Ariana Gic
@arianagic.bsky.social
Writer, activist, political and legal analyst. Director @DI_IntCentreUA. Senior Advisor @ceed_toronto. Sanctioned by Russia.
Co-author of upcoming book, “Unrecognized War” http://cup.columbia.edu/book/unrecognized-war/9783838219479
Co-author of upcoming book, “Unrecognized War” http://cup.columbia.edu/book/unrecognized-war/9783838219479
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Ariana Gic
@arianagic.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Excited to share my upcoming book with Roman Sohn, Unrecognized War
The Fight for Truth About Russia’s War on Ukraine, published by Ibidem and Columbia University Press.
cup.columbia.edu/book/unrecog...
The Fight for Truth About Russia’s War on Ukraine, published by Ibidem and Columbia University Press.
cup.columbia.edu/book/unrecog...
It's a good thing that Ukraine is not left entirely without financing, BUT this decision comes with flaws, principally, that Europe still doesn't have the guts to CONFISCATE Russian assets, choosing instead, to shift the burden of risk to Ukraine by providing this as a loan.
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
It's a good thing that Ukraine is not left entirely without financing, BUT this decision comes with flaws, principally, that Europe still doesn't have the guts to CONFISCATE Russian assets, choosing instead, to shift the burden of risk to Ukraine by providing this as a loan.
Has the world completely forgotten and abandoned Georgia? Are we waiting for it to be entirely swallowed by Moscow and China to even pretend to care or notice that Georgians who want freedom, democracy, and sovereignty have been facing violence, protesting in Tbilisi for OVER A YEAR?!
December 19, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Has the world completely forgotten and abandoned Georgia? Are we waiting for it to be entirely swallowed by Moscow and China to even pretend to care or notice that Georgians who want freedom, democracy, and sovereignty have been facing violence, protesting in Tbilisi for OVER A YEAR?!
Putin's speech today confirms:
◇Russia will wage war/commit genocide until defeated by military force
◇The negotiation process was designed to:
•waste time/resources
•distract from pursuing effective measures
•see how much pressure EU will apply to Ukraine and how much Kyiv will concede
◇Russia will wage war/commit genocide until defeated by military force
◇The negotiation process was designed to:
•waste time/resources
•distract from pursuing effective measures
•see how much pressure EU will apply to Ukraine and how much Kyiv will concede
December 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Putin's speech today confirms:
◇Russia will wage war/commit genocide until defeated by military force
◇The negotiation process was designed to:
•waste time/resources
•distract from pursuing effective measures
•see how much pressure EU will apply to Ukraine and how much Kyiv will concede
◇Russia will wage war/commit genocide until defeated by military force
◇The negotiation process was designed to:
•waste time/resources
•distract from pursuing effective measures
•see how much pressure EU will apply to Ukraine and how much Kyiv will concede
Ukraine does not need any new security guarantees. It already has security guarantees. If existing agreements are not honoured, there is absolutely NO reason to believe any new agreements will be honoured. And Ukraine shouldn't have to first capitulate to get them, either.
December 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Ukraine does not need any new security guarantees. It already has security guarantees. If existing agreements are not honoured, there is absolutely NO reason to believe any new agreements will be honoured. And Ukraine shouldn't have to first capitulate to get them, either.
There is no "peace negotiation"!!! There is negotiation on how:
•to coerce Ukraine to surrender to Russia
•to avoid applying the full force of international law to Russia for its litany of crimes (including genocide)
•Europe can defer responsibility for its own defence
•US will profit off of Ukraine
•to coerce Ukraine to surrender to Russia
•to avoid applying the full force of international law to Russia for its litany of crimes (including genocide)
•Europe can defer responsibility for its own defence
•US will profit off of Ukraine
December 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
There is no "peace negotiation"!!! There is negotiation on how:
•to coerce Ukraine to surrender to Russia
•to avoid applying the full force of international law to Russia for its litany of crimes (including genocide)
•Europe can defer responsibility for its own defence
•US will profit off of Ukraine
•to coerce Ukraine to surrender to Russia
•to avoid applying the full force of international law to Russia for its litany of crimes (including genocide)
•Europe can defer responsibility for its own defence
•US will profit off of Ukraine
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Russia didn’t just invade Ukraine. It took control of hundreds of thousands of Ukraine children, forcing Russian language & propaganda onto them.
