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Nolan Peterson

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Writer, 12+ yrs reporting in Ukraine. Ex-USAF spec ops pilot. Senior fellow @AtlanticCouncil, irregular warfare researcher.

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1Feb 25, '22In the bomb shelter with my cat. She’s been very brave.43.1×0485k28k3.3k
2Oct 4, '23Then go to Ukraine and see.9.1×1.3M18k1.5k44
3Aug 6, '23Eight years ago today, a Russian mortar killed my friend, Daniel Kasyanenko, a 19-year-old Ukrainian solider who volunteered to fight for his country after Russia first invaded in 8.4×1.2M10k1.5k215
4Dec 31, '22Only hours after a Russian missile attack against the city, Ukrainians have gathered on Sophia’s Square in central Kyiv to celebrate New Year’s Eve.7.8×1.1M20k2.7k56
5Mar 18, '22Two US Army combat veterans, from Texas & Ohio, volunteers now on the front lines east of Kyiv, defending Ukraine.7.7×078k8k418
6Oct 6, '23If America goes down the road of abandoning Ukraine, future generations will condemn us for our shortsighted stupidity. If we unleash our country’s material might, we have the chan7.4×1M13k2.4k196
7Feb 24, '22I’m getting updates from Ukrainian troops in combat right now on west side of Kyiv. Under relentless airstrikes. One soldier texted: “No one hurt and I'm fine. Just pretty sure I'm7.1×062k12k979
8Feb 24, '22Something bad is in the air tonight. We're under a national emergency, airports are shutting down, military reserves have been called up. I lack the talent to express what it feels6.3×055k10k996
9Mar 24, '22Just had a fascinating, in-depth, 2-hour interview with a Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot. Story coming soon, but bottom line up front: Ukrainian pilots have stayed in the fight due to crea5.7×055k7.2k794
10Apr 3, '22Anyone who equivocates for Russia’s actions in Ukraine, or who argues that this war was always about NATO membership, or who questions the utility of arming Ukraine should take a l5.2×044k10k261
11Mar 7, '22When I deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq as a USAF pilot, I never experienced the high morale that I currently observe among my Ukrainian friends on the front lines. After 12 days -4.7×047k5.8k308
12Dec 24, '22What an inspiring moment — despite the blackouts, Kyiv has illuminated St. Sophia’s Cathedral tonight for Christmas Eve.4.6×648k11k1.3k40
13May 7, '25Heartbreaking news that we’ve lost Chris Garrett, “Swampy" — a British EOD specialist and volunteer who has served in Ukraine since 2014. I first met Chris in Ukraine nearly a deca4.5×638k11k1.3k545
14Jan 1, '23The explosions are ongoing in Kyiv — an impromptu New Year’s party in the bomb shelter.4.4×624k9.8k88131
15Mar 29, '22I can confirm that Alpha 1, a Ukrainian Foreign Legion team of multinational special operations soldiers, including American volunteers, took part in the liberation of Irpin.4.2×043k5k344
16Mar 4, '22It rips out my heart to get this message from my friend, a Ukrainian soldier currently in combat in Ukraine’s east: ‘Things are very bad. Desperately need air support. But we get n4.1×037k6.7k162
17Mar 4, '22Goosebumps3.9×038k5.6k358
18Feb 25, '22First light now showing in Kyiv. Long night of missile strikes, civilians seeking safety in bomb shelters. Reports of Russian tanks advancing on the city as Ukrainian forces fierce3.9×036k6.3k228
19Mar 9, '22I’ve typed and deleted about six different messages, trying to explain my emotions when seeing this photo. I truly have no words.3.7×031k7.2k341
20Apr 3, '22The mass murder of Ukrainian civilians in Kyiv’s suburbs underscores that Ukraine is fighting for its survival — it also shows the awful, obvious truth about Russia’s true intensio3.5×031k6.6k120
21Mar 6, '22Life carries on. Ukrainians have a practically superhuman ability to summon the ‘right stuff’ in a moment of crisis. Books must be written about this nation’s resilience and grit. 3.4×033k5.2k335
