FT Exclusive: CIA director John Ratcliffe will play a larger role in shuttle diplomacy between Moscow and Kyiv while maintaining contact with intelligence officers. ft.trib.al/8wimofW
— @FT Sep 9, 2026
Day: September 9, 2026
🚨 Exclusive:
SAS veterans are training Russians to fight in Ukraine, according to a leaked intelligence memo obtained by @Telegraph.
An assessment compiled for Five Eyes intelligence agencies found, with “strong confidence”, that Western military veterans had been recruited to train Russian citizens as well as “active duty military” personnel.
The Telegraph has been shown a copy of a memo compiled for the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, based on interviews with two former Australian special forces operatives and an active-duty reservist.
They say they were approached to become instructors at training camps in Bulgaria and Serbia that allegedly hosted Russian clients.
— @Tony_Diver Sep 9, 2026
NEW: CIA director John Ratcliffe is preparing to take a bigger role in US negotiations with Russia and Ukraine. And the White House is considering paring back the involvement of US special envoy Steve Witkoff, the lead negotiator with Putin.
Our latest:
— @maxseddon Sep 9, 2026
Imagine your president taking over the criminal empire of a man who had marched an army towards your capital.
🧵That is what Putin did after Prigozhin’s death. [1/15]
— @khodorkovsky_en Sep 9, 2026
🇮🇱🇸🇾 Netanyahu stood on Mount Hermon in Syria and said Israel now “owns” the view from its peak to the sea.
He called it absolute control never seen before, saying no “terrorist army” will be allowed to plant itself on the border.
From those heights he pointed a bit further: the main job is STILL to bring down Iran’s government, and the rest of the axis will fall with it…
And Israel is “very close,” according to him.
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— @MarioNawfal Sep 9, 2026
Former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov says Ukraine will soon launch what he calls its largest Defense Tech venture fund in Kyiv after securing resources during meetings with venture funds and Big Tech companies. It will invest in military startups and established defense firms, focusing on battlefield sensors and robotics, jet-powered interceptors and cheap air defense missiles, and low-cost strike missiles, eventually with AI. A separate analytical center is also planned. #Ukraine
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— @NOELreports Sep 9, 2026
Netanyahu to sue ‘Haaretz’ for defamation over claim UAE warned him prior to Oct. 7 massacre trib.al/rZWZuyG
— @nypost Sep 9, 2026
Global News Summary: September 9, 2026 – 9 AM share.gemini.google/5nLAm21R…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Sep 9, 2026
#FBI officials say #AI is bolstering adversaries, emphasizing need to focus on #cyber basics, patching | CyberScoop cyberscoop.com/fbi-cyber-str…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Sep 9, 2026
Reports suggest Zelensky tried to “make fun” of the Peace efforts of Witkoff and Kushner, who left Kiev “dismayed”
Their fellow American Scott Bessent maybe described Zelensky best.
Describing him as a “little fucker”, a “special-needs child” and “Mr Bean on crack”Chay Bowes (@BowesChay)Kushner and Witkoff look very uncomfortable as their “Host” plays the comedian.
It’s a masterclass in cringe.
Of course, the fact that men are being literally forced to die for this charade as it happens, adds a very dark reality to the clown show in Kiev. x.com/OlgaBazova/status/2096…
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— https://x.com/BowesChay/status/2097296480977420687— @BowesChay Sep 9, 2026