In a joint Texty.org.ua @nzz.ch investigation, we follow one boy's story to show how Russia erases identities through pressure, paperwork & silence.
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In a joint Texty.org.ua @nzz.ch investigation, we follow one boy's story to show how Russia erases identities through pressure, paperwork & silence.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Russia didn’t just invade Ukraine. It took control of hundreds of thousands of Ukraine children, forcing Russian language & propaganda onto them.
In a joint Texty.org.ua @nzz.ch investigation, we follow one boy's story to show how Russia erases identities through pressure, paperwork & silence.
🧵⬇️
In a joint Texty.org.ua @nzz.ch investigation, we follow one boy's story to show how Russia erases identities through pressure, paperwork & silence.
🧵⬇️
If DC is abandoning Europe (which it is), then WHY are you publicly playing along with LIES of the possibility of US "security guarantees" for Ukraine after Kyiv capitulates to Moscow, Chancellor Merz?
And if Putin is like Hitler (which he is), then why not pursue Russian DEFEAT?
And if Putin is like Hitler (which he is), then why not pursue Russian DEFEAT?
December 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM
If DC is abandoning Europe (which it is), then WHY are you publicly playing along with LIES of the possibility of US "security guarantees" for Ukraine after Kyiv capitulates to Moscow, Chancellor Merz?
And if Putin is like Hitler (which he is), then why not pursue Russian DEFEAT?
And if Putin is like Hitler (which he is), then why not pursue Russian DEFEAT?
"Putin is like Hitler." "Era of Pax Americana is over. DC is abandoning Europe". "Ready yourselves for Russian aggression."
What *should* LOGICALLY follow is, "Therefore, we must defeat fascist RU like Nazi Germany was defeated. EU & Canada must fight with Ukraine to defeat Russia."
But no.
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What *should* LOGICALLY follow is, "Therefore, we must defeat fascist RU like Nazi Germany was defeated. EU & Canada must fight with Ukraine to defeat Russia."
But no.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"Putin is like Hitler." "Era of Pax Americana is over. DC is abandoning Europe". "Ready yourselves for Russian aggression."
What *should* LOGICALLY follow is, "Therefore, we must defeat fascist RU like Nazi Germany was defeated. EU & Canada must fight with Ukraine to defeat Russia."
But no.
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What *should* LOGICALLY follow is, "Therefore, we must defeat fascist RU like Nazi Germany was defeated. EU & Canada must fight with Ukraine to defeat Russia."
But no.
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Russia has now struck FOUR Turkish vessels with drones. FOUR.
This is a CLEARLY targeted and concerted attack on a NATO member state.
This is a CLEARLY targeted and concerted attack on a NATO member state.
December 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Russia has now struck FOUR Turkish vessels with drones. FOUR.
This is a CLEARLY targeted and concerted attack on a NATO member state.
This is a CLEARLY targeted and concerted attack on a NATO member state.
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Russia wipes its ass with international law, and we in NATO nations, help Moscow flush it down the toilet.
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Russia wipes its ass with international law, and we in NATO nations, help Moscow flush it down the toilet.
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We are witnessing a TARGETED Russian campaign of attacking vessels which Moscow KNOWS is operated by companies of NATO nations. Moscow is not deterred because NATO lost its deterrence effect in our impotent response to Russian aggression and genocide.
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
We are witnessing a TARGETED Russian campaign of attacking vessels which Moscow KNOWS is operated by companies of NATO nations. Moscow is not deterred because NATO lost its deterrence effect in our impotent response to Russian aggression and genocide.
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Today, using a drone in a *targeted* strike, Russia purposefully attacked ANOTHER civilian Turkish vessel carrying sunflower oil from Ukraine to Egypt In Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone, *outside the range of Ukrainian air defence systems*.
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Today, using a drone in a *targeted* strike, Russia purposefully attacked ANOTHER civilian Turkish vessel carrying sunflower oil from Ukraine to Egypt In Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone, *outside the range of Ukrainian air defence systems*.
