Jana Zikmundova
@jzk55.bsky.social
Former ambassador of Belgium (ret.) to Ukraine (2011-2014) and Colombia (2017-2021). Memories of Soviet tanks are part of my Czech roots (remember 21.8.1968 ?) Here mainly to denounce Putin's war on 🇺🇦. @DefendDemocracy team member 🇪🇺
井原憲吾@ihara-saikaku.bsky.social · 2h agoGood morning. Clear. Today, "In Japan during WWII, U.S. forces dropped an A bomb on the city of Hiroshima—marking the 1st combat use of a nuclear weapon (1945).” In the image, the city of Hiroshima is visible beneath the mushroom cloud. AI-powered colorization. #What_day_is_it? www.nnh.to/08/06.html
Zur Klarstellung: Wer auf deutschem Boden Bomben legt, führt keinen „hybriden Angriff“ mehr – sondern einen Angriff.
Goed gedaan 👏
Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦@andrewchak.bsky.social · 4h agoTo my surprise, the @financialtimes.com published my response to Valdai Sam’s pathetic equivocations. 🇺🇦’s growing ability to resist russian aggression is not an obstacle to peace. The obstacle is russia’s belief that further violence may still deliver greater rewards. www.ft.com/content/bf6a...
'Western officials also observed that actors within the Russian disinformation ecosystem reacted “very quickly and on a massive scale” to the events at the Spanish-Moroccan border.' Waiting for the investigation results...
Alice Stollmeyer@stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 5h agoFollowing Ceuta hybrid attack: Rather than blaming Morocco, the EU steps up its fight against disinformation. Europol & EEAS are investigating Ceuta; Frontex eyes mandate to monitor disinformation. (This article is informed by exchanges with a.o. yours truly.) www.euractiv.com/news/dont-bl...
north koreans, powered by chinese, shooting missiles at European cities yet there are still some of you telling me calling it WW3 is too dramatic
UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 12h ago⚡️ A North Korean missile unit is deploying to Russia, with plans to operate 120 ballistic missiles against Ukraine. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
"De toekomst van de buitenlandse gevangenen is onzeker: bij gevangenenruilen staan ze onderaan de lijst, hun thuisland weet vaak niet dat ze nog leven."
Arnaud De Decker@arnauddedecker.bsky.social · 14h agoEerst waren alle krijgsgevangenen hier Russen. Vandaag klinkt op de binnenplaats Frans, Engels, Spaans en Arabisch. In een gevangenis in W.-Oekraïne sprak ik met Afrikaanse mannen over hoe ze aan het front belandden. @vrtnws.be ⬇️ vrtnws.be/p.XEXPJjnoJ
Grootschalige Russische aanval op Kyiv en omgeving afgelopen nacht: minstens 14 doden en 22 gewonden. Grote branden na inslagen van ballistische raketten en drones op meerdere plekken in de stad. Hulpdiensten nog volop bezig met de nasleep. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Fourteen killed and 22 injured in large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast – photos
The number of people killed in a large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast has risen to 14, while 22 others have been injured.
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Dénis van Vliet@denisvanvliet.bsky.social · 22h agoBeelden die een vlammenzee tonen in het westen van Kyiv. Rusland bestookt de stad al uren lang met ballistische raketten. Winkelcentrum Epicentr verwoest, al zeker 1 dode en meerdere gewonden. 👉 t.me/c/1699596554...
In 2026, Kyiv is facing more ballistic missiles in a single night than it did during the entire year of 2024. I can't wrap my head around the hell we're being forced to endure. And there is still no light at the end of the tunnel.
‘Wherever books are burned, men also, in the end, are burned’ Heinrich Heine 📚
Chytomo@chytomo.bsky.social · yesterdayMore and more Ukrainian publishers are reporting losses after Russia's Aug. 1 strike on RNK-Ranok's logistics center in Kharkiv. As of today, books from at least 15 publishers are known to have been affected
👀 Walgelijke aanvallen door 🇷🇺 op gewone burgers in #Kherson 🖤
Drone jaagt op marktkramer in Cherson en ontploft bovenop hem, Oekraïne beschuldigt Rusland van oorlogsmisdaad | VRT NWS Nieuws
In Cherson heeft een drone een marktkramer achtervolgd om vervolgens bovenop hem te ontploffen. Dat is te zien op een videoclip die de lokale autoriteiten hebben vrijgegeven. Volgens Oekraïne gaat het...
