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When experts say things like, "Putin wants to control Donbas and have a pliable Ukraine like Belarus," remember many of those people said that Putin would NEVER go beyond Crimea, that Putin "didn't need Mariupol" and other bad takes detached from obvious reality.

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 9h

Must read : "Hryhoriy Mnohohrishny, a prisoner, arrested during the Stalin terror of the 1930s, is being transported by the troop train to the Gulag camps in the Far East of the Soviet Union, but the rebellious prisoner escapes. He finds himself in the pristine forests near the Amur River..." 📚 ✍️ 🇺🇦

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 10h

And we thought that this kind of terrorism was over *since decades* : looks like the world is hurtling back into a dark past ⬛️

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 16h

We have disbursed another €2.9 billion to Ukraine to keep its public services running and accelerate key structural reforms. That is over €32 billion delivered under the Ukraine Plan so far, strengthening economic resilience on their path to the EU ↓ link.europa.eu/pdHPyb

Black text on the visual reads '€2.9 billion under the Ukraine Facility,' with 'Ukraine Facility' in white text over a blue-and-yellow banner. A large, stylized blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag merges with a partially visible EU flag.

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 14h

"...s’il n’y a pas de vérité, alors on peut dire n’importe quoi ; s’il n’y a pas de valeurs communes, c’est la force qui l’emporte ; s’il n’y a pas d’avenir, il n’y a que l’instant présent." 🫟

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 22h

"Had Beneš ordered the army to resist, Czechoslovakia could have given Hitler a bloody nose. Perhaps the Western powers would have intervened. Perhaps the Second World War could have been averted. Instead, the country surrendered without firing a shot." 🎧 ➡️ the enduring tragedy of #Munich ◼️

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 23h

"The relationship is clearly strengthening well beyond trade. It now connects industrial policy, defence production, technology and economic security in ways that the EU has rarely attempted with a non-European power, Japan being probably the closest precedent." 🇨🇦🇪🇺

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Bruno Judde de Larivière @geographedumonde.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Si vis pacem para bellum [Ce qui est utile vis-à-vis de la Russie, vaudra pour d'autres] Via @carpinus.bsky.social

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Russia has imposed a near total information blockade and holds all such ‘spying’ or ‘treason’ trials behind closed doors." 🖤 As the world looks on in apathy. #StopRussiaArmUkraine 🇺🇦

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Jacques Provost @jacquespolis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Peut-on identifier "objectivement" le meilleur service secret européen?Tâche complexe à laquelle s'est penché le podcast "Nid d'espions".La journaliste @alexandrasaviana.bsky.social révèle les résultats d'une enquête auprès de plusieurs praticiens du milieu du Rst. podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/n...

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Nid d'espions

Émission dans Politique · Chaque semaine · Les espions font souvent basculer l’Histoire. Dans l’ombre, depuis des siècles et partout sur la planète, certaines opérations ont défini le monde tel que no...

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Ariana Gic @arianagic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ukraine has the legitimate right to retaliate symmetrically for Russia's attack on the nuclear research facility in Kyiv. The international community's lack of solidarity with Ukraine to thwart Russian aggression brought us to this point.

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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Serbia's 25 October election carries implications well beyond the Balkans. In our latest RUSI Commentary, Vladimir Krulj examines what political discontinuity in Belgrade could mean for Israel's emerging defence-industrial partnership with Serbia.

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Why Serbia's Election Matters to Israel's Arsenal

Israel's next defence headache may have little to do with Iran, Gaza or Hezbollah. It could begin in Belgrade.

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Bernice @bernice449.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Captain Mambetov Marat Redvanovich Eternal glory to hero 💔🕯️

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🎧 Fascinating : strategic surprise such as 🇷🇺 invasion of 🇺🇦 happen because "bias and bureaucracy go hand in hand". #Germany gave a practical illustration of this in 2022, when nobody thought that #Putin would invade.

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Andrei Soldatov @andreisoldatov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Kremlin’s campaign to harass, intimidate and murder opponents, led by the FSB, takes another major step back to the days of Stalin. Irina borogan and I for @cepa.org cepa.org/article/fsb-...

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FSB Focuses Crosshairs on Russian Exiles

The Kremlin’s campaign to harass, intimidate and murder opponents and exiles takes another major step back to the days of Stalin.

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"...(la Finlande) préserva son indépendance, là où les pays baltes étaient absorbés. C’est ce miracle-là – non pas la victoire militaire, mais la survie nationale contre une superpuissance – qui fit de la Guerre d’Hiver un cas d’école de la résilience." 🇫🇮

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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Splitting NATO is just another objective shared by the Kremlin and the current US administration. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

Screenshot from linked story about splitting NATO

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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 30/09/2026

Including in Kyiv. The winter will be very long.

