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Cormac Smith

@kozakcormac.bsky.social
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Former:🇬🇧civil servant & advisor Foreign Minister 🇺🇦, charity, pundit, media trainer, contributing editor: Defence on the Brink Ex international bobsleigh brakeman youtu.be/7B4XZLTD3rg Truth well told youtu.be/P6_ruNhuVXk?is=-B6ayc8d8HG…

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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Drinking in the last chance saloon with slow learning leaders” I joined @DuncanBarkes on @TalkTV to discuss the latest threats from Russia. We should take latest threats outlined by @donaldtusk seriously Putin is now a cornered rat who will escalate👇 youtu.be/VRdERhbLGnw?is…
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‘Drinking in the last chance saloon with slow learning leaders’
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#UkraineWar, Day 1,650: #Zelensky — #Russia Fires 800 Jet-Powered Drones in 4 Days #Ukraine eaworldview.com/2026/08/ukra...
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Ukraine War, Day 1,650: Zelensky - Russia Fires 800 Jet-Powered Drones in 4 Days - EA WorldView
Ukraine President Zelensky details Russia's escalating aerial attacks as Kremlin tries to break civilian resistance and energy infrastructure
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Europe’s worsening drought is disrupting transport, agriculture and energy production, as critically low river levels restrict freight traffic and prolonged heat depletes soil moisture across large parts of the continent. (AA)
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Europe’s drought deepens as rivers shrink, crops suffer, supply chains falter
Critically low levels on Rhine, Danube and Po are disrupting freight transport, fuel deliveries and irrigation across Europe. - Greenline
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“The key to Ukraine’s victory is holding the feet of the Russian people to the fire” youtube.com/shorts/s5pAZ4z…
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ukraine’s long range strikes matter for three reasons, they are: 1. Decimating Russia’s economy, in particular its oil industry 2. Bringing the war home to the Russian people. 3. Providing a much needed moral boost for Ukranian people. With @PhilipIngMBE to discuss 👇 youtu.be/CjiDpM33nwo?is…
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AD FREE: Ukraine just brought the war to Russia’s doorstep | Cormac Smith
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“Ordinary Russian people must meet ordinary Ukrainian people” I joined @TheSun YouTube channel to discuss recent attacks on Moscow, Crimea being made a living hell, and how Ukraine is now driving all three points of her trident into the body of Russia.👇 youtu.be/P6_ruNhuVXk?is…
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The surprise coming for Crimea that will shock the West | Ex-diplomat Cormac Smith
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Chris @oakymoron.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Any sane person would bite his hand off www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier says
Exclusive: Former chief Brexit negotiator says staying out of euro and Schengen area would be ‘perfectly possible’
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Operator Starsky🇺🇦 @starskyua.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
How did the Russians react to the morning karma showcase in the Moscow city? Find out in the recent update on my channel! (Sarkasm warning!) youtu.be/2PHBR9Ujhr8
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Russians react to Moscow strike | Ukraine Daily Brief
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
‘Moscow this morning as Russians get a taste of their own medicine’ Ukraine did not ask for this war but they may finish it. Meanwhile Ukraine kills up to 8;1 at the front, is taking back land & decimating Russia’s logistic chain where 400-500 fuel & other logistics trucks are destroyed daily.
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Who’s got the cards? I’m hearing Zelenskyy originally refused to sit down with Trump today in Evian, in margins of G7, and only relented when persuaded by Macron!
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
‘I am beyond disgusted with the government of the country of my birth’ I join Philip Ingram on Frontline to rage against the Irish government’s position on Aughinish Alumina; owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska & exporting 83% of its aluminium to murder Ukrainian civilians youtu.be/Ia0auKqeaVE
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Putin could lose Crimea after Ukraine strikes fuel trucks on bridge | Cormac Smith
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Happy Vyshyvanka day to all my Ukrainian friends; and to the magnificent Ukranian people. You all are the reason that Ukraine will win this war 💙💛
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
‘Zelenskyy grants Putin permission to hold annual victory day parade in Red Square’ Following a reported grovelling request from Trump, President Zelenskyy has graciously agreed that Moscow’s annual Victory Day parade can go ahead today, unmolested. Slava Ukraini
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The red square coordinates I’m crying
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Silicon Curtain podcast @siliconcurtain.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Is the US out? The instruction to Europe is "defend yourselves" because there may be no help coming from the U.S. under this administration if Europe is attacked by Russia. And an attack in 2026 cannot be ruled out! @general-ben.bsky.social - @drjademcglynn.bsky.social - youtu.be/hJEaPMT45rw
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Is the US Out? "Defend Yourselves" Because There is no Help Coming if Europe is Attacked!
