one in five times they were turned away and not told why. https://t.co/3gJx4C7ydU

The IDF is weighing whether to consolidate its successes in Lebanon or press further. Soldiers I spoke to on the border were bellicose in their desire to push on. "Our spirits are high." Dispatch in @thetimes https://t.co/a7pG9Wxf6q

RT @georgegrylls: Vladimir Putin once again proves himself to be a boorish philistine. I remember how often I'd find Constructivist buildi…

RT @hopenothate: 🎧We're on @guardian's Today in Focus! Listen to our reporter, Harry reveal what it was like to go undercover within the…

RT @thetimes: This is how teenagers escape Kremlin brainwashing in occupied Ukraine. Pupils are being forced to learn a Russian curriculum…

RT @harryshukman: 🚨NEW INVESTIGATION: I went undercover for @hopenothate and exposed a secret race science network funded by a tech multimi…

RT @gdnlongread: Journalist or Russian spy? The strange case of Pablo González, by @shaunwalker7 https://t.co/wg9pyMLE2a

RT @thetimes: The Kremlin is throwing untrained soldiers on to the front line to sap Ukrainian resources. As Russia gains territory, it’s c…

I visited Kurakhove, currently the site of the intense fighting. One officer said his company was killing 20-30 Russians a day, sent on suicidal raids across no man's land. "It’s crude, but it works," he said. "Two weeks ago they managed to advance 500 metres.”

The Times and The Sunday Times @thetimes

The Kremlin is throwing untrained soldiers on to the front line to sap Ukrainian resources. As Russia gains territory, it’s crude but effective, say officers 🧵⬇️ 📍Kurakhove, Ukraine https://t.co/9gRLd95TCO