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Swedish Air Force advertised its intent to strike deep into Russia in the event of a war. This was stated in an interview in Swedish Aftonbladet a few days ago. Now it has reached Russian language press. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Ex...

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Segerplanen i luftkriget – slå till inne i Ryssland

Om Ryssland anfaller kan Putin inte längre räkna med att vi bara försöker parera hans slag. Flygvapnets nya plan för att avgöra luftkriget är att gå på offensiven – och slå ut mål långt inne i Rysslan...

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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fascists sell their nations to the highest bidder, Franco sold the Nazis his.

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steve the skeptic @policyskeptic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Worth remembering this as many people today are arguing that the west should pressure Ukraine into conceding territory for peace.

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Czechoslovakia was far from helpless. Its army was well equipped, its defensive system was formidable, and its armaments industry was significant." Still, not heeding his generals' views, president #Beneš took the fatal decision not to fight #Hitler. President Zelensky learnt from history. 🇺🇦 #OTD

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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When An Unauthorized Drumbeat Was An Act of Subversion Formed in 1968, the Plastic People of the Universe - an apolitical avant-garde rock band in Czechoslovakia that rejected censorship - helped spark a revolution. Guest post open.substack.com/pub/heidicud... h/t @alexalvarova.substack.com

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When An Unauthorized Drumbeat Was An Act of Subversion

Formed after the Soviet invasion in 1968, the Plastic People of the Universe - an apolitical avant-garde rock band in Czechoslovakia that rejected censorship - helped spark a revolution. Guest post

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"L'Europe se fera dans les crises et elle sera la somme des solutions apportées à ces crises." Jean Monnet 🇪🇺

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Oleksa Drachewych @odrachewych.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

To those who think Russia is interested in peace in Ukraine....

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trump working hard here to boost Carney’s approval rating to a perfect 100%!

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Between reports, I will be running to shelters, carrying my documents & camera, while texting loved ones to know if they are still alive, & hoping to survive, too." 🖤

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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Estonia concludes that the arson attack against Milrem Robotics, a defence company, was a "deliberate and pre-planned act commissioned by Russian security services". The suspects are now in custody.

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What Does the “Russian World” Mean for Ukrainian Cities? Everything that makes up a city, Russia grinds into dust: ▪️To turn populated areas into spaces unfit for living ▪️To sever any ties between cities and their Ukrainian history and culture ▪️To eliminate them as places where Ukrainians live

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just think that Trump might have stopped this, quod non. Horrendous ◼️ #RussiaIsATerroristState

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Rob Cameron @robcjournalist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today is St Wenceslas Day. The legend says anyone who wears the Crown of St Wenceslas without the right to do so will die within a year. Another legend says Reinhard Heydrich placed the crown on his head in Nov 1941. Seven months later he was dead. www.basedinbohemia.com/p/anthropoid

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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In breaking news this morning: coverage of the RAF Fairford incident is punctuated by a BBC journalist who finds life outside London so bizarre and alien that he has to explain to people what waking up in the countryside is like in the live feed.

"Birdsong, mist and the smell of manure." I don't know where Edward Rowe is from but I suspect it's not Gloucestershire.

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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

More evidence were it needed that the EU's unwillingness to throw the real force of the Digital Services Act at Musk. is a world historic failure. youtu.be/eY_8SyndC10

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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

YouTube video by Musk

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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

350,000 russian drones have been destroyed by Ukrainian defenders since the start of 2026. 350k drones. That includes fixed-wing UAVs, copter-type drones, and Shaheds. Which army in the world is prepared and capable of countering a threat on this scale? The Axis of Evil knows that. 📷: MoD

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

↪️"...we should prepare for a military humanitarian mission to protect Ukrainian cities and critical strategic infrastructure from Russia's massive aerial terror campaign." Without the #US ❕️ 🇪🇺

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

De "gewone" zondag in 🇺🇦 : dood- en "gekmakend" ◼️

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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 27/09/2026

In one of the modules, this horrible, heartbreaking fact: "At the peak of the famine in June 1933, 28,000 people were dying each day in Ukraine on average.".

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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Whatever happened to the *peace dividend* ❔️ "Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all." Evelyn Waugh

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Поміркований бандера 🇺🇦 @esq-untitle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🇪🇺 Why should you pay closer and more sensitive attention to news from Ukraine? Not to be impressed, but to see the real enemy and protect yourself. #UkrainianView

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Trump’s red-hot economy, whether OpenAI will ever IPO, why Blair’s Brexit Third Way won’t work, and why Europeans should contain their excitement about a midterm blue wave - latest edition of Wealth of Nations

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The Biggest Boom in History

Trump’s red-hot economy, whether OpenAI will ever IPO, why Blair’s Brexit Third Way won’t work, and why Europeans should contain their excitement about a midterm blue wave

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I wonder if there is anyone in the Middle East who did *not* warn Netanyahu days before October 7. Because it looks like pretty much everyone did

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