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Edward Lucas

@edwardlucas.bsky.social
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Journalist, author, thinktanker, baker, swimmer, politician. Lifelong Kremlin-basher.

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Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm no longer active on Bluesky. Look for me on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/edward-lu... or on the cesspit of X @edwardlucas
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Lucy Ash @lucyaash.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Delighted that @edwardlucas.bsky.social has reviewed paperback of The Baton & the Cross today @thetimes.com If you want to know more about why Russian clerics promise eternal life to those who kill Ukrainians, I'm at Stanfords Travel Books in Covent Gdn 19th November.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 19/11/2025
Fogbound: Narrative Wars | "Ukraine’s setbacks are troubling but only part of the story." @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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Fogbound: Narrative Wars
Ukraine’s setbacks in its fight against Russia are troubling but only part of the story. Europe needs to take note.
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Other countries have state-funded agencies with the sole duty of championing financial consumers’ rights. The FCA is paid for by a levy on the financial industry. It reports to the Treasury, not to the Ministry of Justice. (£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... By @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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Fraud hits harder when victims are shunned
Regulator supposedly combating financial crime is leaving customers desperate and destitute
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Veiko Spolitis @veikospolitis.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Thank you @edwardlucas.bsky.social! cepa.org/article/boot... via @cepa.org
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Boot Camp: Scare Stories
A Kremlin stunt near the Estonian border town of Saatse highlights a much bigger problem: frayed nerves between the two countries.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 29/09/2025
False Alarms: and Real Ones | "Western scaremongering about the Baltics’ vulnerability is missing the real threat." @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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False Alarms: and Real Ones
A Russian landgrab in Estonia in 2028 would destroy NATO. Western scaremongering about the Baltics’ vulnerability is missing the real threat.
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Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Denmark’s drone humiliation weakens us all - important comment by @edwardlucas.bsky.social “But it has been “sleepwalking” when it comes to its domestic security, says Hans Tino Hansen, a hawkish Dane who runs Risk Intelligence, a consultancy.” www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Denmark’s drone humiliation weakens us all
Paltry deterrence is an invitation to Putin to wreak havoc, making a mockery of Nato’s defences
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Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
cepa.org/article/test...
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Test: Found Wanting
NATO just set a powerful signal to the Kremlin: “We’re not serious”. Russia does not need to defeat NATO militarily if it can politically.
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Stathios Ballas @stathiosb.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Recommended reading from @edwardlucas.bsky.social 👇
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Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
and here in Swedish
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Franzén @sectionix.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
@edwardlucas.bsky.social on Mario Draghis evisceration of current EU politics. “…the EU is a mere “spectator” in world politics. It meekly accepts US tariffs. It is sidelined in conflicts in Iran and Gaza. In Ukraine, it pays the piper but does not call the tune...”
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Mario Draghi’s speech to Europe is a warning to us all
He is right: without a radical change Europeans will be spectators at their own funeral
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RobinK @templeofhate.com · 21/08/2025
Brilliant article by @edwardlucas.bsky.social indeed. Here's the 🎁 link (no paywall). www.thetimes.com/article/1585...
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While Europe waits on Trump, Putin is winning
Focus on summits and supposed security guarantees misses the point: Russia has the initiative
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
MAXimum surveillance: how Russians are being driven into the FSB’s pocket messenger. Starting September 1, the Russian messenger Max will become mandatory for preinstallation on all devices in Russia⤵️
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Our diplomacy and discussion frame the central issue as finding a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine. Seen from Moscow a much wider contest is under way, aiming to break the old rules and alliances to create a might-is-right world. (£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... By @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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While Europe waits on Trump, Putin is winning
Focus on summits and supposed security guarantees misses the point: Russia has the initiative
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Bill Emmott @billemmott.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Denis, I recommend looking more closely at Italy than that. The fair criticism of Meloni is that she and her government have shied away from any major reforms. The one that bears no relation to reality is that she and her government bear any resemblance to Mussolini, because (so far!!) they don't
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 28/07/2025
Weakly: Captive Nations | "The Trump administration remembers to mark a Cold War anniversary." @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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Weakly: Captive Nations
The Trump administration remembers to mark Captive Nations Week. This year’s was perhaps not the White House wordsmiths’ finest effort.