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"Amidst all the noise, emerges the first meticulous, clear-eyed account of how America was killed", writes @heidicuda.bsky.social about "American Overthrow" ⤵️ 📚
Keir Giles@keirgiles.bsky.social · yesterdayI joined Louis Sykes on "The Trump Report" to talk about what I discovered while writing my next book, 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸, on Russia's long-term programme of political subversion of the USA, and whether it has succeeded. Louis called it "alarming". See what you think. youtu.be/dKLECqMRNy8?...
Ukraine needs anti-ballistic defenses, its own ballistic missiles, and the destruction of Russia’s ballistic missile capabilities. And within this triad, destroying Russia’s ballistic missile capabilities is the most important element. open.substack.com/pub/portniko...
Patriot or Starlink: What Ukraine Needs
Russia continues to exploit Ukraine’s shortage of missiles for Patriot batteries, which are needed to intercept ballistic missiles.
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My new article examines why the Ukrainian government chose to formalise its long-range strike architecture, assesses how the new command can add to Ukraine’s strategic and political endeavours, and what Western militaries should learn from Ukraine’s example. mickryan.substack.com/p/ukraines-l...
Ukraine's Long-Range Strike Command: Institutionalising Deep Strike
After years of technical and tactical innovation, as well collaboration between Ukrainian organisations and foreign agencies, Ukraine takes the next step in its long-range strike endeavours.
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"Guardia Civil finds Moroccan spies among migrants that came to Ceuta" www.elespanol.com/espana/20260...
La Guardia Civil detecta a agentes de inteligencia de Marruecos entre los migrantes que se colaron en Ceuta
Fuentes del Instituto Armado aseguran que los observaron a través del sistema de cámaras desplegado en la frontera de la ciudad autónoma española. Más información: Sánchez admite que 50.000 personas h...
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What we have consistently seen is that the evil regimes of the world are infinitely more committed to their objective of destroying the western-led rules-based order than we are to preserving it:
Jana Zikmundova@jzk55.bsky.social · 3d ago"This is insane : North Korean men go to the frontline to die for Russia, North Korean women go to Wildberries to die for Russia." The one (Europen morning) update worth listening to. 🌄
"This is insane : North Korean men go to the frontline to die for Russia, North Korean women go to Wildberries to die for Russia." The one (Europen morning) update worth listening to. 🌄
Jake Broe@realjakebroe.bsky.social · 3d agoUkraine is on Day 38 of its pressure campaign to force Russia to negotiate an ending to this war. Russia has given no indication they are willing to stop the war so Ukraine must continue deep strikes into Russia to make the war feel real for the average Russian.
Dans cet essai puissant, Pierre Raiman dessine la géométrie politique de notre temps : face à un axe totalitaire qui sait ce qu’il veut détruire, des démocraties désorientées. Il leur faut un pôle, une étoile qui permette de tenir leur cap. desk-russie.eu/2026/07/26/l...
L’Axe totalitaire et les désaxés • desk russie
Face à l’axe formé par la Russie, la Chine, l’Iran et la Corée du Nord, les démocraties ne manquent pas de puissance, mais de cap. Elles doivent replacer au cœur de leur stratégie la liberté des peupl...
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One of those substacks always worth a read. Today in particular. 👇
Simon Nixon@nixonsimon.bsky.social · 3d agoHow Europe lost the Battle of Ceuta; the four horsemen of the summer apocalypse; why Europe faces a climate sovereign doom loop; and why the Clacton by-election is not a joke - latest edition of Wealth of Nations just published open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
"In 2021, the Belarusian government imported planeloads of people from the Middle East, brought them to the Polish border, and told them to cross, provoking a political crisis in Poland. The Moroccans themselves are accused of having done this too..." #Putin 's 🇷🇺 tactics in plain sight, 🇲🇦 on board.
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3d agoVance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Piece from me on why Andy Burnham’s decision to excuse Diane Abbott’s support of Putin’s propaganda is a grim omen for our future The European far left and the Trumpian far right unite against Ukraine
Why Westerners hate the West
The horseshoe in theory and in practice
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