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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

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Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 02.24.2026 is live. On this 4th anniversary of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.), took the lead for us in examining where the war is at from a military point of view. Link below.

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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

➡️ Russia continues to try and set conditions for any ceasefire in Putin’s war against Ukraine. As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I warn at @thehill.com, it’s crucial that Team Trump not give into them. Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants Ukraine. ↖️ thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

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➡️ Goals change in wars. Especially when you start to lose them as Russia is doing in Ukraine. Tomorrow, in a special piece for @thehill.com at 7AM EST, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I argue what Putin now hopes to be his primary end state. He must be deterred. ↖️

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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

➡️ Conquering Ukraine, for now, is beyond Putin’s reach. However, as Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I warn at @thehill.com, destroying NATO from within has become the new goal of his sputtering ‘special military operation.’ If done, he will return to Ukraine. Link below. ↖️

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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

➡️ It’s not a coincidence that as Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire gained momentum that the Houthis announced they were going to resume attacks against Israeli shipping. At the @kyivpost.com, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I urge to recognize he is at war with Putin’s Axis of Evil. Link below. ↖️

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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

➡️ Shout out to the @newyorkpost.bsky.social’s editorial board for citing my piece with Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) at @thehill.com — Putin’s real goal: Destroy NATO Grateful. Especially given the importance of this message re: Putin’s designs on NATO. ↖️ nypost.com/2025/03/17/o...

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Lockdowns made us rude, MAGA vs. the ‘realists’ and other commentary

“If the world seems to you a little nastier and more confrontational than it was just a few years ago,” notes Reason’s J.D. Tuccille, “you’re not alone.”

Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

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➡️ Putin & Khamenei continue to use the Houthis to distract Team Trump from Ukraine & Iran’s nuclear weapons program. As Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I urge at @thehill.com, it’s time for Donald Trump to adopt Admiral James Stavridis’ plan. ↖️ thehill.com/policy/natio...

Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

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➡️ Team #Putin is playing Team #Trump for time in Saudi Arabia. As @jonsweet.bsky.social & I warn in a special piece at @thehill.com, #Russia isn’t interested in a ceasefire in Ukraine save where Moscow gains battlefield advantages. Meanwhile, Putin keeps killing Ukrainians. Link below. ↖️

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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

➡️ @jonsweet.bsky.social & I are honored to have been picked up a 14th time by the Drudge Report for our piece that is running in @thehill.com. This time is especially meaningful as we highlighted an upcoming documentary entitled Faith Under Siege & the Bazylevych family. Links below. ↖️

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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

➡️ In our latest for the @kyivpost.com, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I take a deep dive into the fallacy of #Putin & the so-called ceasefire negotiations. Putin isn’t interest in peace or in pieces of #Ukraine. He wants it all. Link below. ↖️

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Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

"The fallacy now is that there is some sort of “ceasefire” in Ukraine – and that Russia is adhering to it while Zelensky continues to resist." @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @kyivpost.com www.kyivpost.com/opinion/49605

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Opinion: The Putin Fallacy

Anyone who has been studying the Kremlin’s methods over the years can recognize exactly how Putin is stringing the Americans along so that Washington winds up pressuring Kyiv.

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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

➡️ Grateful as well to Real Clear World for citing my latest w/ Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (Ret.) at @thehill.com — Europe’s thin red line in Ukraine. ↖️ www.realclearworld.com/2025/03/06/e...

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Europe’s Thin Red Line in Ukraine

Europe is facing an existential crisis.

Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Privilege for @marktoth.bsky.social and I to join Daniel Tkiie on News Channel 24 and First Western TV in Ukraine to discuss the post-Oval Office meltdown and Europe's way ahead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYe...