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Discussed in this column by @edwardlucas.bsky.social today (£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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The West is taking the fight to Russia — online
Putin’s hackers have some devious tactics but we can cause cyber mischief for the Kremlin too
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Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
delighted to sign this letter www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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There is only one warmonger on the European stage: Vladimir Putin | Letter
Letter: Experts on Russia, Ukraine and international security respond to a letter that criticised Fiona Hill for her assessment of the Russian threat to Britain
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 09/06/2025
Banking: Moldova’s Winning | "Russia’s grip on the unrecognized Transnistrian state is weakening. No stunts, please." @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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Banking: Moldova’s Winning
Even if the Kremlin succeeds in toppling Moldova’s pro-Western government, the authorities in Kyiv won't tolerate Russian reinforcement.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 03/06/2025
“Battered, beleaguered, tired and outnumbered, Ukrainians have, at minimal cost, in complete secrecy, and over vast distances, destroyed or damaged dozens, perhaps more, of Russia’s strategic bombers [in the] the most audacious attack of the war.” @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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Ukraine and Russia agree to swap dead and wounded troops but report no progress toward ending war
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met in Turkey for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks.
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Sue Hawley @suehawley.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
National defence must include our elections - as @edwardlucas.bsky.social argues those who want to damage our democracy are as likely to use electoral interference as bombs. An ambitious Elections Bill must urgently close the gaping loopholes in our defences. www.thetimes.com/article/e280...
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National defence must include our elections
It is time to tackle the misinformation and murky political funding that damage democracy
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Under our flimsy rules, any foreign kleptocrat or broligarch can promote such causes, shrouded in anonymity, so long as they do so outside an election period and without supporting a specific party or candidate. (£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... By @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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National defence must include our elections
It is time to tackle the misinformation and murky political funding that damage democracy
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ICDS Tallinn @icds-tallinn.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
"The one thing you need to know about the Nordic Baltic region plus Poland is it has a GDP larger than Russia" — @edwardlucas.bsky.social, Senior Advisor at Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org #LennartMeriConference
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 17/05/2025
"Amid the media fireworks of the tariff war, long-term strategic considerations are absent. By contrast, Putin does have a plan. Befriend Trump. Split the European Union. Wreak havoc. Wear down Ukraine. So far, it’s working." @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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Tone-Deaf: Nobody’s Dancing
The US and Europeans alike are failing to meet Russia’s strategic challenge. Seize Russian assets. Rush help to Ukraine. And rearm—fast.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 11/05/2025
"We have seen a new kind of warfare unfold in Ukraine, but most countries have barely started to devote the time and money needed to get ready to fight the new way." @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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Rain (Fire) on the Parade
The 80th-anniversary celebrations of victory in Europe after World War Two will be disappointing—for Russia.
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Tobias Forsnacke @forsno.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Good interview with @edwardlucas.bsky.social on Times Radio. Completely agree that we’re not seeing an adequate sense of urgency regarding rearmament in Europe, and that we might not be as lucky this time around. youtu.be/-oMHPtYb9jw?...
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Trump and Vance ominously hint at severing ties with 'enemy' Europe | Edward Lucas
YouTube video by Times Radio
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Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
my latest for @foreignpolicy foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/23/u...
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America Will Miss Europe’s Dependence When It’s Gone
European self-reliance for security will cost U.S. jobs, profits, and influence.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 19/04/2025
“The EU leadership and the CCP are jointly championing free trade, and denouncing the disruption caused by Trumpian tergiversation on tariffs.” @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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China First? No Thanks
In the past years, attitudes to China in the US and allies seemed to be converging. Transatlantic angst now clouds Europe’s strategic choice.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 14/04/2025
China First? No Thanks | "Transatlantic angst clouds Europe’s strategic choice." @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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China First? No Thanks
In the past years, attitudes to China in the US and allies seemed to be converging. Transatlantic angst now clouds Europe’s strategic choice.
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eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
How should Europe respond to the US-China tariff war? America First or China First? The ultimate dilemma, @edwardlucas.bsky.social writes in Lithuania's LRT, is whether to throw Europe's hat in with the US, or tacitly accept Chinese dominance.
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US-China tariff war: how should the EU respond?
Now that the US has suspended its special tariffs for most countries, the focus of the global tariff dispute has shifted to the clash between Washington and Beijing.
