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Timely takes on Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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The European Union insists on accelerating the establishment of a Special Tribunal to investigate Russian crimes
As the European Commissioner for Justice Michael McGrath stated:
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As the European Commissioner for Justice Michael McGrath stated:
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December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The European Union insists on accelerating the establishment of a Special Tribunal to investigate Russian crimes
As the European Commissioner for Justice Michael McGrath stated:
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As the European Commissioner for Justice Michael McGrath stated:
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"Now that they know that Trump is not only with Putin but is also out to destroy the European system, hopefully European leaders will act."
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-update-162-the-best-week
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-update-162-the-best-week
Weekend Update #162: The Best Week Since November 5, 2024
The Tomahawk Con: A Case Study: Pokrovsk And The Ranged War
phillipspobrien.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Now that they know that Trump is not only with Putin but is also out to destroy the European system, hopefully European leaders will act."
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-update-162-the-best-week
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-update-162-the-best-week
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Russia is a terrorist state. And sadly the US is now clearly working to help it.
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Russia bombards Ukraine as US says progress made in talks with Kyiv
President Zelensky says an attack on a rail hub near Kyiv was "meaningless from a military point of view".
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December 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Russia is a terrorist state. And sadly the US is now clearly working to help it.
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Trump's strategy for the Nobel Peace Prize
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Trump's strategy for the Nobel Peace Prize
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Read the VoxUkraine op-ed by Econ4UA leadership @tderyugina.bsky.social, Anastassia Fedyk, James Hodson, and @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social, which introduces a new approach to measuring corruption in public procurement, applying it to #Ukraine and the #EU:
voxukraine.org/en/more-ammu...
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More Ammunition for Anti-Corruption Efforts
The extensive corruption investigation at Energoatom underscores the importance of detecting and punishing corruption as early as possible. While corruption...
voxukraine.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Read the VoxUkraine op-ed by Econ4UA leadership @tderyugina.bsky.social, Anastassia Fedyk, James Hodson, and @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social, which introduces a new approach to measuring corruption in public procurement, applying it to #Ukraine and the #EU:
voxukraine.org/en/more-ammu...
voxukraine.org/en/more-ammu...
"The US Becomes a Mouthpiece to Pass on Putin’s Demands"
Weekend Update #160: The US Becomes A Mouthpiece To Pass On Putin's Demands
Vance To The Fore; The 28 Points—Is It More Interesting Who Backed Them?
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November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"The US Becomes a Mouthpiece to Pass on Putin’s Demands"
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Some realities people need to keep in mind as we watch world leaders discuss the latest "peace plan" for Ukraine.
Opportunity to signal your support for a real peace plan in the link and thread below.
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Opportunity to signal your support for a real peace plan in the link and thread below.
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What a real peace plan looks like
Sign to signal your support for the "Century of Peace" agreement
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Some realities people need to keep in mind as we watch world leaders discuss the latest "peace plan" for Ukraine.
Opportunity to signal your support for a real peace plan in the link and thread below.
open.substack.com/pub/ukrainei...
Opportunity to signal your support for a real peace plan in the link and thread below.
open.substack.com/pub/ukrainei...
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🔴Does 🇪🇺 want a war with 🇷🇺?
👉No
🔴Does 🇷🇺 want a war with 🇪🇺?
👉The question is moot: the moscow-centered terror enterprise is already waging war in/on Europe
🔴If 🇪🇺 wants to avoid a wider war, there is only one path: stop the aggressor in 🇺🇦
Anything less is an open invitation for russia’s war to grow
👉No
🔴Does 🇷🇺 want a war with 🇪🇺?
👉The question is moot: the moscow-centered terror enterprise is already waging war in/on Europe
🔴If 🇪🇺 wants to avoid a wider war, there is only one path: stop the aggressor in 🇺🇦
Anything less is an open invitation for russia’s war to grow
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🔴Does 🇪🇺 want a war with 🇷🇺?
👉No
🔴Does 🇷🇺 want a war with 🇪🇺?