22Mar 15, '22Kyiv is not besieged. I’ve traveled the southern road arteries in and out of the city over the past few days and the roads are open and safe and filled with cars and trucks (flowin3.4×034k4.4k204
23Mar 2, '22…our flag was still there.3.4×038k2.4k62
24Mar 16, '22Lots of patriotic art in Ukraine these days. I particularly liked this one.3.4×035k3.9k230
25Mar 11, '22Ukraine is an information warfare superpower.3.3×029k5.6k375
26Mar 19, '22Just spent a couple hours with an American volunteer, a US Army veteran of Afghanistan, about to head to Kyiv's front lines. "I wouldn't be here if I didn't believe this was worth 3.1×031k4k189
27Apr 19, '22Waiting in line at the grocery story today in Kyiv I met Daniel — a Ukrainian soldier balancing the responsibilities of new fatherhood with defending his country.2.9×030k3.3k96
28May 3, '22Spent the afternoon with Manus McCaffery, a US volunteer in Ukraine’s armed forces who was wounded last week. His spirit is high — he’s cracking jokes and quickly healing. After hi2.9×031k2.8k110
29Dec 20, '22For my🇺🇸friends: I wish you could visit Ukraine, somehow teleport over here for a moment, & experience the gratitude that I get each day from civilians & soldiers for wha2.9×402k9.9k1.6k42
30May 4, '22Mariupol mayor reports Russian forces have entered the Azovstal steelworks. Contact has been lost w/Ukrainian troops within, who are alongside civilians. Reports of heavy fighting 2.6×022k4.7k118
31Mar 18, '22And this is a grocery store today in Kyiv.2.4×023k3.1k286
32Mar 16, '22Horrifying reports that Mariupol’s drama theater was bombed today in a Russian airstrike. Hundreds of civilians were reportedly sheltering inside, according to Mariupol’s city coun2.3×018k4.8k141
33Mar 20, '22They worked in IT and in construction, they have families...their lives have been interrupted to take up arms and defend Kyiv, their hometown.2.2×023k2.5k68
34Mar 4, '22Oleksandr, the Territorial Defense chief of a city in Ukraine’s Poltava region, told me: “Some people here used to be sympathetic toward Russia. But now 99.9% of the population is 2.2×020k3.3k104
35Mar 6, '22‘Russian warship, go fuck yourself.’ New Ukrainian billboard…with some not-too-subtle symbolism.2.1×021k3k185
36Mar 14, '22On the road south of Kyiv today — no details, but I can say that this country has become a fortress.2.1×023k1.9k87
37Mar 28, '22Update from American volunteer in Ukraine’s armed forces — today Ukrainian forces, including the Georgian National Legion, liberated a town called Rudnyts’ke, about 60 km east of K2.0×020k2.7k149
38Mar 14, '22A flower shop still open today in Kyiv. Life goes on.2.0×021k2.1k71
39Apr 24, '22Forty today. I’ll celebrate it when Ukraine wins the war.2.0×023k85521
40Mar 13, '22From an American volunteer on the front lines outside of Kyiv: "Sitting close to the frontline, the last safe mode of transportation leaves for greener pastures. A core group of ab2.0×015k3.5k617
41Mar 1, '22Watch this. And every time Russia says it’s not deliberately killing civilians, watch it again.2.0×014k5k316
42Feb 25, '22Gunfire in central Kyiv. Very tense moments. Russians are in the city.1.9×017k3.4k134
43Mar 1, '22From a Ukrainian soldier on the front lines in the Donbas: ‘We're doing comparatively good on the ground. But unless we get direct air support immediately, we're f...ed. The Russia1.9×017k3.5k186
44Mar 10, '22Ukrainian soldier on front lines in eastern Ukraine told me that a Russian Orlan-10 drone was orbiting over his position to “target howitzer artillery fire” — resulting in multiple1.9×017k3.6k99
45Feb 28, '22Got another message from an American volunteer who is fighting with Kyiv's territorial defense. He said: "Hey man, still alive. Almost died the first day, but still here."1.9×021k1.5k99
46Jan 19, '22My remarks for a panel last night, Jan. 18, about the Russian threat to Ukraine. “I think it will be one of the great crimes of our time if the democracies of the world let this in1.9×014k3.3k452
47Feb 26, '22It’s incredible how the people of Kyiv are able to adapt to wartime. In the bomb shelter last night & this morning, they sang happy birthday, children played, quite a few liste1.9×019k2.2k192
