Inside Ukraine’s Drone Mission Control Room: Visit with the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, who has a warning for the U.S. and NATO, writes @JillianKayM on.wsj.com/3VvCxMv

Exclusive: U.S. Army troops faced off against Ukrainian drone operators at a military exercise in Germany earlier this year. It didn’t go well for the Americans. on.wsj.com/4xARjzg

50 people write about 50 states. @alicecooper on Arizona, @prattprattpratt on Washington, @TimTebow on Florida, @BenSasse on Nebraska, @MattHennessey on New Jersey, @jackbutler4815 on Ohio, @shirajkaplan on Louisiana, @KimStrassel on Oregon, @MJ_Koch on NY, @NicoleReneeAult on Maryland, @kendallwhite01 on Minnesota, @bradleybirzer on Kansas, @kyleopeterson on North Dakota, @Faithika on South Dakota, @continetti on Virginia, @McCormickProf on WV, @JillianKayM on Wyoming, & me on Michigan. From Sea to Shining Sea wsj.com/opinion/free-express… via @WSJFreeEx

Big thanks to @JillianKayM and @WSJopinion for this piece, which pulls together my new @CSR_Institute briefing on Venezuela's shadow fleet ties to Hong Kong with the report I published earlier this month with @TheCFHK on Iran's ties to Hong Kong. The two reports tell similar and overlapping stories. In Venezuela, Hong Kong shell companies and corporate secretaries are the legal scaffolding behind sanctioned oil tankers. In Iran, that same machinery operates at full scale: shipping companies brokering oil sales, banks laundering the proceeds, exporters sending drone and missile parts that turn up on battlefields in Ukraine and the Middle East, and capital markets financing the surveillance tech being used against Iranian protesters. In both cases, Western sanctions keep chasing the disposable shell companies at the top of this architecture, while the established firms beneath them — corporate secretaries, banks, logistics providers, tech exporters — keep operating untouched. wsj.com/opinion/hong-kong-an…

From @WSJopinion: In Estonia, NATO practices for a drone war. The multinational battle group showed progress, but also raised questions about the allies’ readiness, writes @JillianKayM. on.wsj.com/4snvYXk

Hong Kong offices around the world enable transnational repression and espionage activities. @WSJopinion "Anna Kwok, another bountied dissident, has warned that Beijing can use these diplomatic outposts to carry out transnational repression in the U.S." wsj.com/opinion/hong-kong-ec…

Many Ukrainians feel that they are fighting for the moral future of their children. Ceding land is one thing, but a peace agreement would also mean sacrificing family and friends, writes @JillianKayM on.wsj.com/4on3gVL

The West contemplates a path to peace mainly in political and pragmatic terms. But Ukrainians see the war in moral and existential terms. That’s how they can maintain their will, writes @JillianKayM on.wsj.com/457FmFZ

On the latest episode of the Potomac Watch podcast, @JillianKayM describes what it's like to live under the threat of air attacks in Ukraine. on.wsj.com/40UDnlM

In Estonia, memories of Soviet-era killings & deportations remain vivid. Such atrocities must never happen again—whatever the cost. That's why our defense spending will exceed 5% of GDP as early as next year. My conversation with @WSJ’s @JillianKayM. wsj.com/opinion/support-for-…

Steve Witkoff suggested residents of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk had voted to be under Russian rule. But that 2022 referendum was a farce conducted at gunpoint, and here's what Kherson residents told me. wsj.com/opinion/ukrainians-i…

My latest dispatch, from Kharkiv

Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region has further strained Moscow’s war resources and forced the Kremlin to make tough choices about how to use them. The U.S. can build on this momentum, writes @JillianKayM on.wsj.com/3zASp5S

63 LONG WEEKS in a Russian prison. Evan Gershkovich needs to come home. Please think about him the next time you make a burger, go for a run, watch soccer or enjoy the simple things in life, for he remains locked in a Moscow cell for doing his job. #freeevan #istandwithevan

Just awful. Ukraine is losing so many brave, kind people.

Awful news and another painful loss for Ukraine. Iryna Tsybukh died near the front in Kharkiv region just days before her birthday. A prominent volunteer medic and member of the Hospitallers medical battalion, she saved and touched countless lives throughout Russia's horrific war. Her last post here, on May 23, read: "I have a birthday soon and I am very proud that I lived to be 26 🤗" RIP Iryna, forever 25. Her battalion announced her passing here: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=973…

'They make me out to be some sort of American James Bond, sent to undermine Hong Kong ... but the Hong Kong government is doing a pretty good job of undermining Hong Kong with no help from the CIA.' wsj.com/articles/freedoms-ma… via @WSJopinion

Japan’s aid to Ukraine recognizes that the threat to the well-being of free nations is global. on.wsj.com/3xtQHlk

“Some days are harder than others, but every day feels like a piece of me is missing… I examine photos and video footage from the courtroom and study them carefully to see what they reveal.” Heart-wrenching @PhillyInquirer essay by Evan’s sister Danielle: inquirer.com/opinion/comment…