Jimmy Rushton
@jimmyrushton.bsky.social
Kyiv based foreign policy/security analyst
Currently focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Sometime journalist - opinions mine alone
Currently focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Sometime journalist - opinions mine alone
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"Russian attempts to exacerbate preexisting tensions in society via Telegram-incited active measures are not limited to Ukraine." @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and @jimmyrushton.bsky.social report on a grim Russian operation for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
Russia’s New Weapon: Child 'Suicide Bombers'
Moscow’s intelligence services are recruiting civilians, including the young and vulnerable, to carry remotely detonated explosives
newlinesmag.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Russian attempts to exacerbate preexisting tensions in society via Telegram-incited active measures are not limited to Ukraine." @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and @jimmyrushton.bsky.social report on a grim Russian operation for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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My latest episode of @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social featuring security analyst @jimmyrushton.bsky.social discussing the latest developments from Zelenskyy's trip to the United Nations is out now on the link below or wherever you listen to your podcasts:
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September 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
My latest episode of @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social featuring security analyst @jimmyrushton.bsky.social discussing the latest developments from Zelenskyy's trip to the United Nations is out now on the link below or wherever you listen to your podcasts:
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For New Lines Magazine: I spent a week and a half with Ukraine's elite Third Assault Brigade, the largest and one of the most effective fighting forces within the Ukrainian military, and not coincidently, one of the least 'Soviet'.
With @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in...
With @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in...
Inside Ukraine’s Plan To Build a Self-Sufficient Defense Force
With Western security guarantees uncertain, Kyiv is turning to elite, battle-hardened units as the core of a remodeled military
newlinesmag.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
For New Lines Magazine: I spent a week and a half with Ukraine's elite Third Assault Brigade, the largest and one of the most effective fighting forces within the Ukrainian military, and not coincidently, one of the least 'Soviet'.
With @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in...
With @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in...
Systematic use of chemical weaponry by Russia in Ukraine continues. My interview/report from the front line for Times Radio.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDWk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDWk...
Putin uses ‘lethal’ WW1 gas to attack Ukrainian troops on the Frontline
YouTube video by Times Radio
www.youtube.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Systematic use of chemical weaponry by Russia in Ukraine continues. My interview/report from the front line for Times Radio.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDWk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDWk...
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NEW: For the Ukrainian volunteers evacuating their fellow civilians, the sudden end of U.S. funding means more will die under Russian fire, reports @jimmyrushton.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/cu...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/cu...
Cutting US Aid Jeopardizes the Lives of Ukrainian Civilians
For the volunteers evacuating their fellow citizens, the sudden end of funding means more will die under Russian fire
newlinesmag.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
NEW: For the Ukrainian volunteers evacuating their fellow civilians, the sudden end of U.S. funding means more will die under Russian fire, reports @jimmyrushton.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/cu...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/cu...
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Latest with @jimmyrushton.bsky.social: Ukraine didn’t just humiliate Vladimir Putin with its stunning FPV drone assault on Russia’s strategic bombers—it also embarrassed Donald Trump, who repeatedly dismissed Kyiv’s ability to fight without U.S. help t.co/9SqbwxSa35
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/06/02/ukraine-drone-attack-russia-proof-kyiv-does-not-need-trump/
t.co
June 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Latest with @jimmyrushton.bsky.social: Ukraine didn’t just humiliate Vladimir Putin with its stunning FPV drone assault on Russia’s strategic bombers—it also embarrassed Donald Trump, who repeatedly dismissed Kyiv’s ability to fight without U.S. help t.co/9SqbwxSa35
I’ve been shown unreleased footage of Sunday’s SBU drone attack. I can confirm at least two A-50 AWACS aircraft were struck by drones; the FPV drones landing directly on the radar domes before detonating.
Multiple Tu-22M3s can also be seen struck in the footage.
Multiple Tu-22M3s can also be seen struck in the footage.
June 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I’ve been shown unreleased footage of Sunday’s SBU drone attack. I can confirm at least two A-50 AWACS aircraft were struck by drones; the FPV drones landing directly on the radar domes before detonating.
Multiple Tu-22M3s can also be seen struck in the footage.
Multiple Tu-22M3s can also be seen struck in the footage.
NEW: Russia is using social media to recruit unsuspecting Ukrainian civilians - including children - and turning them into unwitting suicide bombers.
A deep dive into Moscow's disturbing new tactic with
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social for New Lines Magazine.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ru...
A deep dive into Moscow's disturbing new tactic with
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social for New Lines Magazine.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ru...
Russia’s New Weapon: Child Suicide Bombers
Moscow’s intelligence services are recruiting unsuspecting civilians, including the young and vulnerable, for suicide missions
newlinesmag.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
NEW: Russia is using social media to recruit unsuspecting Ukrainian civilians - including children - and turning them into unwitting suicide bombers.
A deep dive into Moscow's disturbing new tactic with
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social for New Lines Magazine.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ru...
A deep dive into Moscow's disturbing new tactic with
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social for New Lines Magazine.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ru...
"Ignore the moral panic; there's nothing inherently unethical about drone warfare..."
I wrote about the debate surrounding the use of small drones in Ukraine, why such drones could actually be considered more 'moral' and why violent combat footage isn't new
jamesrushton.substack.com/p/ignore-the...
I wrote about the debate surrounding the use of small drones in Ukraine, why such drones could actually be considered more 'moral' and why violent combat footage isn't new
jamesrushton.substack.com/p/ignore-the...
Ignore the moral panic; there's nothing inherently unethical about drone warfare
And in fact drones might enable combatants to more closely follow the laws of armed conflict
jamesrushton.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"Ignore the moral panic; there's nothing inherently unethical about drone warfare..."
I wrote about the debate surrounding the use of small drones in Ukraine, why such drones could actually be considered more 'moral' and why violent combat footage isn't new
jamesrushton.substack.com/p/ignore-the...
I wrote about the debate surrounding the use of small drones in Ukraine, why such drones could actually be considered more 'moral' and why violent combat footage isn't new
jamesrushton.substack.com/p/ignore-the...
Americans really got bored of living in the richest and most powerful country on the planet and decided to just set everything on fire, huh?
April 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Americans really got bored of living in the richest and most powerful country on the planet and decided to just set everything on fire, huh?
Every week, hundreds of Ukrainians take part in noisy protests, demanding the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war held in inhumane conditions in Russian jails.
I attended one such protest yesterday:
jamesrushton.substack.com/p/we-will-no...
I attended one such protest yesterday:
jamesrushton.substack.com/p/we-will-no...
March 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Every week, hundreds of Ukrainians take part in noisy protests, demanding the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war held in inhumane conditions in Russian jails.
I attended one such protest yesterday:
jamesrushton.substack.com/p/we-will-no...
I attended one such protest yesterday:
jamesrushton.substack.com/p/we-will-no...
NEW: Can Europe Back Ukraine’s Fight Alone?
In the wake of a possible breakdown of the transatlantic alliance me and Michael Weiss argue that it both can, and must.
newlinesmag.com/argument/can...
In the wake of a possible breakdown of the transatlantic alliance me and Michael Weiss argue that it both can, and must.
newlinesmag.com/argument/can...
Can Europe Back Ukraine's Fight Alone?
For the first time in decades, European leaders face a US commander-in-chief who doesn’t care for Cold War-era pieties
newlinesmag.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
NEW: Can Europe Back Ukraine’s Fight Alone?
In the wake of a possible breakdown of the transatlantic alliance me and Michael Weiss argue that it both can, and must.
newlinesmag.com/argument/can...
In the wake of a possible breakdown of the transatlantic alliance me and Michael Weiss argue that it both can, and must.
newlinesmag.com/argument/can...
Back in the U.K. for a couple of weeks off after another year in Ukraine; will be back in Kyiv just before New Year.
Coming back to what used to be “normality” feels very strange!
Coming back to what used to be “normality” feels very strange!
November 30, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Back in the U.K. for a couple of weeks off after another year in Ukraine; will be back in Kyiv just before New Year.
Coming back to what used to be “normality” feels very strange!
Coming back to what used to be “normality” feels very strange!
A defeat for the Assad regime is a defeat for Russia; and Moscow will undoubtably be facing some difficult decisions in the next few hours/days over what resources to commit to shoring up it's crumbling Syrian client state.
November 30, 2024 at 4:24 PM
A defeat for the Assad regime is a defeat for Russia; and Moscow will undoubtably be facing some difficult decisions in the next few hours/days over what resources to commit to shoring up it's crumbling Syrian client state.
