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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 3h
These are the famous Golden Gates from the inside, the surviving remains of the once-mighty fortifications of ancient Kyiv. For almost 1,000 years, this monument has stood on this very spot.
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Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 5h
How to respond to Russian escalation vs Europe & Ukraine… my latest commentary, just gone live… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The more Putin escalates his attacks on Europe, the more Europe should support Ukraine | Timothy Garton Ash
Moscow’s imperialist strongman believes decadent European democracies can be cowed. Our job is to prove him wrong, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 6h
I don't see anything erratic here. For over a decade, Trump has prioritised "getting along with Russia"; since 20 January 2025, Trump administration policy has reflected that priority. It's perhaps the most consistent aspect of Trump foreign policy. 🧵on Trump and sanctions.
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Caroline @carolinepk.bsky.social · 6h
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Don’t rebuild the dam: Ukrainian experts urge Unesco to protect site uncovered by Russian sabotage
As archaeologists find treasure trove along new floodplain, conservationists say another Nova Kakhovka would be ecocide
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8h
Where is the national interest of the United States? I have written before that Moscow sees negotiations as "business in exchange for war," while the US perceives them as "peace in exchange for business." ⤵️
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10h
New primer about the news from the last few hours that the US is getting back to business with Russia. This is not Trump being erratic, it is not about diesel, it is not a small move. It is about the US moving to a more active position of helping Putin. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/this-is-ab...
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This Is About Much More Than Just Diesel
What Really Matters From The Last Few Hours
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Latest piece. Much of the US discussion is unwilling to accept the end of the American Age in the Persian Gulf. However, look closely and the states themselves are acknowledging it, even undermining the US blockade on the assumption the US is in retreat. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
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This Is What The End Of An “Age” Looks Like
And The US Cannot Admit It
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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 06/10/2026
The former boss of Germany's most important intelligence agency, the BND, has been arrested on suspicion of treason.
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Caroline @carolinepk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Ben Jennings on US bombers withdrawing from RAF Fairford – cartoon
The aircraft have been redeployed back to their home bases in the US, according to a Pentagon official
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Caroline @carolinepk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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‘It could knock a whole street down’: the art of defusing a second world war bomb
The long read: On 14 January this year, army and navy squads faced an unprecedented challenge: one bomb on a Plymouth building site, another floating on a dredger in Exmouth. That afternoon, the clock...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 05/10/2026
Ukraine and Germany reached 15 agreements worth €8.5 billion, Zelensky says. Cooperation covers drone interceptors, small missiles, radars, UGVs, artillery, FREYJA, energy support and efforts to expand Patriot missile production in Germany. #Ukraine
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 05/10/2026
Luke Harding’s “Betrayal” begins with a turning point in the full-scale war: North Korean soldiers getting ready to join the biggest land war in Europe since 1945.
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Luke Harding's 'Betrayal' charts the collapse of the rules-based order — and who is to blame
Luke Harding's “Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest" begins with a turning point in the full-scale war most people probably haven't spent enough time coming to terms with: North Korean ...
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Latest piece. The discussion of a possible Russian escalation against European NATO often misses the main point that it indicates. It is not about Europe, it is about the USA. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-key-po...
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The Key Point Being Overlooked
The Russian escalation talk proves one key thing
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Caroline @carolinepk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Putin's escalating bombing campaign won't break Ukrainians' resolve. History shows that it's doomed to fail | Rajan Menon
As the fifth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion looms, it’s worth remembering that this mode of warfare rarely crushes morale, says Rajan Menon, professor emeritus of international relations
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Caroline @carolinepk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Incinerated novels and destroyed warehouses: Russia’s war on Ukrainian books
A Ukrainian publishing boom sparked by the 2022 invasion is now under threat from the force and frequency of Russian attacks
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 04/10/2026
🔴 A Russian drone attack damaged Kyiv’s North Bridge, leaving a crater in the road. One lane is blocked, forcing cars and public transport to detour around the damaged section. 📷: hromadske
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 04/10/2026
President Zelensky met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Kyiv. Together, they laid flowers at Independence Square and honored Ukrainian soldiers who have fallen defending the country. #Ukraine
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 01/10/2026
This morning, Russia used a drone to strike a school in Kyiv while children were inside. This is what the Kremlin considers a ‘legitimate military target’.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 01/10/2026
Heroyam Slava! 🇺🇦 Today, Ukraine honors its defenders, who give their all for peace.
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Jessica Berlin @berlinbridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Anyone still whining that we need more diplomacy with Russia, while the Russians respond to all diplomatic efforts by killing more Ukrainian civilians, is just helping spread the Kremlin’s propaganda.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/09/2026
Today, science became a target for Russia. My heart goes out to the heroes searching for people trapped inside Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences. As well as to the families and loved ones of the victims of horrific attacks across the country.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My God. This is the center of Kyiv. A civilian building, a historic one, built in the 1850s. Russian terror knows no bounds. They are attacking and killing Ukrainian civilians just because they can. If Russia is not stopped, it will expand its terror and violence.
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 27/09/2026
Ukraine is packed with landscapes that look like they belong on another planet or in a surreal artwork. This World Tourism Day, discover 10 places that show just how wildly diverse Ukraine can be. While some of these places are under temporary russian occupation, they remain Ukrainian.
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is no “conflict” to resolve, no misunderstanding, no magical win-win formula russia’s war persists because russia keeps waging it Reagan's doctrine of strength worked. Attempts to sacrifice 🇺🇦 on the altar of peace-through-weakness had the opposite effect kyivindependent.com/washington-a...
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Washington attempts dealmaking, Moscow sticks with warmaking
"I can't die now. I still need to do the Russia sanctions," Lindsey Graham joked hours before his passing. Nine weeks later, the bill bearing his name became law with the U.S. president's signature. ...
