Eliot Higgins’s Tweets

Feb 21

The paperback edition of We Are Bellingcat is out in the UK now, including how we investigated Russia's involvement in Ukraine back in 2014, and the role open source evidence played in establishing their involvement in the conflict and the downing of MH17 amzn.to/3slz5C6

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Tomorrow we have something big for you. Sleep well.

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@tikhondzyadko

asks Zelensky to clarify the number of dead/POW on the Russian side. Zelensky says Ukraine shares all the lists with the Russian army. Many of the killed 🇷🇺 soldiers are “children,” born in 2003-2004, & Russian side refuses to acknowledge them/take their bodies.

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3/ Zelensky says that he is “99.9% certain” that Russian leadership was told by pro-Russian political forces in Ukraine that Ukrainian people were awaiting Russian forces with “flowers and smiles” and that Zelensky’s government was widely unpopular.

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2/ Zelensky: “[Russian government’s] refusal to see Ukraine as an independent state is a shared tragedy of Ukrainian & Russian people,” as he sees Russian people (народ) as separate from the Russian government (вла�?ть).

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Владимир Зелен�?кий — о переговорах, арг�?ментах П�?тина , �?ит�?ации в...

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just gave a remarkable interview to Russian independent journalists from

, who defied Russian government orders not to release it. Here are some highlights in English. 👇🏼🧵1/

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Вме�?те �? �?ваном Колпаковым, Михаилом Зыгарем и Владимиром Соловьевым мы �?озвонили�?ь по видео�?вязи �? президентом Украины Владимиром Зелен�?ким и об�?�?дили �?ит�?а...

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Kyrylo Loukerenko

@K_Loukerenko

Mar 25

A dramatic Sky News report from sieged town of Chernihiv in Northern Ukraine: shelling and escape of the filming crew, short interview with a wounded driver. And his final phrase before he leaves for hospital. Worth watching. But graphic.

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Alberta-based search and rescue team works to find Ukrainian survivors beneath collapsed buildings

Alistair Coleman

@alistaircoleman

Additionally, a search and rescue team from Alberta is working in Ukraine, but they appear to be in Kyiv.

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Members of an Alberta search and rescue group are in Ukraine working to save the lives of those trapped beneath the rubble of buildings collapsed by airstrikes.

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Under-equipped Ukrainian firefighters 'blown away' by donated Alberta gear | CBC News

Alistair Coleman

@alistaircoleman

Firstly, firefighters from the Canadian city of Edmonton donated equipment to Ukrainian fire departments in 2017

cbc.ca

A group of Edmonton firefighters and dispatchers delivered 600 protective suits to fire fighting crews in Ukraine along with other equipment like oxygen tanks, hoses and nozzles.

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Alistair Coleman

@alistaircoleman

People are claiming that a clip of CNN’s Don Lemon reporting from Lviv is faked because a firefighter in the background is wearing a jacket with �?Edmonton’ on the back. It’s a genuine clip, but needs context.

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Dr. Jeffrey Lewis

@ArmsControlWonk

The world is really different with OSINT. A case study in three tweets.

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It's like these people have never heard of smartphones.

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Ron Filipkowski

@RonFilipkowski

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Michael Flynn said yesterday that Bill Gates, George Soros and Klaus Schwab are “part of a conspiracy” to use a device to “track every single one of us, and they use it under the skin,” because “they have an intent to have a New World Order.”

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Nathan Ruser

@Nrg8000

This video, I suspect it's a few days old, is from Moschun, Kyiv and shows that Russian troops made it considerably further into Moschun than I'd previously thought, though by all reports the attack has been repelled.

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Aldin

@tinso_ww

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Drone video of Russian VDV in Kyiv Oblast, looks like wounded evac.. VDV in Kyiv so far suffered major losses in equipmentand in manpower.

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Jimmy

@JimmySecUK

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Another TZM-T - the reloading vehicle for the TOS-1a thermobaric MLRS - captured by Ukrainian troops somewhere in Ukraine.🇺🇦 This one was carrying a full load of thermobaric rockets.

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Phillips P. OBrien

@PhillipsPOBrien

Because of the strategically nonsensical way the Russians went into the campaign, shifting troops from the edges to the east will be no easy task. There are no simple road communications they can use.

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Phillips P. OBrien

@PhillipsPOBrien

Will tweet more later about the long-term implications if Russia is going for an Eastern Strategy. Its extremely complicated and holds out the possibility of a disastrous long-war for Russia. In the short term, though, its still no sure thing.

