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 🇺🇦. Building resistance with team @DefendDemocracy 🇪🇺
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Jana Zikmundova
@jzk55.bsky.social
· Sep 3
Ukraine Will Not Accept the Peace of the Graveyard
Cemeteries are tranquil places for a reason. The Kyiv government simply cannot swallow proposals from Kremlin allies and Western appeasers.
cepa.org
No change since this article has been published by @cepa.org ten months ago, except for the worse for 🇺🇦 civilians.
"No war is noble, but some wars are necessary." (Hašek, The Good Soldier Švejk).
"No war is noble, but some wars are necessary." (Hašek, The Good Soldier Švejk).
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Good morning. 😍
A truly infernal video has surfaced from attack by Ukrainian forces yesterday, on the Tuapse seaport. The massive explosion points to a serious payload carried by an USV. Extra credit goes to the cameraman, who happened to be in the right place at the right time
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Good morning. 😍
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Le 11 novembre est l'occasion de remonter ce fil dédié à mon arrière-grand-oncle mort en décembre 1914 dans la Meuse... une région où, hasard de la vie, son neveu, mon grand-père, s'installera après son retour du Maroc, et où je suis née... Les cycles de la vie, de l'histoire...
🧵1/En France, chaque famille ou presque a un soldat qui a combattu pendant la 1ère Guerre Mondiale. Certains sont revenus, d'autres pas. Voici le frère de mon arrière-grand-père, Georges Morillot, mort à 26 ans, le 11 décembre 1914 dans la forêt d'Apremont (Meuse).
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Le 11 novembre est l'occasion de remonter ce fil dédié à mon arrière-grand-oncle mort en décembre 1914 dans la Meuse... une région où, hasard de la vie, son neveu, mon grand-père, s'installera après son retour du Maroc, et où je suis née... Les cycles de la vie, de l'histoire...
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Today on #RemembranceDay, I am thinking about the amazing soldiers I had the privilege to serve with over 35 years in the Army. I am also thinking about the previous generations who served, suffered and sacrificed so much for our freedoms. Lest we forget.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Today on #RemembranceDay, I am thinking about the amazing soldiers I had the privilege to serve with over 35 years in the Army. I am also thinking about the previous generations who served, suffered and sacrificed so much for our freedoms. Lest we forget.
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"This country’s taste for self-harm seemed to reach its zenith with the Brexit referendum, but maybe not." A good wrap up by @pollytoynbee.bsky.social 👇
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"This country’s taste for self-harm seemed to reach its zenith with the Brexit referendum, but maybe not." A good wrap up by @pollytoynbee.bsky.social 👇
Will definitely be tuning tn ❕️👏
The great @olgalautman.bsky.social and I teamed up to bring you a new show Follow the Money, shining a light on who's getting rich off Trump chaos and the world's misery. Watch our intro video: youtu.be/nueERxi5kkY?...
Follow the Money
YouTube video by Gaslit Nation
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Will definitely be tuning tn ❕️👏
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Peak Everything? My latest on whether we have passed peak Trump, peak stocks, peak populism and peak Farage, plus how to fight back against ethno-nationalists
Peak Everything
Thoughts on whether we have passed peak Trump, peak stocks, peak populism and peak Farage plus how to fight back against the ethno-nationalists
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Peak Everything? My latest on whether we have passed peak Trump, peak stocks, peak populism and peak Farage, plus how to fight back against ethno-nationalists
"Naast Duitsland, schieten Britten België te hulp na drone-incidenten"
*Eindelijk* gebeurt er meer op Europees vlak 🕛
#NATO
*Eindelijk* gebeurt er meer op Europees vlak 🕛
#NATO
Britten schieten België te hulp na drone-incidenten
De Belgische Defensieminister Francken bedankt het land voor de "snelle steun en solidariteit".
nos.nl
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
"Naast Duitsland, schieten Britten België te hulp na drone-incidenten"
*Eindelijk* gebeurt er meer op Europees vlak 🕛
#NATO
*Eindelijk* gebeurt er meer op Europees vlak 🕛
#NATO
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🙏🇨🇿 So that I also post some nice things sometimes: a Czech friend gifted me this vintage matchbox — original 1989 merch showing Václav Havel with the slogan “Guarantee of Free Elections.”
Wishing my Czech friends strength as their institutions face whatever challenges await.
Wishing my Czech friends strength as their institutions face whatever challenges await.
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🙏🇨🇿 So that I also post some nice things sometimes: a Czech friend gifted me this vintage matchbox — original 1989 merch showing Václav Havel with the slogan “Guarantee of Free Elections.”
Wishing my Czech friends strength as their institutions face whatever challenges await.
Wishing my Czech friends strength as their institutions face whatever challenges await.
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Rare for me to disagree with @factforce.bsky.social, but the time for a no-fly zone over Ukraine was not immediately after the start of the full-scale invasion: it was weeks before it started.
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Rare for me to disagree with @factforce.bsky.social, but the time for a no-fly zone over Ukraine was not immediately after the start of the full-scale invasion: it was weeks before it started.