48Jun 27, '22Imagine the reaction in America if in the span of 2 days ISIS bombed an apartment building & a shopping mall on US soil.1.9×018k2.5k63
49Nov 25, '18This is the most dangerous moment I've seen in Ukraine in years. Tonight, a war that many people in America can only imagine thanks to Hollywood movies, teeters on the razor thin e1.8×011k5.5k38
50May 2, '22I had an enlightening conversation w/a US volunteer in Ukraine's armed forces. He described Ukraine's dynamic tactics, which are frustrating Russia's offensive. He said: "Whoever t1.8×018k2k175
51Apr 29, '22Just had an encounter with the most savage weapon of war known to man.1.8×019k1.8k113
52Feb 28, '22Just got a message from a Ukrainian Marine on the front lines near Mariupol. Hadn't heard from him in a few days and was worrying, but he just wrote: "I'm alive they hit us with ev1.8×018k2k83
53Mar 3, '22Today: volunteers making camouflage netting for soldiers. Apart from the brave service of Ukraine’s soldiers, civilians across the country are doing whatever they can to help in th1.7×016k2.7k169
54Mar 18, '22There is an incredible sense of kindness among the random people I encounter in Kyiv. Many smiles and helping hands. In my 8 years of living here, I’ve never had more strangers str1.7×019k1.7k58
55May 14, '22I just received news that my friend Denys Antipov, whom I wrote about in the tweet below, was killed on the front lines. A Korean language professor and an entrepreneur, Denys was 1.7×016k2.2k168
56Mar 2, '22A soldier in this trench today told me: “There is no other choice, this is our motherland, this is our duty — we have to fight. And even if Kyiv is destroyed, the rest of the count1.7×017k2.3k84
57Mar 15, '22Kyiv today. Can’t wait to look toward that beautiful horizon without hearing artillery in the background.1.7×018k1.5k62
58Mar 3, '22I hope no one out there in my homeland ever has go through what my Ukrainian family is enduring right now. We’re together, thank God, but face some really tough choices.1.6×018k1.5k43
59Sep 10, '22I think it’s high time to call on North Korea to stop arming the Russian military and to urge Moscow to immediately sue for peace on Kyiv’s terms. Those war profiteers in Pyonyang 1.6×016k1.9k152
60May 8, '22I’ve lived in Kyiv for 8 years…and its beauty still amazes me.1.6×019k1k43
61Jun 24, '22Life in Kyiv.1.6×018k99258
62Apr 29, '22A moment of beauty today on the outskirts of Kyiv.1.5×018k1k45
63May 1, '22For 8 years, Ukraine's military has transformed, allowing front-line personnel to operate creatively & as autonomously as possible. There's a "start-up" mentality among many tr1.5×015k1.7k200
64Apr 23, '22A couple days ago I met Naseem. He supported Ukrainian troops after Russian forces attacked his village east of Kyiv. Naseem also buried dead Russian soldiers in bomb craters &1.5×016k1.6k77
65Feb 28, '22Russia has no path to victory. A barbaric reversion to indiscriminate warfare will not work. Ukrainians will resist for years if necessary, countless lives will be destroyed & 1.5×015k1.9k136
66Apr 25, '22I recently met Oleksandr. When Russian troops entered his village east of Kyiv & parked a BMP-2 in his yard, he went right up to them and said, "Get the fuck out of here!" He u1.5×015k1.6k106
67Apr 26, '22I was on hand to watch workers dismantling the Ukraine-Russia friendship statue today in Kyiv — it stood since 1982, now 2 months into the war, this probably isn’t what Moscow had 1.4×014k1.9k110
68Feb 24, '22The momentum of everyday life is extraordinary — here in Kyiv, traffic still flowing as normal, busses operating, people on sidewalks. All with the irregular drumbeat of explosions1.4×014k2k189
69Oct 10, '22Series of massive explosions in Kyiv. Woke my wife and I up and we ran from bed to the bomb shelter. Nothing this intense in Kyiv for months.1.4×013k2k62
70Feb 27, '22President Zelenskyy announces International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine, declaring ‘all citizens of the world, friends of Ukraine, peace & democracy’ can come1.4×012k2.3k165