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
‘Ukraine will win this war sometime in 2027’ “This war is going very, very badly for Russia” I joined my friend Colonel Philip Ingram for a Frontline update on Russia’s war against Ukraine. Philip put me on the spot; so I predicted Ukraine’s victory sometime in 2027👇 youtu.be/njhcoEbG2ns?si…
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Putin fears his own people as he fails ‘to cover up losses’ | Cormac Smith
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LaneyVotesBlue @laneyvotesblue.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The ignorance of the people who vote for these criminals is why we are where we are. Good morning everyone. ☕️☕️☕️
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The institutions that are supposed to protect our democracy need to wake up to the reality of 2026. Quite obviously, there is nothing to "consider" here. Quite obviously, this needs investigation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Elections watchdog considers looking into £5m donation to Farage
Reform UK mega donor Christopher Harborne gave the money to Nigel Farage in early 2024.
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Should the King’s visit be called off? I pointed out on @LBC earlier that Trump is an unpredictable, deranged, creature who is tanking in the polls, and MAGA is starting to come apart at the seems. The US is now our enemy, we are not at their table; we are in their menu👇 youtu.be/QoDPkxHd2YI
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Should the King go to USA?
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Silicon Curtain podcast @siliconcurtain.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Falling out of the sky: Russia’s air power is rusting to oblivion, with capabilities and resources atrophying. This is what Russia has left - a fleet of flying coffins with a countdown clock of eighteen to twenty-four months before they stop flying at all. youtu.be/7HhRL4BIROk
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Russian Air Logistics Fleet is DONE in just 18 Months - Planes Falling from the Skies!
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
‘Europe must take the gloves off with Trump’ Russia arms Iran & Trump shrugs it off while choking off support to Ukraine. Most recently $750 million of weapons purchased by Europe for Ukraine are to be diverted to the gulf; while America will keep the money! Time to move on! youtu.be/ahGZbV1LzoU
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Time to take the gloves off with Trump
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Some thoughts about the President of the United States speaking about ending a civilization. The president speaks genocide. Anyone who has been involved in that conversation or associated actions would be complicit. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Let's focus on something we ALL agree on: #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
‘Europe must take the gloves off with Trump’ Russia arms Iran & Trump shrugs it off while choking off support to Ukraine. Most recently $750 million of weapons purchased by Europe for Ukraine are to be diverted to the gulf; while America will keep the money! Time to move on! youtu.be/ahGZbV1LzoU
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Time to take the gloves off with Trump
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Where will you be tomorrow? #NoKings Find your event for this Saturday, March 28th. www.nokings.org
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
What’s it going to take to fix our armed forces? “Its going to take a Dunkirk, there’s going to have to be a disaster to make politicians in particular realise the state they have allowed defence fall into” Sobering between @PhilipIngMBE & @Mr_Andrew_Fox youtu.be/ESPuJtF_oco?is…
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Britain UNPREPARED: Iran War Escalates As NATO Fractures | TALK WAR
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
1/2. He took the greatest military force in history, lost a war to a middle power in a week, begged the world to save him, & demanded the media lie about this & everything else. I try, but at a simple human level I do not see how anyone mistakes this man’s almost supernatural weakness for strength.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
2/2. His weakness is something negative, gravitational, so deep that it can draw in a whole country. But only if we fail to see it. Only if we let it.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This man did far more fighting for the US than anyone in the cabinet or the White House. And he died one day after being taken to an American concentration camp. One day. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Afghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says
Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal is at least the 12th person to die ​in ICE detention this year.
