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Jonathan Beale
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Jonathan Beale
@bealejonathan
Journalist. This is my personal twitter account
London
Joined January 2011
🇬🇧 DefSec Ben Wallace climbs onto @BritishArmy Challenger 2 tank for photo with #Ukraine soldiers now being trained in U.K. “Crimea that way”:
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- Congrats to Capt Rosie Wild of 7RHA. She’s the first woman to pass the gruelling P Company course. Here she is getting her beret after proving she’s nails
- Photo from @hmsdiamond last night night in #RedSea firing at #Houthi drones - just released by 🇬🇧 MOD:
- Royal Navy’s Rhodri Leyshon - who lost his life when his Merlin helicopter ditched n English Channel Wednesday night . His comrades described him as a consummate professional . His family say their lives will never be the same. RIP
- New: A former British Army Major who’s been under repeated investigation FOR 17 years, over the death of an Iraqi teenager has, finally been cleared. Robert Campbell said he was relieved to be exonerated . But angry that it had taken 17 years and destroyed his career
- Breaking: 🇬🇧 Challenger 2 in #Ukraine hit a mine - which immobilised it. Mine explosion caused a fire in rear fuel tank - at which point crew evacuated. Immobilised empty #Challenger2 was then targeted by #Russia Lancet drone - all according to western Def source
- A western defence source confirmed to the BBC the video showed a damaged U.K. supplied Challenger 2 tank in Ukraine. The defence source also confirmed that all the crew survived
- UK DefSec Ben Wallace says Britain is sending more than 120 military logistic vehicles to #Ukraine. Part of package will include dozens of heavy transporters to move armour and artillery over large distances. Says will help Ukraine to rapidly redeploy equipment such as MLRS
- Repatriation of L Cpl Brodie Gillon @RAFBrizeNorton taking place today - @BritishArmy reserve Combat Medical Technician killed in rocket attacks at Camp Taji in #Iraq . She was 26 years old
