Taras Mykytyn
@tarsitos.bsky.social
Interested in Geopolitics, Security & Communications
Trump: Zelensky ‘doesn’t have anything until I approve it’.
Putin: Trump doesn't approve anything until I approve it to Trump
Putin: Trump doesn't approve anything until I approve it to Trump
December 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Trump: Zelensky ‘doesn’t have anything until I approve it’.
Putin: Trump doesn't approve anything until I approve it to Trump
Putin: Trump doesn't approve anything until I approve it to Trump
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Christmas attack on civilians in Kyiv. Sure, the Russians want peace
‼️ Movement of missiles and drones during the massive Russian attack on Ukraine
December 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Christmas attack on civilians in Kyiv. Sure, the Russians want peace
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Putin has order continuous waves of terrorist attacks on Kyiv, targeting primarily residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. This comes ahead of the US meeting with Zelenskyy, again, in the latest round of Trump's campaign to help Russia force Ukraine to surrender.
December 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Putin has order continuous waves of terrorist attacks on Kyiv, targeting primarily residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. This comes ahead of the US meeting with Zelenskyy, again, in the latest round of Trump's campaign to help Russia force Ukraine to surrender.
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🔴 Overnight and this morning, Russia launched more than 500 drones and over 40 missiles mostly targeting Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
There are at least 28 people injured, fires started in several residential buildings and people could still be trapped under debris.
There are at least 28 people injured, fires started in several residential buildings and people could still be trapped under debris.
December 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🔴 Overnight and this morning, Russia launched more than 500 drones and over 40 missiles mostly targeting Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
There are at least 28 people injured, fires started in several residential buildings and people could still be trapped under debris.
There are at least 28 people injured, fires started in several residential buildings and people could still be trapped under debris.
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#EUropa spiele nun wohl mit dem Gedanken, Waffen und Munition aus den #USA zu kaufen, um sie dann an die #Ukraine zu liefern. Hintergrund sei, dass US-Präs- #Trump militärische Unterstützung alsbald einstellen könnte und #Russland wohl große Sommeroffensive plane.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Buy American: How Europe Must Stock Up On Weapons for Ukraine
European leaders are racing to figure out how to keep Ukraine supplied with weapons as US President Donald Trump appears to be walking away from the war. One option: buy American.
www.bloomberg.com
May 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Putin is building new force to take on Nato www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8c07b07...
Putin is building new force to take on Nato
The Kremlin is expanding military recruitment, increasing weapons production and upgrading infrastructure along Russia’s northern borders
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Putin is building new force to take on Nato www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8c07b07...
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Turns out Russia played the long game and is now winning the Cold War www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Orthodox Christianity: Young US men joining 'masculine' Russian churches
A religion with traditions dating back centuries is attracting young American men.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Turns out Russia played the long game and is now winning the Cold War www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ahhhh it must be that time of the decade again, the "letters of marque for cyber warfare" conversation has resurfaced for the nth time.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
An 18th-century war power resurfaces in cyber policy talks
An old-world legal concept has drawn interest as a way to give private firms more leeway to fight state-backed hackers.
www.defenseone.com
May 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Ahhhh it must be that time of the decade again, the "letters of marque for cyber warfare" conversation has resurfaced for the nth time.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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Just sent this out. Notable change in JD Vance's rhetoric just now. The Admin has been pompously claiming Ukraine has "no cards" and Putin was making a concession in not seizing all of Ukraine. Now Vance says the Russians will not collapse and Ukraine cannot win. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
First Ukraine Was Collapsing, Now Ukraine "Can't Win"...
Of Course Ukraine Can Win--Here Are Two Scenarios
open.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Just sent this out. Notable change in JD Vance's rhetoric just now. The Admin has been pompously claiming Ukraine has "no cards" and Putin was making a concession in not seizing all of Ukraine. Now Vance says the Russians will not collapse and Ukraine cannot win. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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“Chinese and Russian satellites in both low Earth orbit and geostationary Earth orbit continue to display more and more advanced maneuvering capabilities, demonstrating operator proficiency and tactics…that can be used for space warfighting” www.csis.org/analysis/spa...