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Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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Sexual violence is a weapon in Putin’s conquest of Ukraine
In her devastating polemic, Putin’s War on Women, the writer Sofi Oksanen shows how rape and humiliation is Kremlin policy
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Fufluns🐈‍⬛🥂🇪🇺🇺🇦🔸😷 @fuflunspw.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
@edwardlucas.bsky.social concludes, ‘Faced with the choice between a lucrative US-led rapprochement with Russia and the perilous confrontation involved in staying loyal to Ukraine, many countries may choose safety over honour. In the long run they will lose both’. Choose loyalty. #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 16/03/2025
“Strong, happy allies, bound by ties of friendship, are better than weak, resentful ones ruled by fear.” @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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High Stakes: the Showdown Looms
Europe is confronting the US over Ukraine—but with weaker cards. Strong, happy allies are better than weak, resentful ones.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 17/03/2025
Airwaves: Turn the Dial | "The US is abandoning its international broadcasters. Europe should step in." @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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Airwaves: Turn the Dial
America is abandoning its international broadcasters. Europe should step in and start filling the gap left by the US retreat.
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eurotopics press review @eurotopicsen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
On the defunding of @rferl.org.web.brid.gy, opinions on how Europe should respond differ. @edwardlucas.bsky.social at Eesti Päevaleht argues that Europe should take over the baton and run the station. But Mladá Fronta Dnes warns against pursuing an escalating culture war with Trump's US.
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Trump slashes funding for US international media
Donald Trump has issued a presidential order stipulating massive cuts to Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and other US international broadcasters.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 22/03/2025
“If Europe is going stand up to Russia, China, and the United States, it needs not just economic clout and military might, but a soft-power arsenal combining development aid and information.” @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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Airwaves: Turn the Dial
America is abandoning its international broadcasters. Europe should step in and start filling the gap left by the US retreat.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 12/03/2025
Ukraine Ceasefire Deal — What Does it Mean? | "So far, Western interaction with the Kremlin has resembled a game of tennis, but with a few tweaks. One player — the Russian — always serves. The court is unevenly shaped. The Ukrainian has his shoelaces tied together." @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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Ukraine Ceasefire Deal — What Does it Mean?
CEPA Fellows explain the US-Ukraine agreement on a ceasefire. The Trump administration says, “the ball is in Moscow’s court.”
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Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
My friend Lennart Meri died OTD in 2006. A good opportunity to read his prescient speech from 1994. Footnote: Putin was at this dinner and walked out, slamming the door president.ee/en/official-...
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Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
long interview in Czech www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/zahra...
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NATO po nástupu Trumpa skončilo, teď je to jen na nás, říká britský novinář - Seznam Zprávy
„Dochází k nejradikálnějšímu zlomu ve světové geopolitice za posledních 70 let,“ vyvozuje ze zahraniční politiky Donalda Trumpa známý britský novinář Edward Lucas. V rozhovoru pro Seznam Zprávy mimo j...
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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com · 06/03/2025
European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks Sky Shield proposal drawn up by military experts would be operated separately from NATO and deploy 120 fighter jets #SkyShieldNow www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks
Sky Shield proposal drawn up by military experts would be operated separately from Nato and deploy 120 fighter jets
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A key plea from Ukrainians since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022 has been for allies to "Shield our Skies". The UK should be part of the proposed Sky Shield air protection plan. After all we did it for Isreal last year, so why not Ukraine? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks
Sky Shield proposal drawn up by military experts would be operated separately from Nato and deploy 120 fighter jets
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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Sky Shield proposal: European air force of 120 fighter jets could be deployed to secure the skies from Russian attacks on Kyiv and western Ukraine without necessarily provoking a wider conflict with Moscow, according to a plan drawn up by military experts. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks
Sky Shield proposal drawn up by military experts would be operated separately from Nato and deploy 120 fighter jets
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/03/2025
"European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks - Sky Shield proposal drawn up by military experts would be operated separately from Nato and deploy 120 fighter jets." @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks
Sky Shield proposal drawn up by military experts would be operated separately from Nato and deploy 120 fighter jets
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SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
In what could potentially save thousands of lives in Ukraine, Europe drawing up plans for a sky shield that would cover almost half of Ukraine.
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European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks
Sky Shield proposal drawn up by military experts would be operated separately from Nato and deploy 120 fighter jets
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 06/03/2025
🇪🇺✈️ A European air force of 120 fighter jets could secure Ukraine’s skies from Russian attacks without escalating the war, say military experts. The proposed Sky Shield would be EU-led, separate from NATO, and protect Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv & nuclear plants. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
theguardian.com
European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks
Sky Shield proposal drawn up by military experts would be operated separately from Nato and deploy 120 fighter jets
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Sky Shield, its proponents argue, would be a European-led air protection zone operated separately from Nato to halt Russian cruise missile and drone attacks on cities and infrastructure, potentially operating as part of the “truce in the sky” proposed by Ukraine’s president, Zelenskyy, this week.
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