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akotter.bsky.social @akotter.bsky.social · 15h

Trump gets COVID booster, fires CDC (Center for Disease Control) employees. He's safe. Americans are not.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15h

CDC workers have been terminated tonight

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 12h

Remembering #Odesa as a cradle of culture on the Black Sea, a #martyr city since 24.2.22. 🖤
Also *formerly* Russian speaking.
#StopRussiaArmUkraine 🇺🇦

The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 20h

🤬 Odesa, due to strike, there are power outages in the city.

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 23h

Keep up your excellent work ! 👏
#нетвойне

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WebWatch @webwatch.bsky.social · 1d

Kremlin-tactieken in verkiezingstijd:

Juist het onopvallende karakter ervan maakt de invloed van buitenlandse inmenging in onze democratie zo verraderlijk.

www.web-watch.org/news/kremlin... #TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

Kremlin tactics spotted ahead of Netherlands' election.

#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen

WebWatch @webwatch.bsky.social · 1d

Kremlin-tactieken in verkiezingstijd:

Juist het onopvallende karakter ervan maakt de invloed van buitenlandse inmenging in onze democratie zo verraderlijk.

www.web-watch.org/news/kremlin... #TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 1d

Great choice. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader, wins Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Prize committee recognized María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader in hiding, for keeping “the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.”

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 1d

Rheinmetall is going to build and deliver Skyranger 35 based on the Leopard 1 chassis to Ukraine.

The order value comprises a 3-digit million value and is financed from interests of frozen Russian assets.

Excellent work.

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 1d

"Hundreds of thousands of Russians still visit the EU every year and the numbers have even been rising." No wonder one is being harassed by (no roaming charge) calls from tens of PL or FR phone numbers, as one tip of the #iceberg. Until when❔️
#нетвойне

Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 1d

Continuing on the resilience dilemma, I explore in this week’s Europe Dispatch with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social the question how to establish deterrence by punishment against hybrid attacks.

Deterrence works quite differently in the hybrid sphere than in the conventional realm - if it works at all

Easier Said Than Done: Hybrid Deterrence By Punishment

This week, Minna Ålander turns to the question of how to move from defensive reactions to Russian hybrid warfare to an effective deterrent. (Spoiler: not easy)

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 1d

It is precisely the civilian and energy infrastructure that is the main target of Russian strikes before the heating season. Together we can protect people from this terror. We need not empty words, but decisive action - from the US, Europe, G7 - in implementing air defense supplies, in sanctions.

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Todd Kolod💙 @toddkolod.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇦YEAR 4/DAY 229 of Russia's 2nd illegal invasion and occupation of Ukraine that Donald Trump promised to end in 24 hours.

🔥Notice the spike in Russian personnel losses! Keep in mind however that Putin only cares about oil refineries.

Mykhaïlo Golub @golub.bsky.social · 1d

1 million and 120,510

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 1d

#Putin 's 🇷🇺 criminals hard at work in 🇺🇦, while "peace" (sort of) seems to be coming to #Gaza. The contrast could not be stronger.

Olga Onuch @oonuch.bsky.social · 1d

It’s just before 5 am in Kyiv and Russia is sending hypersonic missiles. No one gets to sleep. May everyone stay safe.

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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 1d

This is really elementary stuff. The time to publicly explain why you are fleeing an authoritarian regime is AFTER YOU HAVE LEFT not right before you get on the plane. Because then you may well not get on it.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about the nice people from that city and region tonight...
Go #Donetsk go ❕️🌌

The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 2d

⛽️🚫 Donetsk. Gasoline is either out of stock or rationed. The lines are getting longer.

Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 1d

"The settings of his novels move across central Europe’s remote villages and towns, from Hungary to Germany..." So many past horror stories from over there to tell, while reality will always surpass fiction. 📚

Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social · 2d

Hungarian ‘Master of the apocalypse’ Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature www.rappler.com/life-and-sty... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Hungarian 'Master of the apocalypse' Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

(1st UPDATE) 'Laszlo Krasznahorkai is a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterized by absurdism and grotesque excess,' the ...

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 2d

Hard to believe that, after decades of horrendous #communist dictatorship since 1948, 🇨🇿 will now be in thrall of Trump-style #populism with pro-🇷🇺 bias : it means we are actually all in the same boat and must therefore fight it on global scale.
#DefendDemocracy
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

The Insider @theins.press · 3d

Prague to review military aid to Ukraine after right-wing populists’ victory in Czech elections

Although the stated goal is to ensure oversight and transparency in the use of funds, the future of the initiative may become a subject of political debate.

