UKRAINE THE LATEST 1369 Another excellent interview by Dom Nicholls with Ukraine expert Jakub Parusinski. A real insight into the scandals rocking Ukraine and the future for Zelensky. Worthy listening.

How a bunch of Americans 🤑 can’t wait for Trump and Witkoff to let Moscow win so that inconveniently unconquered Ukraine doesn’t stand in their way of making 💰mega billions in Russia. wsj.com/world/russia/r…

I wish to remind our allies that NATO was created to defend the West against the Soviet aggression, that is against Russia. And its foundation was solidarity, not egoistic interests. I hope that nothing has changed.

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X is banned in Russia

Shortly after Trump's inauguration I bet that at some point in 2025 a nameless Eurocrat would kick of a very boring administrative process that ends with X banned in the EU. I overestimated the pace but am confidently bringing this back in my 2026 predictions

Quite remarkable to see diplomats engaging in culture wars. This goes even beyond Russian standards - which typically combine offhand insulting comments with "internal issues" dismissal

For some time Iuliia's job has been to do as much damage to Zelensky as possible (for whom is the real question). Despite the ominous tone of this post, shaping public discourse has been the foundation of politics since ancient Greece

In this special episode of the FixEd podcast, we’re looking back at 2025 and ahead to 2026. The Fix’s @J_Parus and JournalismUK' MD Marcela Kunova traded their takes on the good and the bad in media this past year – and their aspirations for 2026. thefix.media/2025/12/18/fix…