Senior adviser (Europe), IISS,
Special adviser, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
François Heisbourg is currently Senior Advisor for Europe at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and Special Advisor at the Paris-based Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique. He was director of the IISS from 1987 to 1992 and its chairman from 2001 to 2018. .. more
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1. Trump repeats intimidation of 🇩🇰 and 🇬🇱
2. Okryabrsky (Volgograd) oil facility burns
3. 27 Shahed hits out of ~80
1. BIG MISSILE NIGHT:
1 Oreshnik vs Liviv
8 Iskander-M down out of 13
10 Kalibr down out of 22
19 leaakers out of ~150 Shahed
2. Trump says he commits to security guarantees for 🇺🇦 because he believes 🇷🇺 won't reinvade
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"I feel strongly they (Russia) wouldn't re-invade, or I wouldn't agree to it," Trump told the New York Times.
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In addition to civilian infrastructure and energy facilities, the building of the Embassy of Qatar was damaged by a Russian drone last night.
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1. US wirh UK cooperation boards 🇷🇺 flagged tanker Marinera on rhe high seas. No info yet on contents. Initial 🇷🇺 official reaction is prudent
2. Trump casts doubt on NATO solidarity while asserting rights on Greenland a NATO territory
3. 27 Shahed strikes out of ~70 launched
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Secteurs :
🌐 Zone Sud-Ouest Koursk🔹U260107-0955
🌐 Lyman-Siversk🔹U260107-0959
🌐 Chasiv Yar 🔹U260107-1005
🌐 Novopavlivka🔹U260107-1008
#UkraineRussianWar #GuerreEnUkraine
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Full story:
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The Marinera tanker was granted "temporary authorization" to sail under the Russian flag on Dec. 24, 2025, Russia's Transport Ministry said.
1.After coalition of the willing meet, Macron says US will lead ceasefire monitoring force in C4ISR role. Europeans to provide boots on the ground. Thousands fm🇫🇷
2. Fiona Hill says Putin suggested 🇺🇦🇻🇪 swap in 2019
3. 1 Iskander-M & 18/80 Shahed hits
4. Babić extends🇨🇿ammo initiative
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President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Cyprus to meet his Cypriot counterpart, Nikos Christodoulides, and top EU officials, presidential spokesperson Serhii Nykyforov said on Jan. 7.
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In a 2019 hearing, former Trump adviser Fiona Hill claimed Moscow proposed a "very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine," based on the Monroe Doctrine.
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"I have decided... that we will not disrupt the ammunition initiative. The project will continue, and the Czech Republic will be in the role of coordinator," Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Jan. 6.
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1. Coalition of the willing meets in Paris. Not-so-willing Witkoff & Kushner join.
2. Reshuffle at SBU
3. 🇷🇺 hits US-owned (Bunge) sunflower oil plant in Dnipro
4. Pokrovsk & Myrnohrad battles still in full spate
5. ~40 Shaheds launched, 8 hits
6. Trump to seize 🇬🇱 in 2 Months
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1. Greenland next on US list
2. Trumps finally realises Russian claims of strike on Putin's dacha were spurious
3. Energia plant hit in Lipetsk; strike vs Yelets
4. ~100 Shaheds launched 26 leakers
"We do need Greenland, absolutely," Trump told the Atlantic in an interview on Jan. 4, saying the island is "surrounded by Russian and Chinese ships."
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One question flashes bright red for Europe today: Is Greenland next?
Brussels Playbook digs deeper 👇
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I don't believe that strike happened. There is something that happened fairly nearby, but had nothing to do with this house.