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
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Justice for 🇺🇦 : "... It lives in the #ECHR the only international court adjudicating violations of human rights arising from this war. And it continues with work on a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression, because a war born of a violation of international law cannot end in impunity."
“Europe’s strength lies not in power over others, but in the principles we live by together.”
On the 30th anniversary of #Ukraine joining, SG @alain-berset.coe.int reaffirms the @coe.int’s unwavering solidarity with Ukraine and its commitment to justice, accountability & peace.
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On the 30th anniversary of #Ukraine joining, SG @alain-berset.coe.int reaffirms the @coe.int’s unwavering solidarity with Ukraine and its commitment to justice, accountability & peace.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Justice for 🇺🇦 : "... It lives in the #ECHR the only international court adjudicating violations of human rights arising from this war. And it continues with work on a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression, because a war born of a violation of international law cannot end in impunity."
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Nacht was stil maar duister — op een enkele lichtbundel van een voorbijrazende auto na. Laatste stroom was gister eind-ochtend. Kraanwater nog een zwak (koud) straaltje. Kachel is uit. Langzaam wordt het fris, maar buiten is het nog niet zo koud. #Kharkiv
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Nacht was stil maar duister — op een enkele lichtbundel van een voorbijrazende auto na. Laatste stroom was gister eind-ochtend. Kraanwater nog een zwak (koud) straaltje. Kachel is uit. Langzaam wordt het fris, maar buiten is het nog niet zo koud. #Kharkiv
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That "waste of time" concern lasted a mere two weeks. nypost.com/2025/11/07/u...
Trump says Putin Budapest summit could be back on — as Orban floats pipeline plan to ease off Russian oil
President Trump hosted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House for conversations on the Russia-Ukraine war and possible meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
nypost.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
That "waste of time" concern lasted a mere two weeks. nypost.com/2025/11/07/u...
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Today, we in Kharkiv (1,3M people) woke up in Ukraine's second biggest city with a total black out: no water, no electricity, no heating.
The large scale attack against the energy grid is ongoing. Millions of people across the country face miserable living conditions as Russia is still enabled.
The large scale attack against the energy grid is ongoing. Millions of people across the country face miserable living conditions as Russia is still enabled.
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Today, we in Kharkiv (1,3M people) woke up in Ukraine's second biggest city with a total black out: no water, no electricity, no heating.
The large scale attack against the energy grid is ongoing. Millions of people across the country face miserable living conditions as Russia is still enabled.
The large scale attack against the energy grid is ongoing. Millions of people across the country face miserable living conditions as Russia is still enabled.
The endless pain of 🇺🇦 internal politics manoeuvres only complicates the situation further. Don't expect leniency from civil society and international partners.
President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed the ex-head of Ukraine's state-owned grid operator for failing to protect energy infrastructure from Russian attacks, the latest in what is widely seen as a political attack on the former official.
Zelensky blames ex-energy chief for grid’s failure to withstand Russian assaults amid talk of scapegoating
"He was the head of a large system, and this system was supposed to ensure the security of our energy sector. He was obliged to do this — and he did not," the president told journalists on Nov. 7.
kyivindependent.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The endless pain of 🇺🇦 internal politics manoeuvres only complicates the situation further. Don't expect leniency from civil society and international partners.
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At least NYC has a good mayor as of tonight
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
At least NYC has a good mayor as of tonight
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"Wilders geeft, bewust of onbewust, het Kremlin een handje in het ondermijnen van onze democratie."
#TK2025 #NLkiest #NLpol #verkiezingen
www.web-watch.org/news/wilders...
#TK2025 #NLkiest #NLpol #verkiezingen
www.web-watch.org/news/wilders...
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Wilders geeft, bewust of onbewust, het Kremlin een handje in het ondermijnen van onze democratie."
#TK2025 #NLkiest #NLpol #verkiezingen
www.web-watch.org/news/wilders...
#TK2025 #NLkiest #NLpol #verkiezingen
www.web-watch.org/news/wilders...
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We are providing €300m to Lithuania to strengthen defence infrastructure, from transport & logistics to new facilities and medical support.
With this loan, total EIB backing for Lithuania defence exceeds €1bn in 2025, reinforcing the EU’s eastern border.
👉 go.eib.org/Lithuania_EIB
With this loan, total EIB backing for Lithuania defence exceeds €1bn in 2025, reinforcing the EU’s eastern border.
👉 go.eib.org/Lithuania_EIB
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We are providing €300m to Lithuania to strengthen defence infrastructure, from transport & logistics to new facilities and medical support.
With this loan, total EIB backing for Lithuania defence exceeds €1bn in 2025, reinforcing the EU’s eastern border.
👉 go.eib.org/Lithuania_EIB
With this loan, total EIB backing for Lithuania defence exceeds €1bn in 2025, reinforcing the EU’s eastern border.
👉 go.eib.org/Lithuania_EIB
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We’re disbursing €100m to boost 🇺🇦’s economic resilience & heating infrastructure:
✅€70m to keep businesses running & enhance energy efficiency
✅€30m to repair district heating systems.
