A screenshot of Swarmer’s IPO on NASDAQ today. The company develops drone technology, with software built on its unique combat experience in Ukraine. On its first day, the stock tripled, rising from $12.5 to $38 - a real indicator of the value of Ukraine’s experience.

MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 #Ukraine has received the #EU accession benchmarks for the final three negotiating clusters – “Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth,” “Green Agenda and Sustainable Connectivity,” and “Resources, Agriculture and Cohesion Policy” – completing the full set of requirements 1 - 3

It’s time for this weeks Weekly Fella. Read about tRump turning on Zelenskyy once again, Ukraine strikes russian oil depot & tests a new missile. Don’t forget our weekly fundraiser thread. #WeeklyFella #DailyFella #DailyFellaNews #SlavaUkraini #NAFO

Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

We're investing in secure and resilient connectivity. Today, we launched two calls worth €200 million to support high-capacity networks, including submarine cables. This reinforces secure, future proof digital networks and strengthens our economic and strategic resilience. link.europa.eu/N3Fbg8

Reposting again as this is so important.

1/2. He took the greatest military force in history, lost a war to a middle power in a week, begged the world to save him, & demanded the media lie about this & everything else. I try, but at a simple human level I do not see how anyone mistakes this man’s almost supernatural weakness for strength.

Hello USA, we need to have a talk! Your President has clearly lost his marbles, and we are seeing the evidence of that in real time on prime time media. Question is what are you going to do about your President having pumpkin-salad instead of brain? 1/

Nobody is listening to the US no longer.

Asking the question "Is MAGA in its cringe era?" and, relatedly, "Is supporting Trump no longer cool?" presuppose that there is some point at which being a Trump supporter was cool, and not cringe, and the truth of the matter is that this point has never existed. 1/9

Internet bots are attempting to discredit Ukraine’s assistance to Middle Eastern countries #Ukraine

Statement with @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu on the Druzhba pipeline. link.europa.eu/H7PCP9

Statement with @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu on the Druzhba pipeline ↓

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Ukraine is holding back Russia and thus fulfilling the entire traditional mission of NATO without any soldiers or sailors from other countries. Trump is meanwhile demanding NATO allies leave the continent they are supposed to be defending to join him in a doomed adventure he chose in the Middle East

I don't believe they would win. But even a NATO victory parade at the Red Square could not bring back our dead, or repair our wrecked countries. Hence, my conclusion: as we cannot and should not afford a war, we must prevent it - and that requires credible deterrent.

masterful gambit to make shipping costs go up higher by artificially reducing the supply of truck drivers in the middle of the biggest energy crisis in 50 years

Russians really thought that the Ukrainians would turn against their leadership if they'd just bomb the shit out of civilian targets. These people seriously underestimate how resilient Ukrainians are.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz hurts the global economy and helps Russia fund its war. It is affecting our partners in the region and is dangerous for global energy supplies. (1/2)

Trump shows yet again that the US under his administration (a) has ceased to be a trustworthy NATO ally and (b) is a much less desirable ally because it starts destabilising wars for no clear reason and with which it has to ask for help when the wheels fall off.

Trump tried to throw Ukraine under the bus, insulted and abandoned Europe, launched a badly planned war in the Middle East without warning us, claimed victory ten times, failed to reach his goals, and now dares to threaten us if we don’t come save him from failure. What a moron

There’s been a lot of talk about this in Poland recently, based on little more than a few polls showing support for Polish membership of the EU might be - gasp! - as low as 75%. During Tusk’s previous government, it reached as “low” as 72%. Thermostatic public opinion is a thing.

In the last month Ukraine has taken back 600km2, Russia has taken 200km2, net gain for Ukraine is 400km2. And what the US does has very little international impact these days, both India and China are buying at the EU pricecap of 47$/bbl.

Not one editorial or op-ed about the Iran war in today’s Washington Post. The biggest op-ed is about the state of modern dating. If Bezos set out to destroy one of America’s leading newspapers, he has more than succeeded.

