Reposted by Sam de BendernThe Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com · 17/11/2025🇫🇷🇺🇦 “Ukraine needs weapons now” @samdebendern.bsky.social warns that France – #Ukraine air defense deal won’t have immediate effect on the battlefield. More in #F24Debate ➡️https://go.france24.com/rTS 164
Reposted by Sam de BendernChatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme @chrussiaeurasia.bsky.social · 19/11/2025While Ukraine's latest arms deal with France sends a powerful political signal, it will unfortunately change very little on the ground for Ukraine in the short term - writes @samdebendern.bsky.social in her latest expert comment for @chathamhouse.org. www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/ukra...chathamhouse.orgUkraine’s arms deal with France faces major hurdles before it can be realizedAlthough the deal sends a powerful political signal, it will change very little on the ground for Ukraine in the short term. 0104
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Putin in Alaska: will Trump give him Alaska in the territory swapping exercise he mentioned ? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTrump says he will meet Putin in Alaska next Friday to discuss Ukraine warUS president said end to war will involve ‘some swapping of territories’ before announcing meeting 2247
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 13/06/2025For those who speak French here is our new Podcast : Les Transatlantiques, a Franco Atlantic twist on geopolitics with Elizabeth Sheppard Sellam. If you enjoy please like, subscribe and share. open.spotify.com/show/3W7RT3W... music.amazon.fr/podcasts/ff9... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... 092
Reposted by Sam de BendernDr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 05/05/2025RFK Jr and Statistics: 309117303939
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Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Putin: “we are discussing joint development of rare earths wtih the Americans, including in the new territories.” Exactly what I have been saying for over a week www.vedomosti.ru/business/art...vedomosti.ruПутин выразил готовность к сотрудничеству с США по редкоземельным металламТрамп ранее заявил об «огромных запасах» таких элементов у России 2145
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 17/02/2025No weekend for me. Wanted to take the day off but my cat is reminding me that important things are happening. 1160
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 13/02/2025‼️💸 Bribe Baby Bribe 💵 💰🙈https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/pausing-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-enforcement-to-further-american-economic-and-national-security/ 081
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Fighting the French Far Right’s adoration of Trump’s so called peace plan. Defending Ukraine is about defending Europe 156721
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 26/01/2025mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/Ap4mf6... The show goes on in Belarus. Here is my comment for Al-Jazeera 091
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Some thoughts on Kadyrov’s role in Putin’s shadow diplomacy in my itw with the Kyiv Independent kyivindependent.com/30-years-sin...kyivindependent.comHow Kadyrov became so powerful, and why Chechnya remains vital for survival of Putin's regimeIn December 1994, Russian troops launched a brutal and eventually unsuccessful military campaign against Chechen rebels, effectively beginning the First Chechen War. Thirty years later and two wars s... 0133
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 15/12/2024My Oped in the Kyiv Independent kyivindependent.com/the-west-is-...kyivindependent.comThe West is pushing Ukraine toward concessions that will backfireFrench President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Premier Donald Tusk met on Dec. 12 in Warsaw. High on the agenda was how to support Ukraine in the “new Transatlantic context.” On the sidelines of the visi... 1112
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Strong words from @landsbergis.bsky.social @chathamhouse.bsky.social Europe lacks a clear vision and has no strategic plan for its own security. Europe needs to realise it is already at war Livestream now www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r... 191
Reposted by Sam de BendernRussia-Ukraine Daily News @rvps2001.bsky.social · 09/12/2024ISW: 🇷🇺🇸🇾 Even if #Russia maintains some or all of its bases in #Syria, it is a major geopolitical loss for Moscow, as Russia’s continued basing in Syria will be at the mercy of Syrian opposition groups that the Kremlin previously used to call terrorists. understandingwar.org/backgrounder...understandingwar.orgInstitute for the Study of WarThe rapid collapse of the Assad regime in Syria – a regime that the Kremlin helped prop up since 2015 – is a strategic political defeat for Moscow and has thrown the Kremlin into a crisis as it seeks ... 2235
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 09/12/2024But what about the Russian ships? They can’t go via the Black Sea - no military ships allowed. Via Europe and Baltic Sea 🧐? 150
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 04/12/2024While the world is on fire all is chaos on the Western front: US in transition, a teetering Germany and the French government has just collapsed. More popcorn anyone ? Or is something stronger required 250
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Let’s hope no jealous wives or spurned mistresses of cheating Russian ministers get hold of the launch codes. 291
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 22/11/2024A gloating Putin congratulates glum senior military industrial complex officials and top MOD staff - including Minister Beloussov who looks as though he's attending a funeral - for the succesful "test" of the Oreshkin missile. Something amiss in the Kremlin? kremlin.ru/events/presi... 290
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 20/11/2024kyivindependent.com/us-embassy-i...kyivindependent.comUS Embassy in Kyiv temporarily closes due to 'potential significant' Russian strike on Nov. 20"Out of an abundance of caution, the Embassy will be closed, and Embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place," the statement read. 061
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 17/11/2024This is what happens when people start talking about negotiating - last night was one of the worse attacks on Ukraine since the start of the full scale war kyivindependent.com/russia-launc...kyivindependent.comRussia launches one of the largest aerial strikes on Ukraine, targets energy gridRussia launched a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine overnight on Nov. 17. Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said that as a result of falling drone debris, an apartment on the fourth floor of a five-sto... 0100
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Yesterday on French tv (LCI) we tried to make sense of the noise surrounding Ukraine's desire or capability to acquire a nuclear weapon. Main take aways: 1: experts agree that today Ukraine does not have the means to produce a nuclear weapon in the near future. 1120
Reposted by Sam de BendernThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/11/2024They should still release it. 2325888919
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Getting rid of woke generals?https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-draft-executive-order-would-create-board-to-purge-generals-7ebaa606?st=1pJ3ER&reflink=article_copyURL_sharewsj.comExclusive | Trump Draft Executive Order Would Create Board to Purge GeneralsIf an executive order is enacted, it could fast-track the removal of admirals. 062
Sam de Bendern @samdebendern.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Look what just arrived. By Christopher Steele, ex MI6 head in Moscow. Terrifying read for a terrifying world 0121
Reposted by Sam de BendernNicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Today is a mourning day in France. Nine years ago, on November 13, 2015, 130 people were murdered by ISIS terrorists at the Bataclan, on the terrace in Paris and the Stade de France, Saint-Denis. Thoughts of affection to the families of the victims and to those wounded in their body and soul. 418648