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Renew Europe @reneweurope.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We see you, Russia. No means no. Airspace violations, cyberattacks, sabotage, disinformation, these are not isolated incidents. They are tests of how far you can push us. We cannot let these actions become “business as usual.”
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Caroline @carolinepk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Ben Jennings on Andy Burnham’s meeting with Donald Trump – cartoon
At the UN general assembly the British prime minister promised to crack down on misinformation ahead of his meeting with the US president
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tonight I took the car and drove across all of Kyiv, just to see how my beloved city feels at this time. It’s a strange feeling.
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Roberta Metsola @president.europarl.europa.eu · 23/09/2026
We were with Ukraine. We are with Ukraine. We will remain with Ukraine. A strong and united show of support from Europe and beyond at today’s International Crimea Platform Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 23/09/2026
EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová took shelter in a hallway after strikes hit near the EU Delegation in Kyiv on Wednesday. She reported three deafening blasts and plumes of smoke, condemning the unrelenting Russian attacks across the capital.
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Caroline @carolinepk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Meditating by the Dnipro: I’m an artist in Ukraine, searching for peace and a life between the missiles | Anna Ivanenko
Sometimes, you can remember what ordinary life was like before Russia’s invasion. Then reality comes screaming back, says artist Anna Ivanenko
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Caroline @carolinepk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Here’s how Germany can defend its democracy – banning the AfD isn’t the answer | Timothy Garton Ash
Instead, constrain it legally and fight it politically. The world is watching, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 18/09/2026
Every year, on the third Friday of September, Ukraine marks the Day of Remembrance of Journalists. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, at least 152 media workers have been killed in Ukraine. Twenty-one of them were killed while doing their jobs. 🧵 1/10 ⬇️
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Même en pleine tempête, le Canada et l’Union européenne peuvent garder le cap.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 17/09/2026
The EU-Canada alliance aims to be a "beacon for other democracies," says Canadian PM Mark Carney, addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Latest in @theatlantic.com . What we are seeing now is US weakness across the board. The American Age is over. What comes next will be very different. Gift link. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The End of the American Age
The Iran war marks the conclusion of eight decades of global dominance.
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 15/09/2026
Days after Poland warned that Russia could intensify provocations around Ukraine’s crossings with Europe, a drone strike hit a civilian passenger train connecting Kyiv and Warsaw.  Moscow’s complaints about European ‘alarmism’ increasingly dismiss themselves.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/09/2026
I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel
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I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel
Grievance politics has grown in the east of the country where I was born. But west Germans have hard questions to answer too, says writer Carolin Würfel
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
FM Sikorski: "We are meeting on the day when Russia attacked locations right on the border of Poland, which is also the border of the European Union&the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Russia attacked with modernized drones equipped with jet engines& improved guidance components. 📹: hromadske
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🇺🇦🇧🇪🕯️Ukrainian soldier dies in Belgium: his body repatriated to Ukraine Belgian doctors have managed to save Ukrainian soldiers dozens of times in the past, but not this time, said Belgian Defense Minister. Belgium has been receiving Ukrainian soldiers for treatment during the war.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Weekend update out. Zelensky has been on a tweet storm lately, and it has been illuminating. There have been threats of escalation, pleas for anti-air support, some confidence stated about the land war and (sadly) a little hope in Trump expressed. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...
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Weekend Update #202: Zelensky Tweets The War
The War Is Getting More Brutal Now; Ukraine Showing Greater Adaptability In The Land War; Is Zelensky Fooling Himself About The USA?
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 12/09/2026
Today, the temporarily occupied town of Oleshky marks 942 years. Cut off from aid, ~1,700 residents endure drone attacks, mined roads, extreme food and medicine shortages, and unburied dead. 🧵 1/8
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Latest piece is out. Trump's War with Iran is looking more and more like one of the most consequential wars in US history. As the US flails around, it is leaving historic allies like Saudi Arabia very vulnerable. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-unrave...
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The Unravelling Of The American Age Is Accelerating
What Has Happened In The Last Days Is Ominous
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 10/09/2026
⚡️ "Canada will always stand in solidarity with Ukraine," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said during a press conference with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Calgary, reaffirming that there is "no qualification" to Canada's commitment to Ukraine's fight for freedom, democracy, and sovereignty.
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Caroline @carolinepk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Ben Jennings on the Bayeux tapestry – cartoon
The medieval artefact, currently on loan from France, has gone on display at the British Museum in London
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 07/09/2026
Europe’s northern neighbourhood
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 07/09/2026
Signed! Our 🇪🇺🇬🇱🇩🇰 Joint Declaration. It reflects a clear choice by Greenland to strengthen ties with the EU. In order to protect its values, freedom and interests. Europe is making a choice too. To be more present and more engaged in Greenland and in the Arctic.
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Caroline @carolinepk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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The world is being driven to the brink by thugs and dictators, but there is a route to a brighter future | Simon Tisdall
It’s no surprise some analysts say we are already in the midst of the third world war, but ordinary people have more power than we think, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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Caroline @carolinepk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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For Ukraine's artists, making sense of rage is a necessity: it can be both requiem and resistance | Charlotte Higgins
Literature shows us how anger can inspire but also consume us: I see it in Homer’s epics, and in the furious creativity of contemporary Ukrainian writers, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Cha...
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Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Air raid alerts have been sounding continuously, day and night, in Kyiv over recent days. They sound dozens of times a day.
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Caroline @carolinepk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Love under anti-drone nets: Ukrainian couple wed in Kramatorsk combat zone
‘At a time when Russia is trying to spread gloom and darkness … it is important to create something beautiful,’ says combat medic Tetiana as she weds army captain Oleksandr
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