And thank you to Taras Shevchenko National University for hosting me today for a wonderful discussion that tested my Ukrainian to its absolute limit (…and beyond)

Special thanks to Anastasiia Haievska for organising ⭐️

Thank you to Karazin University for hosting me yesterday. It was such an honour

It wasn’t my first time giving a talk in a bomb shelter, but it was the first time the electricity went out. Naturally they had a generator to hand. Незламний університет, незламне місто ❤️

Good illustration to article written for Atlantic Council - atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainea…

West choice now is simple - either you aid 🇺🇦 self defense against RU aggression or get prepared for 🇺🇦 geography&population being used by RU to wage war against CEE states to west of UA.

'Viser ceux qui sauvent' : Retrouvez le reportage entier sur le site du Figaro. Merci Julia Grignon, Michel Goya et Jade McGlynn pour leurs lumières et suivez le travail d'Olga Ivashchenko sur X ou Instagram. #Ukraine lefigaro.fr/international/…

Philosophical shift is welcome, but no (sensible) Tory would disagree with any of it: everyone agrees we're in a dangerous world and need to spend on defence. It's substance - and money- that counts, and many will worry there is not enough sign of that...

The reality: an incoming Labour government could end up handling the collapse of Ukraine unless something changes fast. Even if the Americans finally pass their damned aid package, there is no time left for wishful thinking and umming and ahing about 'fiscal rules'.

I love Ukraine more than I love Labour so I found the ‘progressive realism’ piece disappointing

The only substance on a major war in Europe was this. But how do we get to ‘once Ukraine has prevailed’!? What will Labour do dif? Wishful thinking isn’t realistic or progressive ☹️

Я обожнюю Харків ❤️

I no longer know if the air raid siren is going off or if it just has gone off so many times I just think I can hear it

This is some total nonsense (Downing Street, not Dan)

1/ Far from dissuading Ukraine from using its OWA drones, the US and its partners should actively enable Ukraine's OWA drone production. A steady supply of components is an extremely inexpensive way for partners to inflict disproportionately large costs on Russia's war machine.

Came to east Ukraine to get away from Britain but our stuff just turns up everywhere 😊

To wit👇.

The reality is that while Ukraine is less of an ally than Israel, it is Israel that causes greater inconvenience.

The strategic stakes are great in Israel/Palestine, but they’re greater in Ukraine. Failing to contain Russia will make Iran seem like child’s play.

I see a lot in the media, especially concerning certain weirdly emotional attempts to analyze the current situation, and there's one thing circulating in my head—with such a self-defeating, all-is-gone, and nothing-can-be-done attitude, we Ukrainians would have been having a…

What a very Finnish message: talk less, do more.
Very old-fashioned and unorthodox. And one I completely agree with.

ft.com/content/1d20fb…

Russia massively attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure this morning. Dozens of drones and missiles unleashed on Kharkiv, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Lviv regions. Hardest hit is Kharkiv, with over 10 missile strikes. Russia seeks to leave Ukrainians without power

Jade McGlynn Storm in a teacup thankfully because both those guys remain under EU sanctions extended in 2023 on new grounds... (Which the FT article oddly leaves out!)

That’s better than fiction. Dugin to head Ivan Ilyin research centre at Russian State University for Humanities.
Fascists, unite!
FYI, Ilyin seems perfect for Putin of 2024
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Global Voices call for stories about #Ukraine

Global Voices is piloting a project of paid and commissioned stories about Ukraine by Ukrainians regardless of current location. Stories can be pitched and written in Ukrainian, English or Russian. globalvoices.org/2024/04/09/glo…