71Oct 22, '22With my wife in the bomb shelter. This is the daily routine in Kyiv these days.1.3×014k1.2k68
73Apr 23, '22A friend of mine in the Ukrainian army, currently deployed near Izyum, sent me this picture of his section of the front. “The Russians are trying to break through our defenses,” he1.3×012k1.8k245
74Oct 8, '22Reported footage of the moment of the explosion. Lots of speculation circulating about the cause — from a squad of Ukrainian sappers or a missile, or a truck bomb. Whatever the cas1.2×011k1.8k347
75Oct 10, '22It’s dark, my wife and I have moved our mattress to a windowless hallway. Now we discuss — should we go ahead and sleep in the bomb shelter? Or wait until the next air raid alert? 1.2×012k1.4k37
76Mar 27, '22NEW: My interview with a Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot. “It’s our land, it’s our families, it’s our cities. We are defending them. That’s the main motivation for us. And we succeed in thi1.2×09.7k2.1k323
77Mar 20, '22Typical attire in Kyiv these days for the morning commute.1.2×012k1.2k116
78Mar 20, '22Today I interviewed Archimandrite Makariy, the governor of St. Theodosius monastery in Kyiv. He's decided to take up arms and defend his monastery, should Russian forces enter Kyiv1.2×010k1.9k105
79Apr 15, '22Wolverines! — western Kyiv.1.2×013k88554
80Jun 5, '22I haven’t seen my wife since the war started, so I came to visit her in a little town in southern France, where she’s been living since before the Feb. 24 invasion (I suspected the1.1×012k1.1k131
81Mar 28, '22In Kyiv, schools have resumed online learning, the nightly curfew is 2 hours shorter, some cafes & restaurants are open, children are in playgrounds & joggers are on the si1.1×011k1.4k51
82Mar 20, '22Big explosion in Kyiv.1.1×010k1.7k49
83May 9, '22Today was the funeral of Oleksandr Makhov, a Ukrainian journalist and soldier who died in combat. A solemn reminder of the war’s ongoing toll, and the price Ukrainians continue to 1.1×011k1.6k35
84May 5, '22Each day I’m moved by all the reunions w/people I encountered every day in Kyiv before the full-scale war. At my gym, which just re-opened, people give hugs & handshakes & 1.1×012k99456
86May 15, '22One thing that stood out for me when I interviewed a Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot was how the Ukrainian Air Force was smartly choosing the time and place of its engagements to stay in th1.1×011k1k147
88Feb 25, '22A couple weeks ago I wrote a story about Oleksandr Makhov, a Ukrainian journalist & war veteran who had a ‘veteran’s suitcase’ ready to go w/all his gear in case he was mobiliz1.1×011k1.2k130
89Feb 24, '22Good God it’s actually happening1.1×09.9k1.4k80
90Mar 16, '22Quick public service announcement— when driving up to a military checkpoint at night in wartime, turn off your headlights and turn on the overhead lamp inside your car. It’s a litt1.1×011k1.2k89
91Feb 28, '22Damn it, another air raid alert. At the beginning people ran to the shelter with tears in their eyes. Now they crack jokes about getting a workout from repeatedly running up and do1.0×011k97871
92May 4, '22This one hits hard. Oleksandr Makhov, a friend, was killed in combat. A Ukrainian journalist who became a soldier after Russia invaded his hometown in 2014, he went back to war aft1.0×09.4k1.5k113
93Feb 25, '22“We are all right. We are motivated. We will fight. We will resist,” Sergey, a member of Kyiv’s territorial defense force, which has been armed and deployed to defend the city.1.0×010k1k41
95Mar 29, '22After more than a month of living like a cave man, finally got a hair cut today. Taras, my barber, has stayed in Kyiv since the full-scale war began. He’s been back at work for mor0.9×011k50239
96Apr 24, '22Today I visited a church in Horenka, a village near Kyiv that was devastated by fighting, to observe Easter celebrations. The priest, Ivan, insisted that I join them for a meal. In0.9×09.8k88518
98Mar 31, '22Starting tomorrow, we can buy booze again in Kyiv.0.9×09.8k40510

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