“it was the French who were saying, completely rightly as it turned out, that the US would walk away from Europe and that Europeans needed to think and act in their own interest. And here we are, and the French government is incapable of taking the decisive action when the moment presents itself”

La preuve par A+B qu'à 4000 km avec un peu de volonté et des bonnes idées on peut faire quelque chose de très utile : des centaines de filets bretons pour protéger les rues et les routes de Kherson des frappes de drones russes www.liberation.fr/societe/en-b...

"The underlying idea that russian soft power conveys is simple. Russian literature creates the picture of the world where one needn’t judge the criminal — but empathize." Anastasia Lebedenko on russian literature. open.substack.com/pub/hearttoh...

Pour ceux qui s'intéressent à l'Ukraine : voici deux rapports à garder dans vos tablettes, publiés par Vyatcheslav Likhachev sur la plateforme de l'Union of councils for Soviet Jews. 1. Un rapport récent sur l'état de la communauté juive en Ukraine ucsj.org/latest/artic... 1/9

Selon Sergueï Karaganov, le plus influent stratège de Poutine, les Européens sont des «débiles enragés». Pour réveiller leur «instinct animal», il faut provoquer en eux la peur de mourir. Nous traduisons et commentons sa dernière prise de parole à la télévision. legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/10/3...

La nouvelle guerre baltique : comment la Russie de Poutine prépare son prochain théâtre d’opérations

"La Russie est un pays de guerriers, elle n’a jamais su vivre hors de l’état de guerre. Faire la guerre est dans les gènes des Russes."

The US ceased to be a reliable NATO ally on January 20, 2025. The last week has simply made that undeniable. The only question now is whether European leaders accept it. The USA will not now defend Europe from Russia. That is reality. Everything else is hopes and dreams.

Sauvons les civils des drones russes, fermons le ciel au dessus de l'Ukraine! Le mode d'action préconisé est détaillé dans le texte: #SkyshieldNow : www.change.org/p/sauvons-le...

🇺🇦 Voici le genre d'horreurs quotidiennes que subissent les soldats ukrainiens qui tombent aux mains des Russes, à garder en tête pour qui demande encore si "les Ukrainians ont l'espoir d'un accord de paix" (question qu'on m'a posée mille fois à l'antenne ces trois dernières semaines). 👇 rfi.my/BxJZ

The Kremlin knows Trump’s threats are empty and Europe has no plan. As long as Russia has nothing to fear, they have nothing to lose by continuing the war. Full article here: berlinbridge.substack.com/subscribe

We remember.

Cet article du Grand Continent m'avait échappé ; il est à lire absolument si l’on veut éviter que l’Europe ne vive bientôt son "moment Tsushima".

“Considérer cette rencontre comme un succès parce qu’elle n’a pas été un désastre occulte le fait que peu de progrès ont été réalisés…plus importante à comprendre au sujet de la stratégie de Trump, c’est qu’il n’en a pas.” Mon entretien avec @LesEchos : t.co/M0fhUwlk9X

Il y a 57 ans, les tanks soviétiques roulaient sur les pavés de #Prague. C'était le début de l'occupation de la Tchécoslovaquie sous prétexte d'"aide fraternelle". Un vocable qui n'a pas disparu chez certains. Mais l'histoire est là pour nous avertir. N'oublions pas. ✌️🇨🇿

📢 Ma tribune dans @lemonde.fr à propos de l'Ukraine et du débat sur les garanties de sécurité: j’y défends une idée simple mais exigeante : ne pas attendre le cessez-le-feu pour agir 👉 : www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... Petit 🧵à dérouler ⤵️

Les journalistes nous demandent souvent ce que les Ukrainiens pensent des Européens. Et bien, je crois que ce post de Yourii Gudimenko Юрій Гудименко, activiste, combattant et président du conseil anticorruption auprès du ministère de la Défense en résume une partie.

The amazing thing is that while Europeans are slapping themselves on the back for their dealings with Trump, what he has done is take sanctions on Russia off the table and put giving Ukrainian territory to Russia very much on the table.

"L’effondrement de l’OTAN et de l’Union est l’objectif de la Russie." A lire, @olivierschmitt.bsky.social, toujours aussi percutant.

Detailed, balanced, clear piece apple.news/AzUiB2L2AQzq...

For tomorrow: US population: 340 million EU Pop. 450 M EU+UK+UKR 565 M Russia 143M US GDP 29 Trillion EU GDP 20 T EU + UK 24 T Russia 2.2 T What does neither the US nor Europe get? Trump thinks Russia is the only other superpower. Europe thinks it’s not a superpower.

Many Russians have been described in flattering terms by westerners over the years. I think this is mostly because westerners don't want to admit they are dealing with nazi barbarians, which Lavrov and others really are.

I wouldn't be surprised if, after meeting Trump, Putin will come to the conclusion that attacking a NATO country is safe for him. Weakness and appeasement always increase the appetite of the aggressor.