Backed by the EU for Ukraine Fund & Ukraine Investment Framework➡️ go.eib.org/Ukraine_EIB
✅€70m to keep businesses running & enhance energy efficiency
✅€30m to repair district heating systems.
Backed by the EU for Ukraine Fund & Ukraine Investment Framework➡️ go.eib.org/Ukraine_EIB
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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"Russia has established an expansionist new imperialist state ideology with which it has brainwashed its soldiers, its children, its population. If Russia were to prevail in Ukraine, it would be tempted to go further."
–Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
–Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Russia has established an expansionist new imperialist state ideology with which it has brainwashed its soldiers, its children, its population. If Russia were to prevail in Ukraine, it would be tempted to go further."
–Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
–Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
Drones above 🇪🇺 HQ have apparently concentrated minds, not too soon...
🇷🇺 people can no longer roam around 🇧🇪 as if nothing happened. Wish it was otherwise, but reality imposes itself.
#нетвойне
🇷🇺 people can no longer roam around 🇧🇪 as if nothing happened. Wish it was otherwise, but reality imposes itself.
#нетвойне
⚡️ EU tightening visa rules for Russian nationals, citing security risks.
The European Commission adopted stricter rules on issuing visas to Russian citizens, who will be largely banned from receiving multi-entry visas, the EU announced on Nov. 7.
The European Commission adopted stricter rules on issuing visas to Russian citizens, who will be largely banned from receiving multi-entry visas, the EU announced on Nov. 7.
EU tightening visa rules for Russian nationals, citing security risks
The European Commission adopted stricter rules on issuing visas to Russian citizens, who will be largely banned from receiving multi-entry visas, the EU announced on Nov. 7.
kyivindependent.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Drones above 🇪🇺 HQ have apparently concentrated minds, not too soon...
🇷🇺 people can no longer roam around 🇧🇪 as if nothing happened. Wish it was otherwise, but reality imposes itself.
#нетвойне
🇷🇺 people can no longer roam around 🇧🇪 as if nothing happened. Wish it was otherwise, but reality imposes itself.
#нетвойне
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Then I am sure you will be pleased to hear that I have previously written about it in a 43,000 word paper.
www.chathamhouse.org/2023/03/russ...
www.chathamhouse.org/2023/03/russ...
Russian nuclear intimidation
How Russia uses nuclear threats to shape Western responses to aggression
www.chathamhouse.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Then I am sure you will be pleased to hear that I have previously written about it in a 43,000 word paper.
www.chathamhouse.org/2023/03/russ...
www.chathamhouse.org/2023/03/russ...
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M’n verslag bij @vpro.nl @bureaubuitenland.bsky.social op @nporadio1.bsky.social: de steden #Pokrovsk en Myrnohrad staan, na een jaar van felle gevechten, op het punt veroverd te worden door de Russen.
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/b...
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/b...
De langzame val van Pokrovsk
Russische soldaten zitten al in de strategische stad Pokrovsk in de Donbas, al doet het Oekraïense leger er alles aan om ze te verjagen. Er woedt al meer dan een jaar een bloedige strijd om deze plaat...
www.nporadio1.nl
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
M’n verslag bij @vpro.nl @bureaubuitenland.bsky.social op @nporadio1.bsky.social: de steden #Pokrovsk en Myrnohrad staan, na een jaar van felle gevechten, op het punt veroverd te worden door de Russen.
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/b...
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/b...
Le passé communiste CZ ne manque pas de ressurgir, sous la lumière crue de l'agression 🇷🇺 néo-staliniste de l'Ukraine.
Essentiel de *ne pas oublier*.
Essentiel de *ne pas oublier*.
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Le passé communiste CZ ne manque pas de ressurgir, sous la lumière crue de l'agression 🇷🇺 néo-staliniste de l'Ukraine.
Essentiel de *ne pas oublier*.
Essentiel de *ne pas oublier*.
Le procès de #Nuremberg tel que vécu par les journalistes : quelles leçons alors que la guerre est de retour en Europe ?
#PrixRenaudot 2025 et documentaire en 2 parties dès 11.11.25 sur plateforme @artefr.bsky.social
Stupéfiant d'actualité.
#PrixRenaudot 2025 et documentaire en 2 parties dès 11.11.25 sur plateforme @artefr.bsky.social
Stupéfiant d'actualité.
Renaudot de l’essai : un prix surprise pour « Le crépuscule des hommes » d’Alfred de Montesquiou
Renaudot de l’essai : un prix surprise pour « Le crépuscule des hommes » d’Alfred de Montesquiou
l.la-croix.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Le procès de #Nuremberg tel que vécu par les journalistes : quelles leçons alors que la guerre est de retour en Europe ?
#PrixRenaudot 2025 et documentaire en 2 parties dès 11.11.25 sur plateforme @artefr.bsky.social
Stupéfiant d'actualité.
#PrixRenaudot 2025 et documentaire en 2 parties dès 11.11.25 sur plateforme @artefr.bsky.social
Stupéfiant d'actualité.