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Mark MacKinnon
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Mark MacKinnon
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Senior International Correspondent for The Globe and Mail. Now based in London, after stops in Moscow, the Middle East and Beijing.
- Zelensky just now: “Never, please, never tell us again that our army does not meet NATO standards. We have shown what our standards are capable of.”
00:00 - Checking into an Odessa hotel. Me: So, do you have a shelter? Receptionist: Yes. (But providing no details.) Me: Ok, where do we go if we hear a siren? Receptionist: Don't worry about the sirens. I'm from Donetsk. I'll tell you when to worry. And what to do then. Goodnight.
- The moment Serbian President Vucic realizes that the statement he just signed (apparently without reading) commits his country to moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem...
- Aide to Ukrainian President Zelensky tells me he senses a shift among Russian negotiators as sanctions and battlefield losses hit. "They are starting to realize the real price of war only now. And now we are starting to have constructive negotiations."
- What's clear is Trump doesn't trust the US intelligence community, the State Department, or the country's media. But if Erdogan, Putin or MBS tell him something, it's gotta be the truth.
- I’ve been in a few war zones, but I’ve never seen a country that has moved so quickly - mid-conflict - to clean up the wreckage. It’s as if there’s a nationwide desire to wash away the stains as soon as possible.How it stared and how it’s going in Bucha now:
- Ukrainian lawyer messaged me just now that Putin's speech "will be used at his trial."
- The US is now on pace to have the worst coronavirus outbreak anywhere...
- Heartbreaking. Leaving a restaurant in Kyiv tonight, and the waitress grabs my arm. “Are you leaving Ukraine? My husband thinks we should leave. But we have two cats and we can’t leave them.” I wouldn’t call it panic, but it feels like previously chill Kyiv is now very nervous…
- In a restaurant in Odesa, the waitress pours a round for everyone. “It’s from the guest over there, he’s from Mykolaiv.” He stands up and thanks Odesa for supplying his city with drinking water this summer. The restaurant says sit down, you saved us…. Putin never had a chance.
- Man annexing part of neighbouring country says he's doing it to fight against colonialism.
- Zelensky: "I spoke to Biden. They are preparing international support"
