A prescient article, given Zelenskyy is now rumored to be coming to Singapore to deliver an address on Saturday. This story is really worth your time. politico.eu/article/ukrain…

Good to chat to Zoya Sheftalovich from POLITICO 👇 on #AUKUS ‘whilst it has increasingly been accepted and in some quarters even supported and promoted during closed-door meetings in Southeast Asian forums, it can be a distraction’ ANU National Security College Council on Geostrategy politico.eu/newsletter/glo…

Zelenskyy unleashes on China during the #SLD24, saying its diplomats are helping Russia derail the Switzerland peace conference by "threatening" countries into not sending their leaders. Story here: politico.eu/article/zelens…

Popped up on The Briefing this morning to discuss the significance of the Russia-North Korea alliance, and why Putin was keen to put on a show with Kim in Pyongyang. Listen here listnr.com/podcasts/the-b…

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Maxim Kuzminov's high-profile defection was supposed to be a major propaganda victory for Ukraine. Instead, his story ended up playing into the Kremlin’s hands. Read our piece on this — with Eva Hartog and Veronika Melkozerova politico.eu/article/maxim-…

Thanks to ⁦Camille Gijs⁩ ⁦Zoya Sheftalovich⁩ and Sarah Weaton for covering yesterday’s events. An excellent summary of why I walked out of ⁦EU Council Press⁩ conference with Hungary’s szijarto and the comments of ⁦Valdis Dombrovskis⁩ politico.eu/newsletter/bru…

Scenes of rebels sweeping through Syria & taking Damascus are reminiscent of Prigozhin and his Wagnerites cutting through Russian territory. Must be chilling for Putin to watch Assad dethroned — probably reminds him of Gaddafi. How do regimes fall? Gradually, then suddenly.

My God. Clarissa Ward & her team find a prisoner still in #Assad’s Air Force Intel HQ in #Damascus, abandoned alone in a cell. 2 days after the prison was thought to have been emptied. Watch this.

Davos this afternoon

"Ukrainians and their backers see Trump as a circuit-breaker who could force Putin to the negotiating table and offer Zelenskyy an off-ramp as well." by Zoya Sheftalovich politico.eu/article/war-in…

All this and more, here: politico.eu/newsletter/bru…

10 years ago, we launched POLITICOEurope. Here's footage from the moment we hit the launch button at midnight on April 21, 2015. Still on board from the founding crew are jacopo barigazzi, Nicholas Vinocur ✍️, Jan Cienski, Paul Dallison Zoya Sheftalovich, Jeanette Minns & yours truly.

On EU Confidential this week, we’re going back in time to the early days of POLITICO Europe when we'd just set up shop in Brussels. Zoya Sheftalovich recounts to Sarah Wheaton the excitement (and stress) that defined those first months👇 🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/BKj550VHOnQ

When we launched in Brussels a decade ago, one of our first stories was on then-EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker’s kidney stones. The Commission wasn't happy about it. "It was a real culture clash moment," Zoya Sheftalovich recounts on EU Confidential: ow.ly/B90t50VJ2YT

My book Big in Brussels. The art of working and living in the EU Bubble hit #1 in “Politics” & “Happiness” on Amazon Belgium! A former colleague said: “I laughed and cried in equal measure.” I couldn’t imagine a better compliment. Pre-order here: lnkd.in/gv4GRXHN

Cat's out of the bag - I'm heading back to Brussels this fall to take up a dream job as chief EU correspondent for POLITICO. Can't wait to get started!

Beatrix von Storch, deputy leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party, held talks at the White House this week, two people familiar with the matter told POLITICO. politico.eu/article/top-af…