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Peter M. Wagner
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Public servant @EU_Commission 🇪🇺 Head of @EU_FPI. After 🛩️⛴️🇬🇷🇺🇦🦠🇺🇦, now 🌎🌍🌏 All tweets personal. RT≠endorsement Instagram: https://shorturl.at/adfvT
Paying tribute to the great Maidan figure, former Rada Speaker and Ukrainian politician Andryi Parubyi whose murder leaves an enormous empty space. It was an honour to light a candle at his grave in Lviv.
September 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A Ukrainian patriot 🇺🇦. A courageous reformer. An ambitious European 🇪🇺. R.I.P.
⚡️ Update: Ex-parliament speaker’s murder ‘carefully prepared,’ Zelensky says.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had instructed security services to present verified information about the investigation of Andrii Parubii's murder as soon as possible.
Ukraine's ex-parliament speaker shot dead in Lviv
Andrii Parubii, a Ukrainian politician who previously served as the parliament speaker and played a prominent role in the EuroMaidan Revolution, was shot dead in Lviv on Aug. 30.
kyivindependent.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Happy #FlagDay #Ukraine 🇺🇦
(Pic taken a few years ago on the #Azov Sea)
August 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Food for thought: „the NGO sector has less political opportunity and capacity than it once had. And in many cases, NGOs have not just lost power relative to previous decades. States have clawed that power back. The result is an end to the era of NGOs“.
The End of the Age of NGOs?
How civil society lost its post–Cold War power.
www.foreignaffairs.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We’re at the Osaka EXPO with our exhibition “#TeamEurope & Japan: „United for a Safer World”, showing how we and 🇯🇵 Japan support humanitarian demining globally — from #Ukraine to #Syria. 🐕🤖👩‍🎓 Meet the heroes of mine action. Since 2022, 🇪🇺 has invested €200M+ in mine action worldwide.
August 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
„Europe is not powerless, but it has not yet converted its multiple strengths into decisive action. To unpower Russia, the EU must think and act in terms of power – and have the courage to use it.“ www.iss.europa.eu/publications...
Unpowering Russia: How the EU can counter and undermine the Kremlin
It’s time for the EU to push back against Russian aggression and dismantle the Kremlin’s ability to undermine its interests. We propose a strategic playbook to shift from defence to disruption, and hi...
www.iss.europa.eu
July 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
„in the new world of the “right of force”, American, Russian and Chinese interests coincide. (…) They want a Europe that is not an independent centre of power but only a set of markets in which they can trade profitably.“ neweasterneurope.eu/2025/07/24/w...
Will Russia attack beyond Ukraine? - New Eastern Europe
Europe has all the necessary resources to defend itself. The problem is that governments and societies do not see that war is inching closer.
neweasterneurope.eu
July 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
“The moratorium on criticism that has been in place for the past three and a half years had a rationale for Ukraine’s allies. (…) But a total absence of criticism harms #Ukraine. It undermines reforms. It kills the future.” www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles...
Silence is no longer an option: the West must rethink its Ukraine policy
There were two reasons that forced President Zelenskyy to change direction and agree to reverse a law that would have seriously jeopardised Ukraine’s future within Europe.
www.eurointegration.com.ua
July 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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If you want to understand how Ukraine is governed today, read this superbly informative article about @AndriyYermak - by @christopherjm.ft.com of @FT www.ft.com/content/4d61...
The polarising power of Andriy Yermak, Ukraine’s other wartime leader
President Zelenskyy’s right-hand man is fuelling concerns over creeping authoritarianism
www.ft.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Richtig schreiben ist nicht schwer – aber es bedeutet viel.

🔹Kyjiw, nicht Kiew
🔸Charkiw, nicht Charkow
🔹Odesa, nicht Odessa
🔸Lwiw, nicht Lwow

Ein kleiner Schritt mit großer Bedeutung. Ukrainische Identität statt imperialer Narrative.
#KyjiwNichtKiew
July 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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🌍 Grateful for the continued support of the EU Commission's Service for Foreign Policy Instruments in advancing our mission to protect civilians through #IHL training.