Space Threat Assessment 2025
The 2025 Space Threat Assessment covers the growing counterspace capabilities of China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and others. It also features analysis on GPS jamming and spoofing, satellite rendezvo...
www.csis.org
April 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“Chinese and Russian satellites in both low Earth orbit and geostationary Earth orbit continue to display more and more advanced maneuvering capabilities, demonstrating operator proficiency and tactics…that can be used for space warfighting” www.csis.org/analysis/spa...
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“To date, much of Ukraine’s air defense emerged from a mix of Western support and ingenious adaptations of legacy weapons systems. That will have to change with new investments in high-powered microwaves, high-energy lasers, and other low-cost ways” www.csis.org/analysis/few...
Fewer Soldiers, More Drones: What Ukraine’s Military Will Look Like After the War
What if the future of military defense looks less like soldiers and more like swarms? In this article, Dr. Jensen analyzes how Ukraine’s post-war army may redefine warfare with drones, digital talent,...
www.csis.org
April 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“To date, much of Ukraine’s air defense emerged from a mix of Western support and ingenious adaptations of legacy weapons systems. That will have to change with new investments in high-powered microwaves, high-energy lasers, and other low-cost ways” www.csis.org/analysis/few...
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JEF seems on life support following the change of 🇬🇧 government. This proposal (and the JEF Bank) would give the Leaders some meaty proposals to discuss next week and get momentum going again
“the offer of Canadian membership can regain the lost momentum on JEF since the new UK government came to power and give the framework a new impetus in a deteriorating security environment” www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
‘Oceans 11’: The Case for Canada Joining the Joint Expeditionary Force
Under increasing economic and diplomatic pressure from the US, it is time for Canada to reconsider joining the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF). The UK should support its likeminded ally and put the qu...
www.rusi.org
April 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
JEF seems on life support following the change of 🇬🇧 government. This proposal (and the JEF Bank) would give the Leaders some meaty proposals to discuss next week and get momentum going again
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“The biggest story here for me is the profound impact that the Nazis, or more specifically Jews fleeing from the Nazis, had on American music,” Dan Shore told Byline Supplement.
Hot Type: Sane Asylum
Scientists and academics are being offered safe harbour from an increasingly authoritarian US in an echo of a dark past that could become an equally dark future, reports Heidi Siegmund Cuda
www.bylinesupplement.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“The biggest story here for me is the profound impact that the Nazis, or more specifically Jews fleeing from the Nazis, had on American music,” Dan Shore told Byline Supplement.
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Wrote a short piece for @gmfus.bsky.social on Weimar cooperation and why it's not enough to tackle the challenges for European security: www.gmfus.org/news/weimar-...
Weimar Is Not Enough
www.gmfus.org
April 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Wrote a short piece for @gmfus.bsky.social on Weimar cooperation and why it's not enough to tackle the challenges for European security: www.gmfus.org/news/weimar-...
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Once again, marginal tax rates are too low & pose an existential threat to democracy
April 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Once again, marginal tax rates are too low & pose an existential threat to democracy
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‘Britain should say that it wants to renew the EU and be part of it. Renewal means requiring the EU to rein in its more meddlesome instincts’. Yeah right. Will we never learn that lecturing the EU and negotiating with it are two different things? observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Leader: This is the moment for Starmer to make a bold offer to the EU
The world has changed. Britain can renew the EU and be a part of it
observer.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
‘Britain should say that it wants to renew the EU and be part of it. Renewal means requiring the EU to rein in its more meddlesome instincts’. Yeah right. Will we never learn that lecturing the EU and negotiating with it are two different things? observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Mark’s opener for our new EUROPE’S NEW REALITY series is also very good ip-quarterly.com/en/toward-ne...