👉The question is moot: the moscow-centered terror enterprise is already waging war in/on Europe
🔴If 🇪🇺 wants to avoid a wider war, there is only one path: stop the aggressor in 🇺🇦
Anything less is an open invitation for russia’s war to grow
👉No
🔴Does 🇷🇺 want a war with 🇪🇺?
👉The question is moot: the moscow-centered terror enterprise is already waging war in/on Europe
🔴If 🇪🇺 wants to avoid a wider war, there is only one path: stop the aggressor in 🇺🇦
Anything less is an open invitation for russia’s war to grow
"While Trump has slashed US support for Ukraine, he has also empowered other states, particularly the Chinese, to dramatically increase their support for Russia."
The Biggest Under-Reported Story of 2025
Since Trump has become President, China has ramped up its support for Russia to hammer Ukraine.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"While Trump has slashed US support for Ukraine, he has also empowered other states, particularly the Chinese, to dramatically increase their support for Russia."
Rewarding aggressors with land to make them stop will only invite more aggression.
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Volodymyr Zelensky warns against giving away territory to Russia, as latest Ukraine talks end
There was optimism following the talks in Geneva, but no details emerged on how to bridge the huge divide between Moscow and Kyiv over territory and security guarantees.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Rewarding aggressors with land to make them stop will only invite more aggression.
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"Ukraine is far more than Zelensky...It is a people getting brutalized for wanting what any state should be entitled to, and at the same time making the ultimate sacrifice to gain the freedoms that too many other people take for granted."
Weekend Update #159: Ukraine Is Much More Than Zelensky
Ukraine’s Ranged War: Thermal Plants and Ports; Russia's Ranged War: Darkness and Death; Pokrovsk is all about the Relative Losses
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Ukraine is far more than Zelensky...It is a people getting brutalized for wanting what any state should be entitled to, and at the same time making the ultimate sacrifice to gain the freedoms that too many other people take for granted."
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CAPITULATION DOVE OF PEACE
Cartoon by Marian Kamensky
Cartoon by Marian Kamensky
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
CAPITULATION DOVE OF PEACE
Cartoon by Marian Kamensky
Cartoon by Marian Kamensky
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The 28-point wishlist from the kremlin is sucking oxygen out of every newsroom.
Meanwhile, we have 11 years of evidence that russia doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants #Ukraine in pieces
Hot off the press nypost.com/2025/11/22/o...
Meanwhile, we have 11 years of evidence that russia doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants #Ukraine in pieces
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The Ukraine ‘peace plan’ distracts from the real issue: why Russia’s desperate to keep fighting
Say what you will about President Trump’s methods, but his wish to end Russia’s war is genuine. The problem is Moscow doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants Ukraine in pieces. A panicking Vladimir…
nypost.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The 28-point wishlist from the kremlin is sucking oxygen out of every newsroom.
Meanwhile, we have 11 years of evidence that russia doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants #Ukraine in pieces
Hot off the press nypost.com/2025/11/22/o...
Meanwhile, we have 11 years of evidence that russia doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, it wants #Ukraine in pieces
Hot off the press nypost.com/2025/11/22/o...
"Swarovski Optik is still sending sniper scopes to Russia, despite Austria’s policy of ‘permanent neutrality’"
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How Swarovski Optik is still sending sniper scopes to Russia, despite Austria’s policy of ‘permanent neutrality’ — Meduza
Despite Austria’s declared neutrality and its refusal to send weapons to Kyiv, the country’s Swarovski Optik has continued supplying high-end rifle scopes to Russia throughout the full-scale war,…
meduza.io
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Swarovski Optik is still sending sniper scopes to Russia, despite Austria’s policy of ‘permanent neutrality’"
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"the stipulations of the reported 28-point Russia-US peace plan amount to Ukraine’s full capitulation to Russia’s original war demands."
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 20, 2025
Reporting indicates the proposed Russia-US peace plan would require Ukraine to fully concede to Russia’s original demands.
understandingwar.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"the stipulations of the reported 28-point Russia-US peace plan amount to Ukraine’s full capitulation to Russia’s original war demands."