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Russia attacked a Turkish ship in Odesa.
Türkiye is a member of NATO.
The Russian attack on the Turkish ship is an attack on NATO.
Will we see more NATO "strength" by inaction in response as promoted by Secretary General Mark Rutte?
Türkiye is a member of NATO.
The Russian attack on the Turkish ship is an attack on NATO.
Will we see more NATO "strength" by inaction in response as promoted by Secretary General Mark Rutte?
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Russia attacked a Turkish ship in Odesa.
Türkiye is a member of NATO.
The Russian attack on the Turkish ship is an attack on NATO.
Will we see more NATO "strength" by inaction in response as promoted by Secretary General Mark Rutte?
Türkiye is a member of NATO.
The Russian attack on the Turkish ship is an attack on NATO.
Will we see more NATO "strength" by inaction in response as promoted by Secretary General Mark Rutte?
The vast number of various acts of terror combined amount to aggression. Russia is already waging war against NATO and the EU.
I don't know how many times I need to repeat this.
I don't know how many times I need to repeat this.
December 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The vast number of various acts of terror combined amount to aggression. Russia is already waging war against NATO and the EU.
I don't know how many times I need to repeat this.
I don't know how many times I need to repeat this.
Russia is committing genocide not only in Ukraine, but in EVERY SINGLE nation it currently occupies.
The Russian Federation is inherently imperialist, aggressive, and genocidal. Our objective should be to defeat a regime committing MULTIPLE genocides. The Russian Federation has no right to exist.
The Russian Federation is inherently imperialist, aggressive, and genocidal. Our objective should be to defeat a regime committing MULTIPLE genocides. The Russian Federation has no right to exist.
December 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Russia is committing genocide not only in Ukraine, but in EVERY SINGLE nation it currently occupies.
The Russian Federation is inherently imperialist, aggressive, and genocidal. Our objective should be to defeat a regime committing MULTIPLE genocides. The Russian Federation has no right to exist.
The Russian Federation is inherently imperialist, aggressive, and genocidal. Our objective should be to defeat a regime committing MULTIPLE genocides. The Russian Federation has no right to exist.
After and especially brutal targeted attack, Russia has left the city of Odesa completely without any power. Residents have no electricity, no heat, no water. Nothing.
Russia is destroying the conditions necessary for life.
This is GENOCIDE!! We have a LEGAL and MORAL DUTY TO STOP GENOCIDE!!!
Russia is destroying the conditions necessary for life.
This is GENOCIDE!! We have a LEGAL and MORAL DUTY TO STOP GENOCIDE!!!
December 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
After and especially brutal targeted attack, Russia has left the city of Odesa completely without any power. Residents have no electricity, no heat, no water. Nothing.
Russia is destroying the conditions necessary for life.
This is GENOCIDE!! We have a LEGAL and MORAL DUTY TO STOP GENOCIDE!!!
Russia is destroying the conditions necessary for life.
This is GENOCIDE!! We have a LEGAL and MORAL DUTY TO STOP GENOCIDE!!!
Russia attacked a Turkish ship in Odesa.
Türkiye is a member of NATO.
The Russian attack on the Turkish ship is an attack on NATO.
Will we see more NATO "strength" by inaction in response as promoted by Secretary General Mark Rutte?
Türkiye is a member of NATO.
The Russian attack on the Turkish ship is an attack on NATO.
Will we see more NATO "strength" by inaction in response as promoted by Secretary General Mark Rutte?
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Russia attacked a Turkish ship in Odesa.
Türkiye is a member of NATO.
The Russian attack on the Turkish ship is an attack on NATO.
Will we see more NATO "strength" by inaction in response as promoted by Secretary General Mark Rutte?
Türkiye is a member of NATO.
The Russian attack on the Turkish ship is an attack on NATO.
Will we see more NATO "strength" by inaction in response as promoted by Secretary General Mark Rutte?
Reposted by Ariana Gic
Russian drone just attacked sport school in Sumy region while children were still on training.
It was a targeted attack , local administration reports.
It was a targeted attack , local administration reports.
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Russian drone just attacked sport school in Sumy region while children were still on training.
It was a targeted attack , local administration reports.
