Thom Klück
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Military analysts in 2025--The Russian military has adapted and pressed forward inexorably and will soon take Pokrovsk.
Historians in 2055. The Russian military campaign of 2025 was one of the most self-destructive in modern military history.
Historians in 2055. The Russian military campaign of 2025 was one of the most self-destructive in modern military history.
December 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Military analysts in 2025--The Russian military has adapted and pressed forward inexorably and will soon take Pokrovsk.
Historians in 2055. The Russian military campaign of 2025 was one of the most self-destructive in modern military history.
Historians in 2055. The Russian military campaign of 2025 was one of the most self-destructive in modern military history.
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Hey, that's my line!
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All this talk of Europe divided... of course it is "divided." It is a federal democratic continental sized union. There will always be some division. But it is striking how united it actually it is on the big issues, especially Ukraine, and how much it gets done.
The EU is getting stronger.
The EU is getting stronger.
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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@nieuws.nos.nl Een van de fijnste stemmen van @npoluister.bsky.social radio 1. Dank Gert voor je fijne, nuchtere maar treffende wijze van nieuws selecteren en lezen! In je afscheid was je te bescheiden!
December 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@nieuws.nos.nl Een van de fijnste stemmen van @npoluister.bsky.social radio 1. Dank Gert voor je fijne, nuchtere maar treffende wijze van nieuws selecteren en lezen! In je afscheid was je te bescheiden!
A fantastic piece by Rachel Bitecofer. @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social
👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
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Hope in a Hopeless World:
Churchill and the Discipline of Hope
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A fantastic piece by Rachel Bitecofer. @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social
👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
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President Zelensky: ‘We must keep exposing every single Russian falsehood, because truth restores justice.’
Sir, yes sir! 🫡
Sir, yes sir! 🫡
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
President Zelensky: ‘We must keep exposing every single Russian falsehood, because truth restores justice.’
Sir, yes sir! 🫡
Sir, yes sir! 🫡
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🇳🇱🇺🇦 Dutch parliament gave a standing ovation to Zelensky!
December 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🇳🇱🇺🇦 Dutch parliament gave a standing ovation to Zelensky!
Nederland in een notendop. Speech van Zelenski, een dag na belangrijke onderhandelingen in Berlijn, wordt weggedraaid voor nieuws over Marco Borsato. @nieuws.nos.nl verder is alles rustig aan het front!
December 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Nederland in een notendop. Speech van Zelenski, een dag na belangrijke onderhandelingen in Berlijn, wordt weggedraaid voor nieuws over Marco Borsato. @nieuws.nos.nl verder is alles rustig aan het front!
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Russia’s shadow fleet remains its cash lifeline.
We are cutting it.
Today we sanctioned several individuals linked to Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as 40 additional vessels.
We will also sanction shadow fleet vessels on a rolling basis, with decisions every month.
Extract from my press conference ↓
We are cutting it.
Today we sanctioned several individuals linked to Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as 40 additional vessels.
We will also sanction shadow fleet vessels on a rolling basis, with decisions every month.
Extract from my press conference ↓
December 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Russia’s shadow fleet remains its cash lifeline.
We are cutting it.
Today we sanctioned several individuals linked to Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as 40 additional vessels.
We will also sanction shadow fleet vessels on a rolling basis, with decisions every month.
Extract from my press conference ↓
We are cutting it.
Today we sanctioned several individuals linked to Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as 40 additional vessels.
We will also sanction shadow fleet vessels on a rolling basis, with decisions every month.
Extract from my press conference ↓
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The Donbas isn’t Putin’s end game.
If he gets it, he will demand more.
We know this from history and we should learn from history.
Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
If he gets it, he will demand more.
We know this from history and we should learn from history.
Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
December 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The Donbas isn’t Putin’s end game.
If he gets it, he will demand more.
We know this from history and we should learn from history.
Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
If he gets it, he will demand more.
We know this from history and we should learn from history.
Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
So important. As ever an excellent analyses by @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
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Just sent out my free weekend update. Was quite a week in the land war, started with great doom for Ukraine and ended with the Ukrainians pushing the Russians away from Kupyansk and advancing in a week twice as much as the Russians advanced in 4 months. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #163: Ukraine Goes From Collapsing to Liberating Kupyansk
The Two Negotiations; Stirrings in Europe
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
So important. As ever an excellent analyses by @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
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Good!
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán denounced the EU’s planned move to extend the freeze on Russian assets without unanimous consent, calling it a breach of EU law and “the end of the rule of law in the European Union.” He warned the move would inflict “irreparable damage” and declared Hungary will resist.”
December 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Europe, not just Ukraine, is at war. Russia’s hybrid operations across the continent now reach the level of a sustained, below-threshold hybrid war against Europe. Former top NATO officials are warning that Europe must act.
united24media.com/opinion/euro...
united24media.com/opinion/euro...
Europe Is Already at War: A Peacetime Mindset Leaves It Vulnerable to Russian Hybrid Attacks | Opinion
Europe is already at war, say ex-NATO officials. Russia’s hybrid attacks are coordinated, growing, and testing the EU and NATO resolve.
united24media.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Europe, not just Ukraine, is at war. Russia’s hybrid operations across the continent now reach the level of a sustained, below-threshold hybrid war against Europe. Former top NATO officials are warning that Europe must act.
united24media.com/opinion/euro...
united24media.com/opinion/euro...
‘We moeten net als Trump de taal van de macht spreken. (…) Antwoorden in termen van kracht (...) We zakken door onze knieën. Dat is niet alleen ronduit vernederend maar brengt ons ook schade toe.’
