Vincent Schmidt

MORE: Ukraine's ongoing strike campaign targeting Russia’s oil refineries is contributing to gasoline shortages across Russia that will likely raise inflation and cause further macroeconomic instability in Russia.

Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk and in western Zaporizhia Oblast.

29.08.2025 02:24 — 👍 312    🔁 66    💬 6    📌 4

Zukunft bestimmt die Gegenwart. Bestimmt sie damit auch die Rezeption der Vergangenheit? | L.I.S.A. WISSENSCHAFTSPORTAL GERDA HENKEL STIFTUNG „Alle Geschichte ist Zeitgeschichte“ Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann, Der Riss in der Zeit. Kosellecks ungeschriebene Historik, Berlin 2023. . Nun ist die Zeitsemantik keine neue Idee in der historischen Forsc...

Für die Reihe "Idee Archäologie" durfte ich einen Beitrag schreiben: lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/idee_archaeo...
Eine sehr schöne Reihe mit vielen (besseren) Beiträgen.
Vielen Dank.

28.08.2025 13:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Save the date! Late October @roelkonijn.bsky.social is giving a lecture and a workshop. #AncientHistory #MilitaryHistory

27.08.2025 12:03 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Inside Russia’s Shadow Military Sustaining the War - War on the Rocks “The Nevsky Battalion is accepting volunteers.” This recruitment ad appeared on Russian social media in summer 2025 and is hardly a one-off. Swap out

Terrific new article by Mariya Omelicheva @warontherocks.bsky.social on the role of a huge number of semi-state forces in Russia’s war against Ukraine: warontherocks.com/2025/08/insi...

23.08.2025 12:50 — 👍 27    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 1

Japan says it wants to join a NATO command for the support of Ukraine Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says Japan wants to participate in a NATO command for its Ukrainian mission as Japan increasingly steps up military ties with the largely European security organ...

missed this one last night: "Japan expressed interest Tuesday in participating in the NATO command for its Ukrainian mission based in Germany in what would be a major boost in ties with the largely European alliance."

09.04.2025 19:17 — 👍 1295    🔁 254    💬 20    📌 17

Europe needs to spend more on defence, not just pretend to There’s no such thing as a free tank

Gotta love the Baltics 😁

“The Baltics have raised all sorts of taxes, including on tobacco (“Smoke a Marlboro, stop the Russians!”). “

You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.

21.03.2025 09:57 — 👍 114    🔁 19    💬 3    📌 1

Lavrov's and other Kremlin officials' continued rejections of a ceasefire and other terms that Trump and European leaders have identified as necessary to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine demonstrate that Putin remains uninterested in meaningful negotiations...(1/2)

27.02.2025 03:55 — 👍 245    🔁 52    💬 14    📌 6

Russland-Experte Gressel: Es droht ein großer Krieg in Europa Der Rüstungs- und Russlandfachmann Gustav Gressel fordert die Europäer auf, sich auf den Ernstfall vorzubereiten. Es drohe bald ein großer Krieg in Europa.

»Erstens ist [Trump] ein sehr leichtes Opfer. Er ist intellektuell nicht besonders gut ausgestattet, hat weder historische noch regionale Kenntnisse. Zweitens leben Trump und seine Mitstreiter wie die Nationale Geheimdienstdirektorin, Tulsi Gabbard, oder ... 1/2

20.02.2025 09:14 — 👍 412    🔁 149    💬 15    📌 6

Trump levels stunning criticisms against Zelensky after Russia talks Trump's comments about Ukraine's domestic politics will likely put more pressure on Zelensky ahead of possible negotiations to end the war.

Trump is simply repeating a Putin talking point here. Russia has insisted on intervening in basic issues of Ukrainian sovereignty for more than a decade. Now Trump is doing Putin’s PR work, making unsustainable arguments for an unjustifiable invasion.
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...

19.02.2025 00:28 — 👍 2185    🔁 650    💬 151    📌 47

Interesting . But not a fast read.

29.01.2025 13:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

NEW: Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have reportedly deployed to northern Syria to help defend the Assad regime against opposition forces.

Hezbollah seems unwilling to commit fighters to its pro-regime allies there, likely due to losses suffered in Lebanon. isw.pub/IranUpdate12...

More on Syria 🔽

03.12.2024 02:02 — 👍 229    🔁 51    💬 4    📌 9

German startup Tytan technologies works on a #drone interceptor with the Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Hub.

(Tytan is also a partner of the Ukrainian Brave 1 initiative bringing private companies to Ukraine)

29.11.2024 08:37 — 👍 223    🔁 32    💬 4    📌 5

Book recommendations.

25.11.2024 22:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Today in Freiburg.

14.12.2023 12:27 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0