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 🇪🇺
"Unprovoked war of aggression is the worst crime in international law, so much so that a Special Tribunal had to be set up to prosecute 🇷🇺 leaders who used armed force against Ukraine, in violation of UN Charter. Immunity does not mean impunity." Glad to have spoken on this theme at #GetReady4Europe
September 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"Unprovoked war of aggression is the worst crime in international law, so much so that a Special Tribunal had to be set up to prosecute 🇷🇺 leaders who used armed force against Ukraine, in violation of UN Charter. Immunity does not mean impunity." Glad to have spoken on this theme at #GetReady4Europe
Twee #Russen slagen een Belg in #Zeebrugge dood in een café en werden opgepakt in Polen dankzij #Europol 🇪🇺. Is geweld nu de grootste 🇷🇺 export artikel geworden ?
#нетвойне
#нетвойне
August 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Twee #Russen slagen een Belg in #Zeebrugge dood in een café en werden opgepakt in Polen dankzij #Europol 🇪🇺. Is geweld nu de grootste 🇷🇺 export artikel geworden ?
#нетвойне
#нетвойне
"68 Publishers" : what a light feeling each time the book packages arrived in Belgium in godforsaken normalisation years. Did not know they were wrapped and dispatched by Ms Salivarová herself, accompanied by notes such as these (for the memoirs of chess master Pachman price 4$). Labor omnia vincit.
August 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"68 Publishers" : what a light feeling each time the book packages arrived in Belgium in godforsaken normalisation years. Did not know they were wrapped and dispatched by Ms Salivarová herself, accompanied by notes such as these (for the memoirs of chess master Pachman price 4$). Labor omnia vincit.
Tariffs earthquake already started, set to worsen tomorrow. A "lose-lose" disaster in the making for *everybody*, courtesy of DJT.
April 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Tariffs earthquake already started, set to worsen tomorrow. A "lose-lose" disaster in the making for *everybody*, courtesy of DJT.
Very timely : on March 15, we remember #Hitler 's full invasion of free #Czechoslovakia in 1939, and subsequent proclamation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The #EU was founded precisely to avoid repetition of such tragedies on our continent. 🇪🇺
#Munich
#NeverAgain
#StopRussiaArmUkraine 🇺🇦
#Munich
#NeverAgain
#StopRussiaArmUkraine 🇺🇦
March 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Very timely : on March 15, we remember #Hitler 's full invasion of free #Czechoslovakia in 1939, and subsequent proclamation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The #EU was founded precisely to avoid repetition of such tragedies on our continent. 🇪🇺
#Munich
#NeverAgain
#StopRussiaArmUkraine 🇺🇦
#Munich
#NeverAgain
#StopRussiaArmUkraine 🇺🇦
This Sunday, I was asked to address words of support to the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic community in their hour of need : whatever happens, #Putin 's 🇷🇺 must be defeated !
#СлаваУкраїні 🇺🇦
#СлаваУкраїні 🇺🇦
March 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This Sunday, I was asked to address words of support to the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic community in their hour of need : whatever happens, #Putin 's 🇷🇺 must be defeated !
#СлаваУкраїні 🇺🇦
#СлаваУкраїні 🇺🇦
February 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The compulsory reading, just out, by @tomtheuns.bsky.social ⤵️
December 16, 2024 at 9:02 PM
The compulsory reading, just out, by @tomtheuns.bsky.social ⤵️
Participated today in debate on #Russia-#China relations with Vladimir Milov, distinguished opponent to #Putin 's regime, and Gunnar Wiegand. "CN needs RU for overall purpose of changing the world order", but would CN save #Putin if RU economic crisis escalates ? See on Free Russia YT channel
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November 22, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Participated today in debate on #Russia-#China relations with Vladimir Milov, distinguished opponent to #Putin 's regime, and Gunnar Wiegand. "CN needs RU for overall purpose of changing the world order", but would CN save #Putin if RU economic crisis escalates ? See on Free Russia YT channel
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Why are so few experts talking/writing publicly about these scenarios ? Thank you for bringing hope.
#StandWithUkraine
#нетвойне
#StandWithUkraine
#нетвойне
October 20, 2024 at 6:32 AM
Why are so few experts talking/writing publicly about these scenarios ? Thank you for bringing hope.
#StandWithUkraine
#нетвойне
#StandWithUkraine
#нетвойне
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,279,060 !
Feels good to be here, 🦋 !
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
Feels good to be here, 🦋 !
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
September 17, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,279,060 !
Feels good to be here, 🦋 !
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
Feels good to be here, 🦋 !