It was a targeted attack , local administration reports.
The narrative that Russia can be "forced to the negotiating table" by "applying significant military and economic force" is simply ridiculous. Using force, Russia can be put into a position of humiliating SURRENDER after a crushing military defeat.
December 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The narrative that Russia can be "forced to the negotiating table" by "applying significant military and economic force" is simply ridiculous. Using force, Russia can be put into a position of humiliating SURRENDER after a crushing military defeat.
I am concerned that due to American coercion, and an accompanying lack of European and Canadian resolute support for Ukraine's continued fight, President Zelensky is selling the "peace" of capitulation to Ukrainians as though it's the only real, viable path to end the war.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I am concerned that due to American coercion, and an accompanying lack of European and Canadian resolute support for Ukraine's continued fight, President Zelensky is selling the "peace" of capitulation to Ukrainians as though it's the only real, viable path to end the war.
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Trump's collusion with Putin to dismantle the rules-based order is designed to pave the way for carving up the world, together with Russia and China, into spheres of influence, reminiscent of the 'Percentages Agreement' reached at the 1944 Fourth Moscow Conference.
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
Tragedy of the West: Sacrificing Ukraine and the Rules-Based Order
The result of Russia's war of aggression is a product of the ambivalence of the West, which by turns supported Ukraine's defence in the conflict and refused to escalate its response to a level consist...
www.rusi.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Trump's collusion with Putin to dismantle the rules-based order is designed to pave the way for carving up the world, together with Russia and China, into spheres of influence, reminiscent of the 'Percentages Agreement' reached at the 1944 Fourth Moscow Conference.
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
Trump's presidency further plunged the Western-led, rules-based order – painstakingly built by generations of Western leaders before him – into self-destruct mode.
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www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
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www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
Tragedy of the West: Sacrificing Ukraine and the Rules-Based Order
The result of Russia's war of aggression is a product of the ambivalence of the West, which by turns supported Ukraine's defence in the conflict and refused to escalate its response to a level consist...
www.rusi.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Trump's presidency further plunged the Western-led, rules-based order – painstakingly built by generations of Western leaders before him – into self-destruct mode.
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www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
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www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
Reposted by Ariana Gic
According to the head of the intelligence service, smaller countries are now facing a world where there is more "law of the jungle than rules-based world order." We see 3 major military powers, the US, Russia and China, in their different ways do not support rules-based order.
December 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
According to the head of the intelligence service, smaller countries are now facing a world where there is more "law of the jungle than rules-based world order." We see 3 major military powers, the US, Russia and China, in their different ways do not support rules-based order.
Reposted by Ariana Gic
Denmark's military intelligence service released its annual threat report.
The report states the US is now using "its economic & technological strength as a tool of power, even against allies & partners. DC no longer rules out military measures even against partners.
swedenherald.com/article/the-...
The report states the US is now using "its economic & technological strength as a tool of power, even against allies & partners. DC no longer rules out military measures even against partners.
swedenherald.com/article/the-...
The US is identified as part of the threat picture in Denmark | Sweden Herald
For the first time, the United States is being identified as part of the threat picture against Denmark
swedenherald.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Denmark's military intelligence service released its annual threat report.
The report states the US is now using "its economic & technological strength as a tool of power, even against allies & partners. DC no longer rules out military measures even against partners.
swedenherald.com/article/the-...
The report states the US is now using "its economic & technological strength as a tool of power, even against allies & partners. DC no longer rules out military measures even against partners.
swedenherald.com/article/the-...
Reposted by Ariana Gic
For the first time, the United States is being identified as part of the threat picture against Denmark.
Denmark's military intelligence service released its annual threat report.
The report states the US is now using "its economic & technological strength as a tool of power, even against allies & partners. DC no longer rules out military measures even against partners.
swedenherald.com/article/the-...
The report states the US is now using "its economic & technological strength as a tool of power, even against allies & partners. DC no longer rules out military measures even against partners.
swedenherald.com/article/the-...
The US is identified as part of the threat picture in Denmark | Sweden Herald
For the first time, the United States is being identified as part of the threat picture against Denmark
swedenherald.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
For the first time, the United States is being identified as part of the threat picture against Denmark.