Prague to review military aid to Ukraine after right-wing populists’ victory in Czech elections

The ANO movement of former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, which won the country’s parliamentary elections on Oct

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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 2d

Could a concerted strategy of strengthened sanctions, advanced weapons for Ukraine, and incentivising Russian brain drain change Putin's calculus and stop the war machine in Ukraine? Read the latest RUSI Newsbrief by Sergei Guriev to learn more.

Putin's Polycrisis

Despite mounting economic and demographic pressures, Russian President Vladimir Putin will continue to feed the war machine so long as he gains ground in Ukraine. To change his calculus, Western leaders must strengthen sanctions against the Kremlin, pro...

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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 2d

"Understanding [Russia's] long-term patterns of strategic deception is essential in order to effectively counter" them. Important long read from @katri.bsky.social and @atolvin.bsky.social breaking down how Russia shapes outcomes through narratives over decades.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Reconstructing Kremlin strategic deception: the logic of disinformation narratives during the first phase of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Official Kremlin rhetoric about the ‘special military operation’ produces clashing, often contrasting interpretations of reality. This article applies perspectives from Soviet ideological language ...

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 2d

Deeply troubling.

Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 2d

Belarus rarely makes Western headlines — but it should this week.
A quiet move by the Trump administration has just handed Alexander Lukashenka, and indirectly Vladimir Putin, an unexpected gift.
🧵👇

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Marijn Trio @marijntriovrt.bsky.social · 3d

Russische drones verhogen druk op laatste Oekraïense bolwerken in #Donbas: "Helft van doden door drones". Verslag van ⁦‪‬⁩ @arnauddedecker.bsky.social uit Kramatorsk en Slovjansk
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Russische drones verhogen druk op laatste Oekraïense bolwerken in Donbas: "Helft van doden door drones" | VRT NWS: nieuws

Langzaam maar zeker sluit het net rond de laatste Oekraïense bolwerken in de Donbas: Kramatorsk en Slovjansk. De 2 steden zijn cruciaal voor de Oekraïense verdediging van de provincie Donetsk, maar de...

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 3d

🖤
#ГероямСлава 🇺🇦

The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 3d

🇺🇦🙏 Ukrainian journalist Heorhiy Ivanchenko lost his leg in Russian FPV drone strike. His colleague 🇫🇷Antoni Lallican was killed.

From the first days of the full-scale invasion, Ivanchenko worked on the front lines — documenting Russian crimes, helping to evacuate people, bringing humanitarian aid.

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Ukrainian History @uahistory.bsky.social · 3d

"Look closely, America...!"
A leaflet from the 1950s distributed by the Ukrainian diaspora in the U.S.
Ukrainians were warning the world about Moscow’s imperialism 70 years ago.

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 4d

"If Putin decides to nuke us all, you will hear it here first." Probably the best argument on this platform !

Fabian Hoffmann @frhoffmann.bsky.social · 4d

Not yet a subscriber of Missile Matters? You can do so here via this link and receive regular updates on the missile war in Ukraine, nuclear strategy, and European deterrence.

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Subscribe to Missile Matters — with Fabian Hoffmann

Missile Matters is my personal blog, where I share insights on the latest developments in the nuclear and missile domains in Ukraine and beyond. If Putin decides to nuke us all, you will read about ...

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 4d

☢️ "Kernramp in slowmotion? De tijd tikt bij kerncentrale Zaporizja" Uitleg ⤵️

Kernramp in slowmotion? De tijd tikt bij kerncentrale Zaporizja

De kerncentrale van Zaporizja is al bijna twee weken afgesloten van het stroomnet. Een aantal dieselgeneratoren met noodstroom voorkomt een kernramp in de centrale. Een kritieke situatie, waarschuwt d...

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 5d

Visited this quiet, mystical region along the #Donets river before the 🇷🇺 #barbarian hordes came. "Traditional values" indeed.
#StopRussiaArmUkraine 🇺🇦

Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 5d

Bohorodychne, located close to Sviatohirsk. It was one of the holiest places in the region. Until Russia came.

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 5d

"The Czech Telecommunications Office deemed the pattern serious enough to notify the European Commission under the EU’s Digital Services Act." If not *enforced*, what is actually the purpose of the DSA❔️Time and again, our #democracy is being eroded by Big Tech, 🇨🇿 as latest example.
#DefendDemocracy

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 5d

Three Fronts of Hybrid War: Russia’s Election Interference in Romania, Moldova and Czechia
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Three Fronts of Hybrid War: Russia’s Election Interference in Romania, Moldova and Czechia

From Romania’s annulled presidential election to Moldova’s resilient victory and Czechia’s live TikTok manipulation, Europe’s frontline states reveal a common Kremlin playbook — and the different ways

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