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Italiaanse sterauteur Giuliano da Empoli: ‘De Europese reactie op de machtspolitiek van de VS is ronduit beschamend’
Giuliano da Empoli | politicoloog en schrijver: De Italiaans-Zwitserse politicoloog en schrijver Giuliano da Empoli kent de internationale politiek van binnen en buiten. Tot zijn frustratie reageert E...
www.nrc.nl
December 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
‘We moeten net als Trump de taal van de macht spreken. (…) Antwoorden in termen van kracht (...) We zakken door onze knieën. Dat is niet alleen ronduit vernederend maar brengt ons ook schade toe.’
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Zo belangrijk deze boodschap. De gemiddelde Nederlander leeft in LaLaLand. Hoe te bereiken?
Als Oekraïne de oorlog verliest, staat Poetin bij ons aan de poort
Mijn column in @standaard.be
www.standaard.be/opinies/als-...
Mijn column in @standaard.be
www.standaard.be/opinies/als-...
Als Oekraïne de oorlog verliest, staat Poetin bij ons aan de poort – zo simpel is het
Europa heeft zich door de kabbelende geschiedenis in slaap laten wiegen, schrijft Caroline de Gruyter. Nu is het bij elke gebeurtenis blinde paniek.
www.standaard.be
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Zo belangrijk deze boodschap. De gemiddelde Nederlander leeft in LaLaLand. Hoe te bereiken?
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Als Oekraïne de oorlog verliest, staat Poetin bij ons aan de poort
Mijn column in @standaard.be
www.standaard.be/opinies/als-...
Mijn column in @standaard.be
www.standaard.be/opinies/als-...
Als Oekraïne de oorlog verliest, staat Poetin bij ons aan de poort – zo simpel is het
Europa heeft zich door de kabbelende geschiedenis in slaap laten wiegen, schrijft Caroline de Gruyter. Nu is het bij elke gebeurtenis blinde paniek.
www.standaard.be
December 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Als Oekraïne de oorlog verliest, staat Poetin bij ons aan de poort
Mijn column in @standaard.be
www.standaard.be/opinies/als-...
Mijn column in @standaard.be
www.standaard.be/opinies/als-...
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Europe has been underestimating its own power, especially towards Russia.
We should be more self confident.
The United States is still our biggest ally.
And it's in the interest of the U.S. that we work together.
Extracts from my intervention at the 2025 Doha Forum ↓
We should be more self confident.
The United States is still our biggest ally.
And it's in the interest of the U.S. that we work together.
Extracts from my intervention at the 2025 Doha Forum ↓
December 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Europe has been underestimating its own power, especially towards Russia.
We should be more self confident.
The United States is still our biggest ally.
And it's in the interest of the U.S. that we work together.
Extracts from my intervention at the 2025 Doha Forum ↓
We should be more self confident.
The United States is still our biggest ally.
And it's in the interest of the U.S. that we work together.
Extracts from my intervention at the 2025 Doha Forum ↓
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Trump zaagt aan de stoelpoten van Europa.
De EU en migratie zouden tot ‘beschavingsuitwissing’ leiden en daarom zal de VS nationalistische partijen in Europa steunen.
Kabinet, veroordeel deze inmenging en maak Europa onafhankelijk. Kamervragen ingediend.
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
De EU en migratie zouden tot ‘beschavingsuitwissing’ leiden en daarom zal de VS nationalistische partijen in Europa steunen.
Kabinet, veroordeel deze inmenging en maak Europa onafhankelijk. Kamervragen ingediend.
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump warns Europe faces ‘civilizational erasure’ in explosive new document
The U.S. president blames the EU and migration for inciting broad continental decline in official National Security Strategy.
www.politico.eu
December 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Trump zaagt aan de stoelpoten van Europa.
De EU en migratie zouden tot ‘beschavingsuitwissing’ leiden en daarom zal de VS nationalistische partijen in Europa steunen.
Kabinet, veroordeel deze inmenging en maak Europa onafhankelijk. Kamervragen ingediend.
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
De EU en migratie zouden tot ‘beschavingsuitwissing’ leiden en daarom zal de VS nationalistische partijen in Europa steunen.
Kabinet, veroordeel deze inmenging en maak Europa onafhankelijk. Kamervragen ingediend.
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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So populists always attempt to distract you from issues they don’t want you to look at. So take a deep breath, what is so important and threatening to populists? The crazier the distraction, the bigger the issue they want to hide. #europe #security #populists
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
So populists always attempt to distract you from issues they don’t want you to look at. So take a deep breath, what is so important and threatening to populists? The crazier the distraction, the bigger the issue they want to hide. #europe #security #populists
So populists always attempt to distract you from issues they don’t want you to look at. So take a deep breath, what is so important and threatening to populists? The crazier the distraction, the bigger the issue they want to hide. #europe #security #populists
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
So populists always attempt to distract you from issues they don’t want you to look at. So take a deep breath, what is so important and threatening to populists? The crazier the distraction, the bigger the issue they want to hide. #europe #security #populists
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The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
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Thousands of Ukrainian children have been taken from their homes by Russia.
In a landmark vote, the UN adopted a resolution condemning these abductions and demanding that the children be returned to Ukraine.
We will continue our efforts until every child is safely home.
In a landmark vote, the UN adopted a resolution condemning these abductions and demanding that the children be returned to Ukraine.
We will continue our efforts until every child is safely home.
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Thousands of Ukrainian children have been taken from their homes by Russia.
In a landmark vote, the UN adopted a resolution condemning these abductions and demanding that the children be returned to Ukraine.
We will continue our efforts until every child is safely home.
In a landmark vote, the UN adopted a resolution condemning these abductions and demanding that the children be returned to Ukraine.
We will continue our efforts until every child is safely home.
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
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