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Mark Urban

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Mark Urban

@MarkUrban01

Columnist for Sunday Times, BBC 1990-2024, author; Big Boys Rules, Rifles, Generals, TF Black, Tank War, Skripal Files, Red Devils, Tank. Trustee @I_W_M 2018-26

London (usually)

markurban.substack.com

Joined May 2013

Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
Feb 26, 2022
I've just watched several videos of captured Russian soldiers. I don't re-tweet material of that kind, but they are bewildered in the face of their angry Ukrainian captors. Losses of dead and prisoners are mounting, all of this will become known at home in Russia
Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
Mar 23, 2025
Japan’s ambassador to the UK is smashing social media with upbeat content
Hiroshi Suzuki
@AmbJapanUK
Mar 23, 2025
Paddington enjoyed riding on Shinkansen (bulletin train) 🚅to Nagoya !
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Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
May 19, 2024
It’s time to hand in my body armour after 30+ years covering conflict for the BBC. How have our ways of surviving on the battlefield evolved? Here’s a bumper 🧵
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Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
Jan 27, 2022
This is my grandfather Solomon, murdered in the Holocaust. We do not forget. Far from it, my son now bears his name, that is one way we deny evil its aims #HMD2022
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Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
Apr 14, 2024
🚨personal news🚨I’ll be leaving the BBC at the end of May. Newsnight in its current format will end then, so most posts will go. I decided not to apply for other BBC jobs. Working there for 35 yrs has been life defining: an eyewitness to history collaborating with such brilliant
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Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
Nov 29, 2023
The honour of presenting @BBCNewsnight falls to me tonight. I have worked on the programme for 32 years, around the world, risking my life many times for its journalism. You can well imagine my feelings at cuts to our staff and budget of more than 50%
BBC's Newsnight to be cut back as part of savings plan
From bbc.co.uk
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Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
May 21, 2020
Very pleased to have interviewed two members of the German cabinet in the past 15 days. Sad though that it’s just over 8 weeks since a member of the British cabinet appeared on Newsnight.
Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
Apr 11, 2022
The number of Russian battalion tactical groups (700-1k soldiers each) rendered combat ineffective in the Ukraine war so far has been reassessed at 37-38 according to a western official, leaving 90 operational. That suggests heavier losses than previously thought
Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
Mar 1, 2025
A big question for Sunday's London meeting: can Ukraine be kept in the fight without US military aid? According to western officials the materiel they use to fight, from boots to bullets, is sourced 55% in Ukraine, 25% from Europe, and just 20% from the US 1/
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Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
Jun 23, 2024
Having hung up my hat after 35 years at the BBC here’s 10 reflections … 🧵
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Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
Jul 31, 2022
Tensions are very high currently between Serbia and Kosovo, with reports of barricades going up in Serb areas of the province and clashes. It’s an evolving situation tonight but it’s possible that Serbia has upped the ante as part of a geopolitical move coordinated with Russia
Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
Jan 24, 2020
Because nothing says ‘don’t worry’ quite like this image
Manya Koetse
@manyapan
Jan 24, 2020
Medical staff at the dedicated isolation ward of Wuhan's People's Hospital wish everyone a Happy New Year, saying: "We're here, don't worry [and celebrate Spring Festival]" - a hashtag that's now propagated online to ease the #coronavirus panic. #有我们在大家安心过年
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Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
Mar 5, 2025
What an extraordinary feat of composition this picture is - to get the subjects in a perfect moment, while the F35 is blasting off, framed in the window. To whoever took it, I salute you 🫡
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Mark Urban
@MarkUrban01
Mar 3, 2022
The Pentagon judges that 90% of the Russian force concentrated on Ukraine's borders ten days ago has now entered the country. The first phase of their operation has happened and they are stalled. So what do they do now? 1/