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Scott Lucas
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Professor, journalist, political analyst, cynical optimist —- Public speaker via London Speakers Bureau

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 3h
2+ civilians murdered & 14 injured by #Russia attacks on northeast and central #Ukraine

Fatalities and 8 wounded, including 9-month-old girl, in #Kharkiv region - 3 guided bombs landed, 1 targeting Kharkiv city's "busiest road"

In #Cherkasy region, 6 people including 2 children injured by missile

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 3h
Analyzing how #Ukraine and #Europe trying to take political high ground, w #Zelensky intending to visit #Trump in Florida on Sunday

Terms over territory, #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine’s reconstruction, and security guarantees

Putin almost certain to maintain attempt to seize territory

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 4h
EA on WION: #Ukraine-#Europe Plan to End #Russia Invasion

#UkraineWar #TrumpRussia #Zelensky

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EA on WION: Ukraine-Europe Plan to End Russia's Invasion - EA WorldView
Analyze how Ukraine and Europe are pursuing plan to end Russia's invasion, with Volodymyr Zelensky intending to visit Donald Trump on Sunday
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 5h
#Zelensky: Meeting w #Trump will be on Sunday at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida

Says #Ukraine- #Europe 20-point peace plan to end #Russia invasion is “90% ready”

#UkraineWar #TrumpRussia

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 8h
As #Israel expanded occupation area in #Syria, how it armed and funded #Druze militia led by cleric al-Hijri in #Suwayda Province

Militia also received training and $500,000 from #Kurds-led Syrian Democratic Forces

Israel halts flow of weapons from Sept. amid Druze in-fighting & talks w Damascus

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 9h
How #Israel Tries to Undermine #Syria Government

#Druze #Suwayda

(h/t @washingtonpost.com)

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How Israel Tries to Undermine Syria's Government - EA WorldView
Israel's operations to undermine Syria's Government, after fall of Assad regime, providing a Druze militia in Suwayda Province with weapons
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 9h
5 civilians murdered and 23 injured by #Russia attacks across #Ukraine over past day - Air defenses downed 73 of 99 drones, but other 26 and Iskander ballistic missile struck 16 locations

#UkraineWar #RussiaWarCrimes

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 12h
Video: Father speaks about how his son became one of #SouthAfrica men lured by #Russia to fight on frontline in #Ukraine

"All the time my boy is crying when he's talking. All the time he's crying because of the situation"

#UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 12h
#Putin claims control over #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, saying #Trump officials show interest in using the complex for cryptocurrency mining as well as supply of electricity to #Ukraine

#Russia

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Ukraine War, Day 1,401: Zelensky - Progress In Call With Trump Envoys Kushner and Witkoff - EA WorldView
Volodymyr Zelensky cites progress in 2-hour phone call with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on proposals to end Russia invasion.
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 12h
#Putin complains about US "weakness" in accepting some #Ukraine- #Europe proposals pushing back #Kremlin ultimatum

Declares he must have all of #Donetsk and #Luhansk regions: "Position is that Donbas is ours"

#UkraineWar #Russia

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 13h
#Russia opposition leader Sergey Udaltsov sentenced to 6 years in prison

Charges triggered by an article, posted online by Udaltsov, which supported a group of Russian activists accused of forming a terrorist organization

#UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 13h
#Zelensky: 2-hour call w #Kushner & #Witkoff on proposals to end #Russia invasion of #Ukraine

"Some documents are nearly ready, & some documents are fully prepared. Of course, there is still work to be done on sensitive issues. But together w US team, we understand how to put all of this in place"

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 13h
#UkraineWar, Day 1,401: #Zelensky --- Progress In Call With #Trump Envoys #Kushner and #Witkoff

#Ukraine #TrumpRussia

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Ukraine War, Day 1,401: Zelensky - Progress In Call With Trump Envoys Kushner and Witkoff - EA WorldView
Volodymyr Zelensky cites progress in 2-hour phone call with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on proposals to end Russia invasion.
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
#Zelensky speaks by phone w #Trump envoys #Witkoff and #Kushner about "several substantive details"

"We are truly working 24/7 to bring closer the end of this brutal #Russia war v. #Ukraine and to ensure that all documents and steps are realistic, effective, and reliable"