Jon Sweet and Mark Toth on US military options in Ukraine

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Silicon Curtain podcast @siliconcurtain.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

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Trump and Putin need Zelenskyy to go, for reasons that align in certain respects and differ in others. Justice and security are getting in the way of 'the big deal'. They may use any means available to force Zelenskyy out. @marktoth.bsky.social - @jonsweet.bsky.social - youtu.be/wco3jpmidwU

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Jon Sweet and Mark Toth - For Reasons that Partially Align, Trump & Putin Need Zelenskyy to be gone.

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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

➡️ Always an honor to appear w/ @jonsweet.bsky.social on one of @siliconcurtain.bsky.social’s podcasts. If you are not familiar with Jonathan Fink’s work, check out his other podcasts. He has a huge array of impressive guests including retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges. ↖️

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Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

@marktoth.bsky.social and I had the honor to join Jonathan Fink again on the @siliconcurtain.bsky.social to discuss the 2nd and 3rd order effects of the Oval Office version of Tombstone's O.K. Corral last Friday. Is Zelensky in the way? www.youtube.com/watch?v=wco3...

Jon Sweet and Mark Toth - For Reasons that Partially Align, Trump & Putin Need Zelenskyy to be gone.

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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

➡️ Trump’s U.S. foreign policy has taken a sharp right turn. As @jonsweet.bsky.social & I note at @thehill.com, it’s arguably become mafia-like in its construct & execution. If so, a turf war looms. Putin as well is intent on being the Don of the Donbas. ↖️

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Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

"Washington is devolving into a mafioso world. This deal is the equivalent of Ukraine paying protection money." As Henry Hill said in Goodfellas: “F**k you, pay me.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

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@marktoth.bsky.social and I return to the No Delusion Zone with David Debatto to talk about the war in Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq92...

Will America Withdraw From NATO? #nato #trump #nodelusionzone

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Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

@marktoth.bsky.social and I join News Anchor and TV Host Daniel Tkiie at News Channel 24 and First Western Television in Ukraine to discuss Trump’s next steps in Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qop7...

Jon Sweet and Mark Toth on Trump’s next steps on Ukraine

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Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

"Putin still believes he can win. He just needs the U.S. and NATO to stop supplying weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I document in @thehill.com Vladimir Putin is trying to pull a snow job on Trump thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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"The “root cause” of the war in Ukraine is Putin ... Trump’s message ... should be to leave Ukraine or risk losing your army and your country." @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain. What part of Putin’s capitulation demands don’t you understand? thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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“It is Trump’s world now. The self-defeating passivity of the Biden Administration is gone … for better or worse, he is asserting himself on the global stage.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com. thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

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@marktoth.bsky.social and I return to the @nodelusionzone.bsky.social show with host David Debatto to discuss Trump 2.0 and Russia, China, and Iran: Reality vs Campaign Rhetoric and few days before the inauguration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RWY...

Trump 2.0 and Russia, China and Iran: Reality vs Campaign Rhetoric

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Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Great to be back on @tvpworld.bsky.social "Ukraine this Week" with Don Arleth to discuss the Biden handover to Trump. But what will the strategies of 'weaken Russia' and 'just enough' transition to under the Trump Admin? We discuss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGVO...

Biden ‘hands over’ Ukraine to Trump | Ukraine This Week

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Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

"Without sustainment [Russian] assaults grind to a halt. If the AFU severs that connective tissue, then the Russian forces in Ukraine will wither on the vine." @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @kyivpost.com www.kyivpost.com/opinion/45699

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Opinion: It’s Time for Trump to ‘Super Size’ Ukraine

Donald Trump gets sworn in for his second term today and inherits Russia’s war against Ukraine. He needs to have a plan to end it. What should the new administration do?

Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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➡️ Apolitically speaking, Trump must end Biden’s permissive environmental that began as a result of his disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. Or, as @jonsweet.bsky.social & I warn at @TheHill, Trump can make the same mistake by abandoning Ukraine. ↖️ thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Trump must end the permissive environment Joe Biden is leaving behind

President Biden’s assertion that he is “handing over” a stronger country to President-elect Donald Trump is false, as the world is a more dangerous place due to a ‘permissiv…

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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

➡️ Ukraine, as @jonsweet.bsky.social & I argue at The Hill, will not concede its sovereign territory to Russia. Nor should it be. Putin cannot be rewarded for an illegal land grab. By renewing the AFU’s counteroffensive inside of Russia, Zelensky’s drawing a red line. ↖️ thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

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“Defeat mass, and Ukraine defeats Russia. Interdiction defeats mass and sets conditions to push Russia out of Ukraine.” @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

“Since “Mexit,” as it became known, Harry and Meghan’s agenda has essentially been one of grievance-chasing.” Is England prepared for a regent King Harry? @marktoth.bsky.social and I explore in @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/inte...

Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

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Russia’s sphere of influence has taken a pretty big hit with the loss of Syria. Countries that once aligned with the Putin regime may be having second thoughts. Many leaning towards the EU. @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @kyivpost.com www.kyivpost.com/opinion/44656

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Opinion: Fall of Putin’s Global Empire: Russia’s Waning Influence

The places around the globe where Moscow has asserted its influence are teetering precariously. With Russian forces bogged down in Ukraine, there can be no cavalry coming to the autocrats’ rescue.

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Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Trump is signaling to NATO members they must spend 5% GDP annually on defense. As of June 2024, 8 of 32 members were still short of the 2% GDP threshold. Only Poland exceeds 4 percent; the U.S. comes in at 3.4%. @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

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"Trump and Kellogg must immediately change this dangerous trajectory they are inheriting from the Biden Administration or there will not be a need for a peace deal; rather, an obituary" @marktoth.bsky.social and I explain in the @newyorkpost.bsky.social nypost.com/2024/12/21/o...

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Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Putin has doubled down on Ukraine - essentially abandoning Syria in his pursuit of a Russian victory. @marktoth.bsky.social Toth and I explain in The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

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Was invited back to speak with Daniel Tkiie on Ukrainian Television to talk about possible ceasefire talks in Ukraine. m.youtube.com/watch?v=WQcU...

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Jon Sweet on the possibility of a ceasefire in Ukraine

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Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Great opportunity today to join Ross Kaminsky on KOA 850 AM to discuss the current situation in Syria and the impact it is having on Russia and Iran. koacolorado.iheart.com/featured/ros...

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Retired Army Intelligence Officer Jon Sweet on Syria, Russia, and Iran | KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM | Ross Kaminsky

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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

➡️ Shout out to the @newyorkpost.bsky.social’s editorial board for recommending my latest piece w/ Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) at The Hill — #Assad’s fall has #Iran desperately searching for a new proxy. Always honored. ↖️ nypost.com/2024/12/11/o...

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Fall of the prog DAs, Iran’s next proxy and other commentary

Per leftists, snarks National Review’s Jim Geraghty, progressive prosecutors implementing “no cash bail, dropping charges, charging the minimum crime and pursuing minimum sentences” and “declining …

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Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Joined the team at @tvpworld.bsky.social again last night to talk about Ukraine and the current U.S./European discussion of cease fire & peace talks. IMO, conditions have not been set to end this war on conditions favorable to Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkdN...

Peace talks on the war in Ukraine | Jon Sweet

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Jon Sweet @jonsweet.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

With the loss of Syria, Iran needs a new proxy. The courting of al-Shabaab has already begun. @marktoth.bsky.social and I, with insight from Guled Ahmed, a non-resident scholar for Washington DC think tank Middle East Institute, explain in The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Assad’s fall has Iran desperately searching for a new proxy

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has left Iran and Russia on the outside, while Iran is accelerating its pursuit of a nuclear weapon and al-Shabaab is emerging as a potential proxy for Iran in…

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Mark Toth @marktoth.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

➡️ President Elect Donald #Trump ultimately will determine his policy toward #Ukraine & #Russia. But in tapping retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I argue at The Hill he’s picked the right General to stand up to #Putin. ↖️ thehill.com/opinion/nati...