Reporters’ Notebook — Ukraine War Developments

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Jack Detsch, FP’s Pentagon and national security reporter, explains why officials are now discussing the possibility of Russia’s war in Ukraine turning into a nuclear conflict.

FP’s Amy Mackinnon, who covers national security and intelligence, details the Wagner Group’s role in Ukraine following Russia’s partial mobilization.

Robbie Gramer

Diplomacy and national security reporter, Foreign Policy

Before he joined FP in 2016, Gramer managed the NATO portfolio at the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank, for three years. 

Amy Mackinnon

National security and intelligence reporter, Foreign Policy

Mackinnon has reported from across Eastern Europe and was previously based in Moscow and in Tbilisi, Georgia, as a senior editor for the crisis reporting site Coda Story. Mackinnon is a recipient of an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for her reporting on homophobic vigilantes in Russia.

Jack Detsch

Jack Detsch

Pentagon and national security reporter, Foreign Policy

Detsch was previously a staff writer at Al-Monitor, covering intelligence and defense.

Amelia Lester, Foreign Policy executive editor

Amelia Lester

Executive editor, Foreign Policy

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