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Jeremy ‘both sides’ Bowen is a thundering disgrace @mrjamesob.bsky.social; both to the BBC, and the noble profession of journalism. Here he is smirking and grinning a couple of years ago after Russia blew up a damn, saying “we may never know who did it” Both Sides Bowen, short youtu.be/pxZZNrauA2M
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Both Sides Bowen, short
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
‘You don’t get to be racist and Irish’ A poem by the great Dublin singer @ImeldaOfficial; my version, recorded for this Saint Patrick’s Day. “More blacks, more dogs, more Irish” Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit go léir 🇮🇪 You don’t get to be racist and Irish👇 youtu.be/sGrtbMaPjXE
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You don’t get to be racist and Irish
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
“It’s time to take the gloves off when talking about Trump, one of the most mendacious leaders on the face of the earth, I will speak about him in the same breath as Putin” I joined @PhilipIngMBE on Times Radio for a gloves off discussion on Trump, 🇺🇦 & 🇬🇧unpreparedness 4 war youtu.be/3Hpe4inw9LU?is…
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Putin’s cornered as Ukraine’s Flamingo missiles ‘hammer Crimea’ | Cormac Smith
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
‘Delusional, deranged and dangerous; and worst of all, I believe it’s deliberate’ My reaction to the latest juvenile rankings of the Green Party’s leader, Zac Polanski; who tells us he would develop a relationship with Putin & take UK out of NATO. Idiot Polanski, all the D’s youtu.be/qNvgqL6BLic
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Idiot Polanski, all the D’s
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
‘Dnipropetrovsk oblast fully liberated as of today’ Can we focus on Ukraine a little more please? Against all the odds & Donald Trump Ukrainians are doggedly winning this war, inch by bloody inch! Ukraine matters more to us in Europe than Iran; let’s get our priorities right.
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
‘Delusional, deranged and dangerous; and worst of all, I believe it’s deliberate’ My reaction to the latest juvenile rankings of the Green Party’s leader, Zac Polanski; who tells us he would develop a relationship with Putin & take UK out of NATO. Idiot Polanski, all the D’s youtu.be/qNvgqL6BLic
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Idiot Polanski, all the D’s
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
‘Dnipropetrovsk oblast fully liberated as of today’ Can we focus on Ukraine a little more please? Against all the odds & Donald Trump Ukrainians are doggedly winning this war, inch by bloody inch! Ukraine matters more to us in Europe than Iran; let’s get our priorities right.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
1/9. In 2020 Iran did try to interfere with the presidential election.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Truly, truly, truly disgusting. Keep this Trumpist race baiting out of British politics.
Amid rising alarm over suspected pollfraud, 
Reform leader says allowing non-British
citizens into ballot booth threatens democracy
FOREIGN-BORN
VOTERS STOLE
BY-ELECTION
BLASTS FARAGE

that Reform UK was robbed of victory diary assertion in today's Mail on Sunday
by foreign-born voters in last week's that 'Reform UK won the Gorton and Denton
By Glen Owen
Manchester by-election.
by-election among British-born voters'.
Amid mounting allegations that voter, fraud
And he vowed that if he becomes Prime
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Finally managed to upload Sunday’s chat with The Wire Tap & Chris. Four years after Russia’s so-called “three-day operation”… how right were we?
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States. snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...
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Why Attack Iran?
Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The facts suggest two interpretive frameworks for Iran: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the U.S. Join my live conversation with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social, 12:00pm ET, snyder.substack.com
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
No one who is at all concerned with the national security of the United States can possibly support Trump. This is simply a hideous betrayal of the country and its future in exchange for a bribe.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The defining face of the first day of the full-scale invasion is Ukrainian marine Vitalii Skakun. He heroically sacrificed his life by blowing up a bridge in Henichesk to slow the advancing Russian columns.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Today marks four years since Russia invaded Ukraine. These are some thoughts (recorded yesterday) on what Ukrainians have done for all of us and what we can learn from them.
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
💥Four years on, Ukraine is STILL standing strong. Putin is losing this war badly. Russia is losing men faster than they can recruit, around 40,000 a month. "If Russia stops fighting, there will be no war; if Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine."👇 youtu.be/K8mYJ47awRM
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4 years on, Ukraine still standing.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
It’s a morning for the WH to hide the ketchup bottles: Bad GDP numbers. Not great inflation numbers. Tariffs overturned by SCOTUS.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Live images of Donald Trump reacting to SCOTUS decision on tariffs
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
‘Our government is not being honest with us about defence’ Our (@DefenceBrink) letter to the PM makes front page of today’s @dailymail.co.uk, also covered in @telegraph.co.uk & @thetimes.com. Happy to have collaborated & added my name to such an auguste list. Our PM & government must now act!
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Cormac Smith @kozakcormac.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
‘21 seconds of pure joy’ A wee extract from the night when I sang & danced with the undisputed Queen of Jazz & Blues, the one & only, the great; Mary Coughlan. Life is made of moments like this! Thanks again Mary for another epic night @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social👇 youtube.com/shorts/UUmYX...
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21 seconds of pure joy with Mary
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The biggest waste of money in the EU was Nigel Farage. The biggest waste of money in the UK is Nigel Farage.
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