Our DG Alain Délétroz met with Director @petermwagner.bsky.social to discuss our work in Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Ukraine and the Sahel.
July 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
„A report last month from the UK think-tank Royal United Services Institute found that Russian hackers were actively exploring ways of injecting propaganda or biased material into the training data of generative AI models to skew their output.“ www.ft.com/content/2712...
Disinformation warriors are ‘grooming’ chatbots
Russian hackers are exploring ways to inject propaganda into the training data of generative AI models
www.ft.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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A 30% tariff on EU exports would hurt businesses, consumers and patients on both sides of the Atlantic.

We will continue working towards an agreement by August 1.

At the same time, we are ready to safeguard EU interests on the basis of proportionate countermeasures.

europa.eu/!tPvKn8
July 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Getting ready for the beginning of the discussion of the next 🇪🇺 budget discussion for the seven years as of 2028. Next week @ec.europa.eu is supposed to present its proposals.
July 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Sabine Fischer ist eine der besten Kennerinnen Russlands und der Ukraine. Ihr Essay in der heutigen FAZ bestätigt das - sie mahnt, Europa müsse stärker der Ukraine beistehen, auch gegen Präsident Trump.
June 30, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Ukraine war: Mariupol residents deny Russian stories about the city
Ukraine war: Mariupol residents deny Russian stories about the city
Russian shattered Mariupol with a months-long siege in 2022. Now, it says it's rebuilding it.
www.bbc.com
June 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“While her nation is fighting for its survival, her task is to give that survival a meaning when peace comes. Olha Stefanishyna is ”THE EUKRAINIAN” – a young minister with the almost insurmountable task of bringing her country into the EU.” Tickets: briff.be/en/film/the-eu…briff.be/en/film/the-...n/
June 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The magic of an affogato is that even a bad one can be very good, but a very good one can change your life. nyti.ms/3SwZU3N
June 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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A writing on the wall of a cafe in Kharkiv.
Our current life is in those four lines written by Vitalii Lisovytskyy:

"Put on your warmest pants,
Or your feet will get cold in the shelter.
I have loved you long before the war,
And I'll say that on Victory Day."
May 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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'Data analysed by the BBC show that Ukraine's Western allies have paid Russia more for its hydrocarbons than they have given Ukraine in aid.'

What a bleak set of statistics.
How the West is helping Russia to fund its war on Ukraine
Data shows that Russian fossil fuel revenues are three times higher than aid allocated to Ukraine.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Back from some busy and productive days in #Damascus 🇸🇾, together with our #EU delegation colleagues. Lots of people in the street to celebrate the announced lifting of sanctions by 🇺🇸, hoping for this to bring some of the desperately needed jobs
May 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Ten days, lots of flags. Clearly too many on the cemetery in #Lviv for the soldiers who died defending their homeland #Ukraine 🇺🇦. Foreign Ministers from 🇪🇺 and beyond demonstrated solidarity - and launched the international Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.
May 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This #VyshyvankaDay again colleagues from our 🇪🇺 Service for Foreign Policy Instruments & beyond joined the celebration of Ukraine’s culture & resilience. Here our wishes in 17 languages!
How does ‘Happy Vyshyvanka day’ sound in your language? Tell us in the comments!
We #StandWithUkraine!
May 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
After more than 20 years - back to #Syria 🇸🇾. Last time I was (on a private trip) admiring the landscape and marvelling at historical treasures. This time it’s about a part of the #EU 🇪🇺 support to the people of this beautiful country.
May 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A doll and a toy 🧸 car 🚙 (containing explosives), a dog 🐕 (finding land mines), videos of 🇪🇺 #EU action in support of demining - some of the many @EU_FPI activities seen by thousands of visitors at our stands during the #EUOpenDay in Brussels. @ec.europa.eu
May 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM