Pinned
Sooner or later, books fly the nest to live their own lives, outside the authors' control. Mine has now reached that point. If you see it, please grab it, read it, and judge it for yourself.
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Simon Shuster
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Simon Shuster
@shustry
Staff writer @TheAtlantic covering armed conflict and national security. Author of The Showman: bit.ly/TheShowmanBook
- I'm in touch with one of the last defenders of Mariupol. He's wounded. After Bucha massacre, he says, "surrender is not an option." He feels their stand accomplished its mission. They tied up so much Russian firepower it gave other cities a chance to survive.
- After Zelensky’s speech, I ran into this guy with a Ukrainian flag outside the Capitol. He said: “You know what @ZelenskyyUa did in there today? He cleaned out the stink left in that building since January 6.”
- When Russia bombed the base near Lviv last night, it had to assume Americans were likely to be killed or injured. A coordinator of foreign volunteers in Ukraine told me the base was a hub for 1000s of them, coming from all over to help Ukraine. I met some from US, UK, Australia.
- I admit. I have not seen The Intelligence. But there's never been a time when my understanding of Russia -- my 15 years of reporting on Russia and Ukraine -- has been so at odds with what the U.S. government says about Russia and Ukraine. I hope I'm right, and they're wrong.
- Many of Giuliani’s associates in Ukraine have helped investigators ahead of today’s raids on his home. One told me he spoke to FBI agents for 10 hours straight in a DC hotel. Another says he volunteered the passwords to his phone and email, then explained each message from Rudy
- We've all seen the images. But nothing prepared me for the hellscape on the highway into Kyiv today. Bus stops full of bullet holes. Piles of bricks where homes once stood. Commuter cars crushed under tanks. So many people's lives.
00:00 - A bit of counter programming for you. Kyiv is coming back to life. People are out. The sun is shining. Kids playing. Short thread from my walkabout yesterday 1/
- The target of the Russian missile attacked in Kyiv this morning was a facility that works on railway cars to transport grain. Officials let us in to have a look. The place is gutted
- SCOOP: The head of Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state gas firm, told me he is ready to testify against Rudy Giuliani in a federal investigation in New York. time.com/5737518/ukrain… My impression from our interview: He was practically giddy at the chance. More details next week @TIME
- My heart breaks for Navalny’s family, and for what Russia has become. Our final interview, just before the invasion of Ukraine: time.com/6140102/alexei…
- Source close to Zelensky told me the U.S. first warned his team of a Russian invasion last fall, putting the chances at 80%. The Ukrainians didn't buy it, but they saw an opportunity -- "more aid, more attention" -- and played along. Now they have regrets. Too much attention.
- My story for TIME's 2022 Person of the Year is partly about my trip with President @ZelenskyyUa to Kherson last month. On his private train, we talked about empires, Hitler and Stalin, Charlie Chaplin and Lee Kuan Yew, and a lot besides. Have a read: time.com/person-of-the-…