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
8.7.24 🖤 🇺🇦
« Ô Dieu, Tu es là ? – Tu es là et Tu ne Te venges pas ! – Pour Toi, il n'y a pas encore assez de crimes moscovites — ou bien — ou bien Tu es moscovite toi-même. »
Frédéric Chopin
Journal, 1831
« Ô Dieu, Tu es là ? – Tu es là et Tu ne Te venges pas ! – Pour Toi, il n'y a pas encore assez de crimes moscovites — ou bien — ou bien Tu es moscovite toi-même. »
Frédéric Chopin
Journal, 1831
July 8, 2024 at 8:09 PM
8.7.24 🖤 🇺🇦
« Ô Dieu, Tu es là ? – Tu es là et Tu ne Te venges pas ! – Pour Toi, il n'y a pas encore assez de crimes moscovites — ou bien — ou bien Tu es moscovite toi-même. »
Frédéric Chopin
Journal, 1831
« Ô Dieu, Tu es là ? – Tu es là et Tu ne Te venges pas ! – Pour Toi, il n'y a pas encore assez de crimes moscovites — ou bien — ou bien Tu es moscovite toi-même. »
Frédéric Chopin
Journal, 1831
"Putin's People" by Catherine Belton (2020). A catalog of misdeeds that have lead us where we are today.
March 30, 2024 at 6:26 PM
"Putin's People" by Catherine Belton (2020). A catalog of misdeeds that have lead us where we are today.
Only the people who have experienced USSR/Russia's imperialism for generations of ancestors now feel the threat in their bones. Why ? Because it comes at you like Hokusai's Great Wave : there is no escape and you will be left alone if it suits big powers, like in 1938, 1948, 1956, 1968, 2022 ...
March 27, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Only the people who have experienced USSR/Russia's imperialism for generations of ancestors now feel the threat in their bones. Why ? Because it comes at you like Hokusai's Great Wave : there is no escape and you will be left alone if it suits big powers, like in 1938, 1948, 1956, 1968, 2022 ...
Thanks. As for the basics, please add "Putin's People" by Catherine Belton. Unsurpassed.
March 17, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Thanks. As for the basics, please add "Putin's People" by Catherine Belton. Unsurpassed.
Here is how it works :
March 14, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Here is how it works :
⚠️ BREAKING : check this out on the other platform. Why must we still go there ? 😒 Because not enough serious people do serious and frequent work on 🦋 regarding Putin's 🇷🇺 genocidal war on 🇺🇦.
#ViveLaFrance 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷.
#ViveLaFrance 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷.
March 13, 2024 at 9:10 AM
⚠️ BREAKING : check this out on the other platform. Why must we still go there ? 😒 Because not enough serious people do serious and frequent work on 🦋 regarding Putin's 🇷🇺 genocidal war on 🇺🇦.
#ViveLaFrance 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷.
#ViveLaFrance 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷.
"All the while, true to his KGB training, Putin had reflected everyone's views back to them like a mirror : first those of his new so-called democratic master, and then those of the old-guard establishment he worked with too."
Essential reading to grasp roots of #Putin 's 🇷🇺 actions today.
#нетвойне
Essential reading to grasp roots of #Putin 's 🇷🇺 actions today.
#нетвойне
March 9, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Fountain pens so far. Proud of the black Parker gifted to me at an AB InBev site visit in 🇺🇦 in better times (hope they keep working normally there). 🇯🇵Pilot ✨️bought in Kyoto 🌸 not in order, fear it needs special refills not available in 🇧🇪 ? Will try 🇩🇪 Lamy with brown ink. All ✒️✒️✒️ for every day use !
February 26, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Fountain pens so far. Proud of the black Parker gifted to me at an AB InBev site visit in 🇺🇦 in better times (hope they keep working normally there). 🇯🇵Pilot ✨️bought in Kyoto 🌸 not in order, fear it needs special refills not available in 🇧🇪 ? Will try 🇩🇪 Lamy with brown ink. All ✒️✒️✒️ for every day use !
Tired of wars, wherever ? Read Velibor Čolić : "I am no longer a military, nor a writer, even less a man. I am just a survivor." His latest novel is set in Brussels, where memories of Bosnia conflict still haunt him.
"Courage and despair have the same root." 💙📚
"Courage and despair have the same root." 💙📚
February 10, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Tired of wars, wherever ? Read Velibor Čolić : "I am no longer a military, nor a writer, even less a man. I am just a survivor." His latest novel is set in Brussels, where memories of Bosnia conflict still haunt him.
"Courage and despair have the same root." 💙📚
"Courage and despair have the same root." 💙📚
Bruges and whole 🇧🇪 stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦 this Christmas ! Your pain is our pain. 🖤 Genocidal Russia must and will be defeated.
December 25, 2023 at 2:56 PM
Bruges and whole 🇧🇪 stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦 this Christmas ! Your pain is our pain. 🖤 Genocidal Russia must and will be defeated.
Listening to this old record by Jamala, now exiled somewhere unknown and on Putin's hit list. The fight for freedom of her Crimean Tatar people is not over yet. How good this music is...All Or Nothing.
December 15, 2023 at 2:41 PM
Listening to this old record by Jamala, now exiled somewhere unknown and on Putin's hit list. The fight for freedom of her Crimean Tatar people is not over yet. How good this music is...All Or Nothing.