Toward a New European Security Order
The United States is withdrawing from Europe, but it’s not all doom and gloom. The EU and non-members will need new common structures, but the continent should well be able to hold its own. Incoming G...
ip-quarterly.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Mark’s opener for our new EUROPE’S NEW REALITY series is also very good ip-quarterly.com/en/toward-ne...
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Interesting thoughts by Mark Leonard: ecfr.eu/article/euro...
Europe after the end of the liberal international order
As Europeans rearm to confront Russian aggression, they also need to figure out how to survive in the age of “unpeace” that Donald Trump and other strongmen are ushering in. The old interdependencies ...
ecfr.eu
April 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Interesting thoughts by Mark Leonard: ecfr.eu/article/euro...
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Great piece from Thorsten Brenner and Jakob Hensing. A sally to Friedrich Merz for rethinking Germany's industrial and economy strategy in terms of 'systemic competition'. A real challenge given Chinese overcapacity on on the one hand and US tariffs on the other.
ip-quarterly.com/en/germany-n...
ip-quarterly.com/en/germany-n...
Germany Needs to Rethink Competitiveness for a Hostile World
Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to strengthen German industry, but his thinking is stuck in the past. The key question is how to make Germany and the EU thrive in the age of systemic c...
ip-quarterly.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Great piece from Thorsten Brenner and Jakob Hensing. A sally to Friedrich Merz for rethinking Germany's industrial and economy strategy in terms of 'systemic competition'. A real challenge given Chinese overcapacity on on the one hand and US tariffs on the other.
ip-quarterly.com/en/germany-n...
ip-quarterly.com/en/germany-n...
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“We must protect Europeans against all threats. And we can’t do that without the UK” says @sbeverts.bsky.social in @csmonitor.bsky.social.
www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...
With US on the outs, Europe looks to an old ally for defense: Britain
Amid the Trump administration’s disruptive foreign policy, a post-Brexit United Kingdom and Europe are rebuilding bonds, particularly on defense.
www.csmonitor.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“We must protect Europeans against all threats. And we can’t do that without the UK” says @sbeverts.bsky.social in @csmonitor.bsky.social.
www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...
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Chinese prisoner in Ukraine: We were trapped into fighting for Russia www.thetimes.com/world/russia...
Chinese prisoner in Ukraine: We were trapped into fighting for Russia
Captured soldiers who fought for Putin say they were misled by propaganda and stopped from going home
www.thetimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Chinese prisoner in Ukraine: We were trapped into fighting for Russia www.thetimes.com/world/russia...
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Trump is waging war against professionals, intellectuals, scientists, education, writes Franklin Foer. We've seen this movie before - in Mao's China www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Has Found His Class Enemy
The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires.
www.theatlantic.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Trump is waging war against professionals, intellectuals, scientists, education, writes Franklin Foer. We've seen this movie before - in Mao's China www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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#Russland prüft wohl militärische Option, nukleare Anti-Satelliten-Waffen im #Weltraum einzusetzen, mit denen Hunderte (westlicher) #Satelliten, die die Erde auf niedriger Umlaufbahn umkreisen, auf einen Schlag zerstört bzw. unbrauchbar werden könnten.
www.welt.de/politik/ausl...
www.welt.de/politik/ausl...
Mark Rutte: Nato-Chef warnt – Russland könnte im Weltraum Atomwaffen gegen Satelliten einsetzen - WELT
Die Bedrohungslage im Weltraum droht sich zu verschärfen, warnt Nato-Chef Mark Rutte. Russland prüft offenbar die Möglichkeit, Atomwaffen im Weltraum zu platzieren, mit denen Hunderte Satelliten auf e...
www.welt.de
April 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
#Russland prüft wohl militärische Option, nukleare Anti-Satelliten-Waffen im #Weltraum einzusetzen, mit denen Hunderte (westlicher) #Satelliten, die die Erde auf niedriger Umlaufbahn umkreisen, auf einen Schlag zerstört bzw. unbrauchbar werden könnten.
www.welt.de/politik/ausl...
www.welt.de/politik/ausl...