Alaska stands with Ukraine. ♥️ American people protest against the russian war-criminal-in-chief coming. Video Ostap Yarysh.

A massive Russian PR stunt, legitimising an imperialist regime guilty of the worst atrocities in decades. Now they’re welcomed into the US to sell this as ‘normal’, both at home and to the world. What a debacle. Soviet ambition is back.

Alaska today. Thank you ❤️‍🩹🇺🇦🇺🇸

Hi All, I have had technical issues sending out my weekend update on substack today. I do not know what is happening—but hope it gets fixed soon. What I can do is edit old posts. So I have cut a pasted this weeks update and put it at the start of last weeks. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Buried in the past is a vision for Europe that was never put to the test. Its echoes are getting harder to ignore. warontherocks.com/20...

There are no words for this kind of grief. A Ukrainian couple watches the ruins of their home in Kyiv — destroyed by a russian drone. Somewhere beneath the rubble lies their son. Don't close your eyes! Don't shut your hearts!

La Russie ne veut pas la paix, juste la capitulation de l'Ukraine. Comme depuis le début. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Trump openly admits to shielding Russia. Refreshingly honest for a change.

"3 years without chocolate." Just released from Russian captivity, 3 Ukrainian soldiers split a single square of chocolate and eat it — "for Ukraine". Their bodies can’t handle more yet — after years without sugar, reintroduction has to be slow. Video: Ombudsman of Ukraine

"Une grande partie de l’Europe de l’Ouest prend sa téléologie pour une stratégie. La démocratie libérale est encore, de façon inexplicable, présumée être le point final de l’histoire – inévitable, universelle, auto-renforcée – une croyance figée 1/

Merz in his first interview as chancellor: “The most important thing is that in 10yrs time we will still be a country that lives in freedom & peace. This freedom & peace are under threat…the top priority is to secure our freedom & peace, & to restore it where it has been lost."

According to UK intelligence, Russia has suffered 950,000 military casualties since Feb 2022. Approx 160,000 of those losses occurred in just the first four months of 2025, while Russia didn't avance significally on the battlefield (1)

« Je rêve, bien sûr, que l’Ukraine récupère chaque parcelle de son territoire. Un jour, l’histoire rendra justice au peuple ukrainien. Mais l’Ukraine a déjà gagné. Elle a déjà triomphé. » — Daria Kozyreva, 19 ans, condamnée à 2 ans et 8 mois de goulag desk-russie.eu/2025/04/29/d...

Russia is a land of mystery, the wonders of Ermitage, the enigma of beautiful women, tantalising Westerners with its boundless puzzle of Russian soul. But perhaps more importantly, Russia is this.

And the US has to give something too: The principles that more or less kept the world from blowing up after WWII and through the Cold War: There can be no wars of conquest. You may not change borders through use of force. Aggression is a crime. Murder and rape by militaries are War Crimes.

1-5 A stupid and indeed damaging article by @theguardian.com that champions the outdated luxury beliefs of an American dinosaur regarding anti-personnel mines over the needs of countries that, contrary to hers, directly border the most aggressive country in the world.

We really need to move beyond focussing on optics in understanding Trump’s positions on the war. That sit down with Zelensky in St Peter’s was almost certainly meaningless. Trump has been ruthlessly consistent in one thing—pushing Russia’s interests.

In 2022, Russia under Putin chose to cross the rubicon to open, unadulterated evil. Moscow is devoted to its path & embraces it fully In the same fashion, the US under Trump is moving rapidly towards crossing the rubicon to openly abandon support for international and humanitarian law 1/17

I sent out this piece yesterday. Trump's final plan is basically Russia's plan, which would legitimize Russian conquests and provide Russia the best possible situation in which to rebuild its military--while giving Ukraine nothing. Europe needs to stand with Ukraine now.

Crimea is Ukraine Donetsk is Ukraine Luhansk is Ukraine Melitopol is Ukraine Mariupol is Ukraine Enerhodar is Ukraine ... these are not just territories, these are people

On vient de vivre la pire nuit depuis longtemps à Kyiv, et de loin. Pluie de missiles balistiques, de drones, de missiles de croisières… L’attaque a duré de minuit à 6h30. Le bilan est lourd : au moins dix morts, des dizaines de blessés. Terrifiant.

Trump is now screaming at the Ukrainians to give up their legally recognised territory to a bloodthirsty dictator.

No thanks. Europe must choose … Europe.

USA: here, 100 slots for your diplos to operate normally in the U.S. again RUS: thanks [sends 80 SVR, 16 GRU, 4 diplomats] USA: we'd like normal US staffing levels in Russia RUS: of course [deploys 500 FSB officers to monitor them] USA: thanks [sends 0 CIA, 20 career diplos, 80 Trump loyalists]

Le bilan de la frappe de missile balistique sur Kryvyi Rih (sud Ukraine) touchant une aire de jeu pour enfants au pied d'une barre d'immeuble passe à 18 morts, dont 9 enfants tués