François Heisbourg
@FHeisbourg
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Senior advisor for Europe, IISS, conseiller spécial/special adviser FRS
Joined February 2012
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1065 1. Zelensky states during Pisorius visit to Kyiv that 16% of total milaid to 🇺🇦 has been provided by 🇩🇪 2. 🇷🇺 state media react to what is portrayed as Trump's ultimatum threatening tariffs, taxes and sanctions
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Interesting remark from the Ukrainian president. According to him, the aid already provided by Germany accounts for around 16% of the total aid that #Ukraine has received to date. Not bad given that more than two dozen countries provide military assistance to Ukraine 🫡.
I had a meeting in Kyiv with Germany’s Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius. Our conversation focused on key priorities: building a comprehensive air defense shield, investing in Ukraine’s defense industry, ramping up Ukraine’s defense capabilities, training and supporting our
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SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1064 1. Zelensky details aspects of last year's talks with Russia in Istanbul. Medvedchuk was slated to replace him 2. Trump's says he'll impose tariffs & sanctions on 🇷🇺 if Putin doesn't negotiate
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On Trump's first full day in office, the US delivered at least one 747 load of supplies to Ukraine. A Kalitta Air 747, flying as Camber 332 for United States Transportation Command, landed at Rzeszow Jasionka Airport, a key transit hub for equipment headed to Ukraine.
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Mercredi 22 janvier 2025 L’écrivain franco-algerien Boualem #Sansal vient de passer sa 67e nuit en détention arbitraire. Il a été arrêté par la dictature algérienne le 16 novembre 2024 pour ses opinions. Ce régime corrompu et corrupteur dont le fonctionnement repose sur un
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Zelensky revealed that under the "Istanbul agreements," Russia attempted to replace him with Medvedchuk and demanded recognition of the entire Donbas as Russian territory, granting Russian official language status, enshrining Ukraine's neutrality in its Constitution, reducing the
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Wow...
Wow! According to data from flightradar, BA274 flying Las Vegas to Heathrow has just hit a speed of 814mph thanks to extreme jetstream winds! The subsonic speed record is 835mph, with the jetstream strengtheing later, this record is under threat https://t.co/uLtJm6DaQu
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SCOOP - Two Iranian ships set to carry Chinese chemicals to Iran that can make propellant for 260 mid-range missiles. One ship left China Monday.
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Nibbling fish, anyone?
Breaking: Two undersea cables connecting #Taiwan and the outlying island Matsu have been severed since this morning. The exact cause is unknown. https://t.co/e7x6ftCtvd
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So would a demilitarised Russia, dear Pavel
This is, of course, not true. A demilitarized Europe would be a perfectly good way to keep the peace.
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"Newspeak" is what Orwell called this in 1984
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Russia's 49 year lease of Tartus got cancelled today. Were the Russian vessels waiting for this event as the political point of no return to start the evacuation? Coming hours might provide more clarity.
🚨breaking: Tartus🚨 Has the evacuation of 🇷🇺 equipment been approved by Syrian authorities? It would appear that both Sparta and Sparta II are about to enter port
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Police du ciel #eAP | Interception par des Rafale 🇫🇷 de deux avions 🇷🇺 au-dessus de la mer Baltique ne se conformant pas aux réglementations aériennes internationales. ➡️ Engagement résolu des armées 🇫🇷 pour la protection de l’espace aérien de l’@OTAN_FR malgré la recrudescence
🇫🇷 Rafale & 🇮🇹 Eurofighter scrambled over the Baltic Sea 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 to identify 🇷🇺 military aircraft failing to conform to international aviation regulations #NATO continues to provide security to the Alliance population despite the uptick of hybrid threats
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Next thing: Trump will take this weather event as proof of the absence of global warming. Drill, baby, drill....😱😱😱
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Une grande dame
Médecin et pilote d’hélicoptère, première femme générale de l’armée française, première femme élevée à la dignité de grand-croix de l’ordre national du Mérite, Valérie André n’est plus. Médecin militaire, elle a évacué, aux pires heures de la guerre d'Indochine, plusieurs
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President Trump has rescinded former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s security clearance.
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Predator sounds exactly right
This is insane. GOP Congressman Andy Ogles has introduced a bill to allow Trump to acquire Greenland, saying the Island should be part of the US because “we are the dominant predator.”
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He sounds like a good motivator
.@SecRubio delivers remarks to employees upon arrival at the State Department. https://t.co/TObTEWDSdX
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The Russian evacuation of Tartus begins. After being in a holding pattern for over a week, the Sparta II has finally been allowed to dock at Tarth’s to evacuate the Russian equipment from the base. This comes the day after Syria cancelled Russia’s 49 year lease of the port.
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