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The Ranged War Is Still In An Early Stages And its impossible to say how it will work out

Hi All, Just sent out this post. People need to understand that the ranged/strategic air war over Russia and Ukraine is still in an early stage. Its poised for great (and terrible) changes in mass, technology and tactics over the coming year. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

⚡️ A crew from Germany’s Die Welt was injured in a Russian Lancet drone strike in eastern Ukraine.

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‘Truth is not optional’: Italy’s Calenda describes viral moment he stuffed Ukraine critic in a locker American economist Jeffrey Sachs, a trenchant critic of Western policy toward Russia, met his match in a TV studio last week. Carlo Calenda told POLITICO about the clash heard round the world.

Veteran Italian politician Carlo Calenda went viral over the weekend after a fiery televised clash over Russia and Ukraine with American economist Jeffrey Sachs on a talk show.

Moscow’s depiction of NATO as an expansionist empire creeping ever closer to Russia is deeply dishonest. In reality, the impulse for NATO’s post-1991 enlargement has come exclusively from Russia’s neighbours themselves, who all fear a revival of Russian imperial aggression

Six metres below ground: inside the secret hospital treating Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones Doctors at the secret facility are able to perform amputations while others monitor zigzagging drones overhead

My dispatch from an underground hospital in eastern Ukraine, with extraordinary photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Did you know? ⚡️

The Tryzub — Ukraine’s national emblem — dates back over 1,000 years to the times of Prince Volodymyr the Great

Today, it stands as a symbol of strength, unity, and unbreakable freedom 🇺🇦

#Tryzub #Ukraine

Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures From a red-throated loon touching down on water, to good and bad hair days, and an airborne squirrel, here is a selection of the finalists in this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards

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Wildfires have consumed vast chunks of Ukraine. Is Russia deliberately fuelling the flames? In 2024, nearly a million hectares of Ukraine’s land burned. Heat, mines and shelling contributed, but footage of drones targeting firefighters has raised the question of war crimes

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Once again, Ukrainian children suffer as innocent lives are targeted.

The strike on a kindergarten in Kharkiv is a tragic reminder of Russia’s aggression.

Ukraine’s path must be peace through strength. And Europe must stand firmly by its side.

Starting with #EUCO tomorrow.

A black and white photo of Winston Churchill wearing a coat and hat, standing in the rubble of the House of Commons chamber, with another figure facing away from the camera in on the right hand side of the image

Did you know the Commons Chamber was destroyed in the Blitz?

😥Horror! These are the acts of monsters!

Instead of a thousand words.

Rescuers taking kids to safety after a Russian attack on a daycare in #Kharkiv.

During the attack, the children were brought to a shelter in the basement of the daycare.

💔Kostiantynivka, Ukraine

📷libkos

Horrifying! 😢Ghoulish actions! #StandWithUkraine

When populists win in Prague, that’s nothing peculiarly ‘east European’. It’s the new normal of the western world | Timothy Garton Ash The likely new Czech government will add one more state opposed to the EU’s green deal and migration and asylum pact, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

Prague is now the capital of a normal country – alas!
My latest commentary…
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Unsurprisingly, Putin gets Trump to pivot again: bit.ly/42NC9Kd

None of us should put pressure on Zelenskyy when it comes to territorial concessions. We should all put pressure on Russia to stop its aggression. Appeasement never was a road to a just and lasting peace.

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The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
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157. Ukraine, Diplomacy, and the Future of Europe (Dmytro Kuleba) - Alastair Campbell What is the current position of Ukraine in the Ukraine-Russia war? How delicate is diplomacy with Europe and with the US for the Ukrainian government? What are the differences between working with wor...

New @restispoliticsus.bsky.social LEADING with Dmytro Kuleba, former Ukraine foreign minister. On a day when the world’s eyes are rightly trained amid hope on the Middle East, vital we do not forget Ukraine

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Chancellor Merz yesterday in Egypt:

…We must not forget: just a few hours' flight away,Russia's war against Ukraine has been going on for three&a half yrs

For us this war in Europe is the greatest threat to our freedom.I make no secret of it:we’re counting on the support,lasting support,of the USA

China’s rise, its support for Russia’s war effort in Ukraine & the unreliability of Trump’s US have sharpened the dilemmas in European policy towards China. 🇪🇺 🇨🇳 🇬🇧

New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief by @cerianbond.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/EJXAsaz

My new piece for @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social on EU-UK co-operation on China policy. Tl;dr: if you say a country is a systemic rival, or that competing with it may have huge consequences for your citizens, you need more serious policy responses than either the EU or UK have offered so far.

Every U-SHIRT item is made in Ukraine, by Ukrainians, under fire 🇺🇦

✌️ Every purchase helps fund Ukrainian hospital and those defending freedom

Wear your support:
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‘After the reading, the poets hold each other’: what happens when Ukraine’s largest literary festival comes under Russian attack Fiona Benson was invited to Lviv’s BookForum by Ukrainian poet-soldier Artur Dron’. She recounts falling in love with the city and its thriving literary culture, before an air raid siren sounds

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Fellas! We’re pleased to announce a new campaign in partnership with @timothysnyder.bsky.social!

Introducing Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action

Timothy Snyder has partnered with #NAFO to provide critically needed aid for 🇺🇦 defenders!

More info can be found in 🧵
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Freedom is Action: A Campaign for Ukraine A fundraiser for life-saving drone-jamming cars and trucks

Please join me in a new campaign to help protect Ukrainians in a very special way. My Ukrainian friends chose to call this campaign Freedom is Action. They are making an important point. One way to find our own courage is to act in support those who are showing it
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Weekend Update #154: The Strategic Air War And The Approaching Winter Russian Attacks, Ukrainian Options for Defense, and F-16s

Hi all, Just sent out my free weekend update. It ended up being focussed on the strategic air war. Russia, once again, is trying to make Ukrainian cities unliveable in winter. They have benefited by the US slow walking air defense--though Europeans are helping more. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Europe must get to the next level of defence.

#RigaConf2025