Major miscalculation of @Rheinmetall CEO’s view fails to grasp it’s the combination of “low” tech civilian with conventional weapons & tactics that makes Ukraine’s fight innovative

But what drives civilian engagement? - we have a NEW paper about that tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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The 2027 TCUP Conference, “Ukraine’s New Generation,” will take place Feb. 5–6 at Harvard and online

Keynote: Olga Onuch @oonuch

Join us to discuss Ukraine’s future as we approach five years of full-scale war

Details & registration: huri.harvard.edu/tcup-conference

Medinsky, head of Russia's delegation in Abu Dhabi, says that "the conflict in Ukraine has shown that the entire security system established after Yalta and Potsdam is functioning poorly, and Ukraine is where the abscess has burst."

Comment from me: Russia has essentially st-WW2 security architecture. Ukraine, fighting for our freedom and independence, maintaining that a country's borders cannot be changed by force, insisting on international law being followed, is trying to restore the global security system. Our Allies understand what's at stake.

Day two of talks in Abu Dhabi are underway...

Millions of Kyiv residents already facing prolonged power cuts and erratic heating are now forced to contend with another consequence of Russia’s relentless air raids: taps running dry, writes @fabrice_deprez.
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Russia has made clear that what it wants from the talks is a Yalta 2.0 deal, going far beyond Ukraine. And it won't stop till it gets that. “The entire organism is ill," Medinsky said of Europe. "In Ukraine, an abscess has simply burst. The organism as a whole needs treating."

An important meeting with Speaker of the Danish Folketing Henrik Frandsen and the leaders of all 12 political parties. Yesterday, Denmark allocated its 32nd defense assistance package for Ukraine, worth €645 million. Parliament voted unanimously in favor of the decision – an ong the unity around Ukraine is within Denmark. I thanked them for all the support and every decision that makes us stronger and brings peace closer.

Today, I also addressed Danish parliamentarians and thanked each and every one of them personally. It is a great honor for me to be the first foreign leader to have this opportunity – to speak from the rostrum of the Folketing. This is recognition of the courage of the entire Ukrainian people and, above all, our warriors who defend their home and all of Europe. Thank you, Denmark!

.@coe statement:

“… any future arrangements must respect sovereignty, territorial integrity, independent decision-making, and provide credible security guarantees for Ukraine.”

consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

We fight for freedom and die for freedom. Words are important. Words from the United States – the biggest supporter of freedom – are important. Support is important. If the words against Putin and his aggression are strong, if a support package for Ukraine is strong, Putin will think twice, three times, ten times about whether he wants to attack or maybe this war has been enough for him.

I always tried to make this point to the American President, with all due gratitude to him and his team: Putin respects only a strong position. Even from the enemy, but a strong position. We cannot end this war saying good things about him. We see it – the war is in its fifth year now.

From an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN. (2/3)

UK preparing to host Volodymyr Zelensky for state visit in 2027
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How Serbian democracy tsunami came from the academia - and why it matters to the world. My interview for @UVA Global global.virginia.edu/stories/serbia…

⚡️ A Russia-linked bot network generated 7.4 million views to weaponize French cost-of-living anger against aid for Kyiv.

Research by Alliance4Europe revealed the coordinated campaign ran hundreds of posts targeting pro-Ukraine leaders ahead of Paris protests.

united24media.com/world/639-post…

We are not inviting Putin to Kyiv. They came to us without an invitation in 2022. But that’s not why there’s no point in inviting Putin to Kyiv. It’s because he won’t come. The same goes for inviting me to Moscow. What Russia is doing is destructive. It’s simply spitting in the that wants this war to end. That’s why no one will support going to Moscow.

As for a phone call, Russia will use it as an excuse to avoid any further meetings. And we understand this game. It leads nowhere. It would just be a very formal, dry phone conversation where I would once again have to listen to a history lecture from the leader of the Russian Federation, rather than hear about real steps to actually end the war.

If we want to end the war, we have to meet and take the first step: a ceasefire.

From answers to journalists’ questions in Berlin.

Kyiv, a city of 4 million people, is without running water today. Electricity is available for just 2.5 hours between 7 AM and 10 PM, with somewhat longer access at night.

This is what daily life looks like in Ukraine’s capital under russian attacks.

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Let me add the Kremlin’s figures.

They don’t exist.

📌 Does Ukraine speak with one voice?
Our new joint report with Ukraine's @StratcomCentre finds that wartime messaging coherence depends on operational security, clear outcomes and trusted voices.
Read more: bit.ly/3Uq68XK

Yesterday, Russian hackers breached Ukraine’s air-raid alert system. In the middle of the night, millions of people received warnings about a radiation threat and the launch of intermediate-range ballistic missile Oreshnik.

And honestly, my first thought was what I would do with my baby girl and my son.

Perhaps the most terrifying part is how calmly people reacted. In the fifth year of the full-scale war, even the prospect of nuclear war barely shocks us anymore. And no one seems to believe that international mechanisms of deterrence and prevention would actually stop it. That is how deeply the international security system has failed us.

In spring 2022, as Russian armor rolled into the Kherson region, hundreds of unarmed civilians took to the streets of Oleshky, chanting in the faces of armed soldiers and waving blue-and-yellow flags.

Today I found out that Dostoyevsky has Ukrainian ancestry!

His great grand father was even a Ukr Greek Catholic Uniate priest & his grandfather was Uniate too but due to social pressures converted to Orthodoxy.

Today I found out that Dostoyevsky has Ukrainian ancestry!

His great grand father was even a Ukr Greek Catholic Uniate priest & his grandfather was Uniate too but due to social pressures converted to Orthodoxy.