If European countries actually want to survive the coming years, more of them need to adopt a whole-of-society approach to defense immediately. True security is no longer just for the military. Every citizen, business, and institution must be fully prepared for the worst

Europeans who support Russia over Ukraine are traitors. It’s that simple!

The illusion of Dubai is over, and no desperate social media campaign can change that. The city will, of course, continue to exist, but after the recent strikes and mass exodus, its untouchable facade is shattered. It will never be the same again

See for example substack.com/@professorbo...

This moment from Feb 2025 may go down as one of the most prescient exchanges in modern diplomatic history. Zelenskyy warned Trump that while the United States may feel protected by an ocean today, a time could come when America would need help in war. Trump scolded him instead.

Germany and Austria have been particularly infiltrated by vatniks:

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Everyone who tried to warn you about Donald Trump was right, and the reality of his second term is even worse. The policies being rolled out right now go far beyond what anyone predicted

Hi all, just sent out this piece. The US bombing of Iran has revealed a great deal already, maybe most worryingly how far down the road to Putinizing the US Government Trump has already walked. We even have the humiliatingly comic shoes to prove it. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

This is the way to write a headline.

Was thinking again of that guy's question at the FIFDH "why wasn't NATO disbanded after 89?" But after 89 russia invaded &still occupies part of Moldova, Georgia & Ukraine, cyber-blocked Estonia, razed Grozny & Aleppo to the ground and kept gas-blackmailing the East. How could we ever trust them?

This is my home, you can see for yourself what the Assad regime, Russia and Iran did to it, they destroyed the roofs of my home and completely destroyed it as they did to the homes of many of the civilian neighbors, we will not forget what these criminals did to us.

By doing this, Nawrocki is undermining Poland’s defense. It’s a typical far-right anti-EU stance that ultimately plays into the hands of Europe’s adversaries, particularly Russia

Trump wants to stabilise oil prices at the cost of Ukrainian lives 🇺🇦 Why? Because they’re worried about upsetting their base and don’t care about the repercussions. MAGA doesn’t care if Russia rebuilds, they don’t care if Ukrainians die, and they don’t care if Europe is threatened.

600 artillery-resistant concrete bunkers are going up on the NATO–Russia border, with mines and Berlin Wall–style obstacles. The Baltic defense line was approved two years ago. Procurement is now finalized, construction started last autumn.

Great hit from Nemesis unmanned systems brigade. Deleted Tor (SA-15 Gauntlet) here. Basically taking out Russian air defense pieces is crucial for any operations, deeper and deeper. Good stuff!

Zelensky: It was the Iranians who launched the first Shahed drones at Ukraine. Russian operators did not exist; they were trained to do this.

Two headlines. Same newspaper. Just days apart. According to the *Financial Times*, the Kremlin has backed covert efforts to keep Viktor Orbán in power. Around the same time, voices in Washington described Orbán’s leadership as “essential” for US interests. Different capitals. Same conclusion. 1/2

I wonder why pro-Russian Serbia and Albania(BoP) want to join the EU, even without a veto, if the EU is on the verge of disintegration, according to their propaganda narrative?!

It must be acknowledged that Iran is acting far more effectively militarily than Russia has in Ukraine. The widespread use of cheap aerial and naval drones allows it to inflict disproportionate economic damage on the United States and its allies. In fact, it is precisely these drones... 1/3

If you are interested in 🇪🇺 defence matters you need to follow Uncle Wolf.

If you wonder what is happening in Ukraine, and why Ukraine is now propelling forward, here is the explainer. Russian weight of fire is now to low to stop Ukraine from doing so. I wrote about it months ago, here it is again.

this one isnt real

this one is real.

The US would not be stronger if they had 50 defence markets & industries on the level of each state. In Europe, fragmentation into 27 defence markets & industries also does not bring strength to us. We must be ambitious for our defence: on defragmentation, on scale, on speed.

Thank you Emmanuel Macron for organising a call with G7 partners to discuss a coordinated response to the concerning situation in Iran and the Middle East. We are focused on minimising the impact on security and the global energy market.