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The Kyiv Independent

@KyivIndependent

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Military Intelligence: Russia wants to split Ukraine into two. According to Kyrylo Budanov, head of Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate, Russia will try a “Korean scenario” by creating a separate political entity in the Russian-occupied regions.

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A very serious incident that will require further investigation, maybe the videos in this thread can be geolocated? twitter.com/politblogme/st

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Shaun Walker

@shaunwalker7

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Chilling footage from the drive out of Mariupol

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Collaboration is built on everyday vanity and ambition. Just look at RT’s wannabes | Nick Cohen

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Collaboration is built on everyday vanity and ambition. Just look at RT’s wannabes | Nick Cohen

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Few people on Putin’s TV network were true believers... which is the really frightening thing

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I'm sure

will correct me if I'm wrong, but Russia claims to have destroyed 289 Ukrainian drones, which is more than Ukraine operates.

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Го�?�?дар�?твенное издание, Ро�?�?ия

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ВС Ро�?�?ии �? начала �?пецоперации �?ничтожили 289 бе�?пилотников и 1 656 танков, �?ообщил официальный пред�?тавитель Минобороны РФ �?горь Кона�?енков: go.tass.ru/jp4YR Видео: Минобороны Ро�?�?ии

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I'd really recommend bringing people who aren't aware of the Navalny poisoning investigation Bellingcat did, the people I spoke to after the screening who hadn't heard of it before had their minds blown.

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Saw the brilliant Navalny documentary at the Copenhagen film festival last night, directed by

@DanielRoher

. Packed cinema with a standing ovation through the entire credits. A very moving film, but also surprisingly funny, definitely an Oscar contender. #cphdox

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How Russia cancels culture:

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Russia in Canada

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Billboard in Moscow: "Some countries have decided not to play Shostakovich. We decided that Vivaldi's music is always wonderful. Culture cannot be canceled."

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Darth Putin

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To prove we only ever wanted to conquer Donbass, today we bombed Lviv. Over 1000km west.

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Ashley Parker

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WARSAW — "For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power," said Biden, referring to Putin, as he closes out his big speech in Poland. Worth noting that the Biden administration so far has been at pains to NOT even hint at anything approximately regime change.

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MORE: Biden to Russia: 'Don't even think about moving' on 'inch of NATO territory' -

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BREAKING: Biden says in Warsaw speech that world must prepare for 'long fight ahead' -

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Congratulations to

for winning a Peabody Award for its body of work using digital 3D modelling to expose human rights violations. Watch our collaboration to uncover a secret interrogation centre run by Myanmar’s military last year: aje.io/stateoffear

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Wim Zwijnenburg

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Seems that indeed the fuel depot northeast of the city in #Lviv was hit by a Russian cruisemissile, geolocation based on image from quoted tweet aligns TV tower/hills in background

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Jeff Paul

@Jeff_Paul

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BREAKING: Communication tower near the city center of Lviv appears to have been bombed. Smoke can be seen rising just outside of downtown. #lviv #ukraine #UkraineWar

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Kevin Rothrock

@KevinRothrock

Biden calls Putin a “butcher.” This could be what Moscow uses to break off all diplomatic relations. (They previously threatened it when Biden called Putin a “thug” and “murderous dictator.”)

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It looks like the bow is angled at about 8 degrees relative to the rest of the hull. I'm thinking it is a total loss.

March 26th satellite imagery from

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showing the port of Berdyansk, and the Russian ship destroyed in a Ukrainian attack. It appears part of the deck is underwater, so it's unlikely to be going anywhere for a long time.

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Can Okar

@canokar

I have a more basic concern. How on God’s green earth can you do financial journalism if you aren’t allowed to say anything negative about any company on any media? That and then this: just how bad is Turkey’s economy? Is it about to collapse? Because this law would be nuts.

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Can Okar

@canokar

The first news about this law has been about the section which says you can go to jail even if you don’t use the company’s name. The first thought has been that this outlaws people saying “Gang of Five” about the AKP’s crony billionaires who siphon all state funds.

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Can Okar

@canokar

Absolutely insane new law proposed in Turkey: Three years in jail for anyone who undermines trust in companies or otherwise impacts their reputation or concerns in any form of media. The fact they need to do this implies A LOT of companies are close to going under.

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Yarno Ritzen

@YarnoRitzen