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
This is not a "compromise." This is a plan where Russia gets its maximalist demands and Ukraine gets nothing.
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What we know about leaked US draft plan to end Russia's Ukraine war
There are 28 key points and while several on the face of it could be acceptable to Ukraine, others cross Kyiv's red lines.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is not a "compromise." This is a plan where Russia gets its maximalist demands and Ukraine gets nothing.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ukrainian armored vehicle maker Praktika secured its first EU production deal – a 25,000-square-meter facility in Spain. This marks the first joint armored vehicle production project with Spanish partners on European Union territory
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Ukraine’s Praktika partners with Spanish firms to build combat-tested armored vehicles in EU
A Ukrainian manufacturer of light armored vehicles has signed an agreement with two Spanish defense companies to produce combat-tested military equipment on EU soil, marking the first such…
euromaidanpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Ukrainian armored vehicle maker Praktika secured its first EU production deal – a 25,000-square-meter facility in Spain. This marks the first joint armored vehicle production project with Spanish partners on European Union territory
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/21/u...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/21/u...
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Lie: Putin insists that Russia had no intention of meddling in France’s 2017 election.
Truth: In 2017, candidate Marine Le Pen got nearly $13 million from a Kremlin-linked loan, and Macron’s campaign was hacked, likely by Russian government cyber actors.
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Truth: In 2017, candidate Marine Le Pen got nearly $13 million from a Kremlin-linked loan, and Macron’s campaign was hacked, likely by Russian government cyber actors.
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Verified Russian Lies – Economists for Ukraine
Anyone calling for Ukraine to negotiate with Russia should first be informed of its extensive history of lies and broken treaties. Economists for Ukraine has compiled proven examples of these Russian…
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November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Lie: Putin insists that Russia had no intention of meddling in France’s 2017 election.
Truth: In 2017, candidate Marine Le Pen got nearly $13 million from a Kremlin-linked loan, and Macron’s campaign was hacked, likely by Russian government cyber actors.
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Truth: In 2017, candidate Marine Le Pen got nearly $13 million from a Kremlin-linked loan, and Macron’s campaign was hacked, likely by Russian government cyber actors.
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"The failure to meet hostility with resolve creates a vacuum that draws Russian aggression westward."
kyivindependent.com/why-russia-c...
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Why Russia cannot help but invade
The planned Trump-Putin summit in Budapest has been shelved. The White House says there's no point meeting unless "we're going to make a deal." Some view this as a setback for diplomacy, but it may we...
kyivindependent.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"The failure to meet hostility with resolve creates a vacuum that draws Russian aggression westward."
kyivindependent.com/why-russia-c...
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Russia is acting with impunity not because it is strong but because it's convinced the rest of the world that it's strong. But it's an illusion built on years of spreading disinformation.
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On the front line of Europe's standoff with Russia's shadow fleet
With Europe imposing sanctions on Moscow, there has been a growing network of vessels sailing without a valid flag from Russia through European waters.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Russia is acting with impunity not because it is strong but because it's convinced the rest of the world that it's strong. But it's an illusion built on years of spreading disinformation.
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Did you know that poor enforcement of sanctions results in Russia receiving millions of dollars of funding for the war in #Ukraine?
Econ4UA has published a comprehensive overview of current sanctions and suggestions to make them stronger!
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Econ4UA has published a comprehensive overview of current sanctions and suggestions to make them stronger!
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Sanctions on Russia – Economists for Ukraine
Western countries imposed several sanctions on Russia after its illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. These sanctions have increased in scope and intensity after Russia launched a full-scale invasion…
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November 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Did you know that poor enforcement of sanctions results in Russia receiving millions of dollars of funding for the war in #Ukraine?
Econ4UA has published a comprehensive overview of current sanctions and suggestions to make them stronger!
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Econ4UA has published a comprehensive overview of current sanctions and suggestions to make them stronger!
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