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Sebastian Vandermeersch

@SebKilli

Investigative journalist @Bellingcat focused on conflict & human rights. Previously with @BBC Verify, @Cen4infores. Views are my own.

London, England Katılım Ocak 2020
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Ollie Ballinger
Ollie Ballinger@oballinger·
Private satellite imaging companies are restricting access to imagery over Iran, making it difficult to verify destruction caused by U.S./Israeli strikes. I developed a method to detect building damage in open source radar imagery, now peer reviewed: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH
🚨LANDMARK REPORT on FOOD SECURITY🚨 In the first days and weeks of RSF’s siege on El Fasher, RSF razed 41 predominantly Zaghawa farming villages, killing and displacing people. Months later the majority of these villages were depopulated and unable to plant and grow food that would sustain themselves and El Fasher. #KeepEyesOnSudan 🛰️ @Vantortech medicine.yale.edu/lab/khoshnood/…
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Trevor Ball
Trevor Ball@Easybakeovensz·
AI is terrible at even basic "analysis" like very distinct identifications, and has repeatedly misidentified where videos were filmed creating misinformation. The KH-55 has a engine that deploys from the main body of the missile after launch, and would be visible under the body
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Matt Tardio@angertab

The evidence is clear, this is not a Tomahawk Iran alleged that an American Tomahawk Cruise Missile hit a school (buried in an IRGC compound) in southern Iran, killing 165 people. Analysis of a newly released video tells a different story. ANALYSIS: A-I analysis confirms the wings of the munition in question sit about 40%-45% down the body of the munition. On a Tomahawk, the wings sit roughly 49%-50% down the body of the munition. The wing to body ratio of the munition in question matches an Iranian Kh-55–derived Land Attack Cruise Missile. Further, the video shows the munition in a steep dive angle for the final attack phase. This places the attack angle at approximately 70%, which is the max attack angle for a Tomahawk. The attack angle does not match the KH-55. That angle maxes out at about 55 degrees. So what would have caused this? CONCLUSION: The wing positioning alone makes the munition impossible to be a Tomahawk. The attack angle is at the max of the Tomahawk's capabilities. The typical attack angle for a Tomahawk is much lower than 70 degrees. The typical angle is between 20-45 degrees. This is due to the flight pattern of Tomahawks. They fly very low horizontally to the ground, often only 50-100 meters AGL to avoid detection and interception. In order to achieve that attack angle, the missile would have had to gain altitude several kilometers away, this would leave it vulnerable for interception. This is highly unlikely on the first day of US attacks. So what could have caused this? Simply put, GPS jamming of an Iranian KH-55. The USA and Israel were, and continue to actively jam the Iranian airspace. If the KH-55's signal was jammed, this could result in an uncontrollable dive. Think of GPS jamming more like disorienting the missile. On 03/07 President Trump stated: “No, in my opinion, based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran.” Today, I concur with the President.

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Alex Kane
Alex Kane@alexbkane·
A New York Times investigation indicates that it was a US strike on an Iranian school that killed 175 people, mostly children. nytimes.com/2026/03/05/wor…
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Joshua Coe
Joshua Coe@JoshuaCoe·
This is a story that sits with you: Child soldiers are taking Sudan’s civil war to TikTok. @bellingcat identified 12 accounts linked to child soldiers, some with hundreds of thousands of followers. @theworld learned more from Bellingcat's @SebKilli. theworld.org/segments/2026/…
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Ayin Network - شبكة عاين
A @bellingcat investigation reveals that child soldiers in Sudan’s civil war have become viral figures on TikTok. Young boys widely referred to as “lion cubs” appear in military uniforms, celebrating battlefield victories, delivering speeches, and making violent threats. In some footage, the children are armed. The accounts reviewed show the children alongside fighters and senior officials from both sides of the conflict, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), with videos amassing millions of views. Child soldier experts told Bellingcat that the visibility and popularity of this content risk encouraging recruitment by portraying participation in fighting as normal, celebrated, and aspirational. Read the full story here: bellingcat.com/news/2026/02/2…
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(((Mia Bloom)))
(((Mia Bloom)))@MiaMBloom·
Very proud of my contribution to ⁦Sebastian Vandermeersch’s @bellingcat⁩ report on hold soldiers in Sudan Honored to be quoted alongside Gina and Mike Viral Child Soldiers on TikTok: The ‘Disney Stars’ of Sudan’s Civil War - bellingcat bellingcat.com/news/2026/02/2…
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Sebastian Vandermeersch@SebKilli·
Bellingcat reveals that child soldiers in Sudan’s civil war have become viral figures on TikTok. Videos attracting millions of views show the children with senior military officials, celebrating battlefield victories and delivering violent threats. bellingcat.com/news/2026/02/2…
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Sebastian Vandermeersch@SebKilli·
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