One of the largest Russian drone attacks on Ukraine last night of the war.
188 drones were launched against Ukrainian targets.
95 were disabled by electronic warfare - 76 were shot down by air defence.
5 more "flew in the direction of Belarus" according to the airforce.
188 drones were launched against Ukrainian targets.
95 were disabled by electronic warfare - 76 were shot down by air defence.
5 more "flew in the direction of Belarus" according to the airforce.
November 26, 2024 at 9:13 AM
One of the largest Russian drone attacks on Ukraine last night of the war.
188 drones were launched against Ukrainian targets.
95 were disabled by electronic warfare - 76 were shot down by air defence.
5 more "flew in the direction of Belarus" according to the airforce.
188 drones were launched against Ukrainian targets.
95 were disabled by electronic warfare - 76 were shot down by air defence.
5 more "flew in the direction of Belarus" according to the airforce.
Another midnight air-raid in Kyiv. Drones incoming, explosions and flashes of anti-aircraft fire in the distance.
November 25, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Another midnight air-raid in Kyiv. Drones incoming, explosions and flashes of anti-aircraft fire in the distance.
Tonight in Kyiv we have Russian drones flying directly over our apartment block and anti-aircraft fire and explosions in the distance...
November 24, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Tonight in Kyiv we have Russian drones flying directly over our apartment block and anti-aircraft fire and explosions in the distance...
Good afternoon from this very good boy (and suspected Ukrainian nationalist).
November 23, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Good afternoon from this very good boy (and suspected Ukrainian nationalist).
Remember when Argentina used French Exocet anti-ship missiles to sink British warships during the Falklands War which inevitably led to the great Anglo-French war of 1983?
November 20, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Remember when Argentina used French Exocet anti-ship missiles to sink British warships during the Falklands War which inevitably led to the great Anglo-French war of 1983?
Will be discussing the Ukrainian use of Anglo-French "Storm Shadow" cruise missiles to strike Russian targets inside Russia's internationally recognised borders on Times Radio shortly.
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Will be discussing the Ukrainian use of Anglo-French "Storm Shadow" cruise missiles to strike Russian targets inside Russia's internationally recognised borders on Times Radio shortly.
Russian Telegram channels claim Ukraine fired a significant number of Anglo-French "Storm Shadow" cruise missiles at targets inside Kursk Oblast today; marking the first time this weapon has been used against targets within Russia's internationally recognised borders.
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Russian Telegram channels claim Ukraine fired a significant number of Anglo-French "Storm Shadow" cruise missiles at targets inside Kursk Oblast today; marking the first time this weapon has been used against targets within Russia's internationally recognised borders.
There have been no missile strikes in Kyiv today, as of 14:25 local time, and the air raid alert has just been stood down.
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM
There have been no missile strikes in Kyiv today, as of 14:25 local time, and the air raid alert has just been stood down.
Once again, Ukraine has been repeatedly striking territory Putin genuinely considers Russian (Crimea, illegally annexed in 2014) with Western supplied long-range weapons since mid-2023.
Any discussion of today's ATACMS strikes in Bryansk without this context is worthless.
Any discussion of today's ATACMS strikes in Bryansk without this context is worthless.
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Once again, Ukraine has been repeatedly striking territory Putin genuinely considers Russian (Crimea, illegally annexed in 2014) with Western supplied long-range weapons since mid-2023.
Any discussion of today's ATACMS strikes in Bryansk without this context is worthless.
Any discussion of today's ATACMS strikes in Bryansk without this context is worthless.
The Russian Defence Ministry publicly acknowledged Ukrainian ATACMS have struck targets inside Russia’s internationally recognised borders and yet World War Three has still not broken out.
David Sacks must be incredibly confused.
David Sacks must be incredibly confused.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukraine launched long-range ATACMS missiles at Russia. The launch occurred at 3:25 a.m. at targets in the Bryansk region.
Tonight Russian ammunition storage in Karachev, Bryansk region of Russia, was targeted. As many now speculate it was hit by ATACMS missile.
This ammunition depot was also targeted by drones a month ago.
This ammunition depot was also targeted by drones a month ago.
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM
The Russian Defence Ministry publicly acknowledged Ukrainian ATACMS have struck targets inside Russia’s internationally recognised borders and yet World War Three has still not broken out.
David Sacks must be incredibly confused.
David Sacks must be incredibly confused.