#UkraineWar #TrumpRussia

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
#Ukraine strikes inside #Russia:

*Temryuk seaport in Krasnodar region

*Gas processing plant in Orenburg region, the world's largest gas chemical complex

*Military airfield in Maykop in Adygea Republic

*Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Rostov region w UK-made Storm Shadow missiles

#UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
47-year-old worker killed and civilians wounded in a Russian strike on a market in #Kherson city

In #Chernihiv region, 80-year-old woman was murdered when a drone struck a 5-story residential building - 8 people injured, 3+ critically

#Ukraine #UkraineWar #RussiaWarCrimes

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
#India leading oil refiner Reliance resumes #Russia crude imports through non-sanctioned exporters, after halting purchases in response to US sanctions announced on October 22

Company routing renewed shipments to its 660,000 bpd domestic-oriented refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat

#Ukraine

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
#Ukraine drones strike Temryuk Seaport in Krasnodar region in SW #Russia and gas processing plant in the Orenburg region overnight

Attack on the seaport sparked fires in two oil storage tanks --- Blazes spread across 2,000 square meters

#UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you!

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
4+ civilians murdered and 35 injured by #Russia attacks across #Ukraine over past day

Air defenses downed 106 of 131 drones, but 22+ struck 15 locations

Power was cut to residents in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Odesa regions

#UkraineWar #RussiaWarCrimes

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
Pro- #Kremlin propagandist Aleksei Naumov rejects revised #Ukraine- #Europe proposal which #Trump envoys will present to #Putin

"This is an absolute mockery. The idea is clear: Pitch this to the Americans as a 'compromise', and then blame #Russia for its failure"

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
EA on Times Radio, Pat Kenny Show, and BBC: TrumpWatch --- Who Are The Co-Conspirators in #EpsteinFiles?

#Trump #Epstein #TrumpEpstein

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EA on Times Radio, Pat Kenny Show, and BBC: TrumpWatch - Who Are The Co-Conspirators in Epstein Files? - EA WorldView
Significance of latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein's files? Donald Trump --- and the unnamed co-conspirators who could have faced prosecution
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
1 civilian murdered and 2 injured by overnight #Russia strikes on port and industrial infrastructure in #Odesa region

On Wednesday, Russia's attacks caused a spill of sunflower oil contaminating the shoreline, killing wildlife and triggering health warnings

#Ukraine #RussiaWarCrimes

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
#Zelensky: “That there may be a victory of peace. That there may be us. And that there may be #Ukraine"

Revises Ukraine- #Europe proposal for demilitarized economic zone in #Donetsk

Expects US to present to #Kremlin - But if #Putin rejects, US arms for #Kyiv & sanctions v. #Russia

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 1d
#UkraineWar, Day 1,400: A Christmas Wish for A "Victory of Peace"

#Ukraine

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Ukraine War, Day 1,400: A Christmas Wish for A "Victory of Peace" - EA WorldView
Ukraine President Zelensky's Christmas message: "That there may be a victory of peace. That there may be us. And that there may be Ukraine."
eaworldview.com

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 2d
#Zelensky Xmas message: "We mark Christmas in a difficult time.

But despite all the suffering that Russia has brought, it is not capable of occupying or bombing what matters most. That is our Ukrainian heart, our faith in one another and our unity"

#Ukraine #UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 2d
#Russia strikes cause spill of sunflower oil contaminating shoreline around #Odesa in southern #Ukraine, killing wildlife and triggering health warnings

Frothy brown pools of oil on shore and slicks atop Black Sea -Volunteers scooping up sand and pulling out dead birds out of the water

#UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 2d
2 traffic police officers and bomber killed in a car explosion in #Moscow around 1:30 a.m.

Detonation less than half a mile from car bombing that killed Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov on Monday

#Russia #Ukraine #UkraineWar

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 2d
44-minute analysis

What #Trump Admin cover-up and diversion over #EpsteinFiles says about state of US politics and society

Impact on America’s standing in the world

Prospects for 2026

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 2d
#Zelensky: I am willing to negotiate over demilitarized "economic zone" in #Donetsk region

2 points of difference w #Trump Admin: Status of Donetsk and of Zaporizhzhia #Nuclear Power Plant

Any Ukrainian withdrawal of troops would have to be approved in a referendum

#Ukraine #TrumpRussia