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Il y a 9 mois paraissait aux @EdLObservatoire mon dernier livre Fin de la politique des grandes puissances.
Le grand discours du 20 janvier de @MarkJCarney à Davos lui a donné une nouvelle résonance : il a, de fait, repris sa thèse centrale sur les moyennes puissances.
Un fil🧵
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Be this man!
or
Be this woman!
August Landmesser, Germany, 1936.
Ahou Daryaei, Iran, 2024.
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.@antonioguterres shamefully visits Putin in Russia.
Ukrainian POWs in Russia.
Indignity and disgrace versus dignity and courage.
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It happened in the US—not Russia or China.
A 🇫🇷 scholar who came to the US to attend a conference was turned back at the border because he had expressed a critical personal opinion on Trump's research policy.
Laptop & phone seized.
Right outrage.
#freedom
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The United States is lost. Worse, it is turning against the democracies. For how long, I do not know.
But today, the democracies in Europe and elsewhere must face this fact. They must abandon any illusion that it will come to its senses.
Our task is immense, but we cannot fail.
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First Putin came for the Chechens & I didn't speak out—because I was not a Chechen.
Then Putin came for the Syrians & I didn't speak out—I was not a Syrian.
Then Putin came for the Ukrainians, & I didn't speak out...
Then Putin came for me—& there was no one left to speak for me.
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President @ZelenskyyUa and I have something to say: "Make russia Small Again".
That's the message;
that's the program;
that's the aim;
that's the strategy.
For the good of the people.
Each empire will perish.
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19 years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was murdered by Putin's hitmen. She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, & elsewhere. They could have been prevented. Almost no one listened to her.
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This pic will haunt you, @narendramodi, for the rest of your life.
Hugging a scumbag with hundreds of thousands of deaths to his credit & a criminal wanted by 124 police forces as if it were nothing says a lot about you.
And to do it on the day he targets a children's hospital...
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The Russian people under Putin is no more innocent than the German people during Nazi time.
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The Allies must give #Ukraine all the means (notably long-range missiles) to strike the Russian naval base at #Sevastopol in occupied Crimea. This is where the missiles that hit #Odessa originated.
Any 🇷🇺 military center is not only a legitimate target, but also a necessary one.
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Left: the Kremlin, Russia, after an alleged drone attack.
Right: Dnipro, Ukraine, after a real Russian terrorist attack.
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Superb.
After elections rigged by the pro-Kremlin Vucic, the Serbian people take to the streets en masse to demand freedom, rule of law, end to corruption and a European future.
No, it's not Western manipulation, as Vucic & Moscow proclaim, just a taste for freedom.
Like Maidan.
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La République a gagné.
Vive la République !
Vive la France !
Vive l'Europe !
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité.
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I'll say it again: there's no valid legal/financial reason not to seize the entire €300 b. from the Russian Central Bank, €200 b. of which is in the EU, managed by Euroclear.
200 b. will enable Kyiv to buy weapons on a massive scale without asking EU taxpayers.
#MakeRussiaPay
⚡️ Zelenskyy: There are $300 billion worth of frozen Russian assets. Russia has already caused more than $800 billion worth of damage in Ukraine. Can we take the $300 billion that belongs to us? Can we decide for ourselves what type of weapons we need?
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Not yet confirmed, but possible that #Ukraine will obtain French #Mirage2000D, for which Ukrainian pilots have already been trained.
I hope this will be soon.
It's high time allied countries delivered fighters.
Decisive to strike Russia in the depth.
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As those of you who have been following me for some time know, April 30 is a special day for me.
On that day in 1945, the #Ravensbrück concentration camp was liberated. My mother, Martha Tenzer, a resistance fighter in Belgium who had been arrested by the Gestapo in 1943,...
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It's time for the democratic leaders to understand that the fate of the world depends on the radical defeat of #Russia, beyond all historical differences, for reasons quite similar to those which made the destiny of the post-1945 world depend on the surrender of Hitler's Germany.
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My deepest compassion to the European ministers and some colleagues who will have to discuss with those guys...
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1944.
– "Is it right to attack Nazi Germany?"
– "It's hard to say. The war was unleashed by Adolf Hitler, but the bombs are also hitting Germans."
#nocomment
German newspaper Die Zeit: “Is it right to supply weapons to Ukraine?”
Yulia Navalnaya : “It’s hard to say. The war was unleashed by Vladimir Putin, but the bombs are also hitting Russians.”
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On October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in Moscow as a “birthday present” for Putin.
She had drawn the world's attention to what Russian crimes in Chechnya heralded.
It didn't listen.
What followed were endless murders in Ukraine, Syria...
Her legacy's an inspiration.
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Diplomacy and blah blah blah.
No, Mr. @antonioguterres, you have to learn not to shake hands with criminals against humanity.
Diplomacy never works with terrorist states. Would you have shaken hands with Al-Qaeda, ISIS or Hamas leaders?
International law matters.
So does dignity.
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.@Bundeskanzler's refusal not to deliver #Taurus to #Ukraine has resulted in thousands more Ukrainian deaths.
We have to put bluntly.
More and more pressure in🇩🇪 on him to stop his murderous stubbornness.
Taurus are decisive in striking the enemy in depth.
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Gen. Petreaus says what I and others have been stating for over a year.
Staying halfway, delivering weapons in dribs and drabs, uttering "as long as it takes", evoking "negotiations on Ukraine's terms" are guilt before history.
OUR war aim must be clear: to defeat Russia.
Period.
In our military doctrine, to break through the kind of defenses we see in southern #Ukraine, you need an air advantage, and much more. We did not provide that to the Ukrainians," former CIA chief Gen. David Petraeus said in an interview with the BBC
The military criticized the slowness of the West and said that it was delays in arms deliveries that caused the failure of the AFU counter-offensive.
"There was a delay in making decisions on Abrams, a delay with Leopard. We delayed cluster shells that could have been very useful, ATACMS. And finally, Western-style airplanes."
He also pointed to Western mistakes that he believes indirectly led to the war in Ukraine.
"Putin decided that he could escape responsibility for the invasion of Ukraine because we did not take sufficient measures after the occupation of Crimea."
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My mother, who joined the armed Resistance against Nazism at the age of 20 & was deported to Ravensbruck, used to say to me: "We knew we were fighting absolute evil".
Today, in their struggle against Putin's regime, Ukrainians are fighting absolute evil & the embodiment of crime.
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Let's speak bluntly: these talks are, as expected, a total failure.
Trump is ultimately ready to give Putin everything he was dreaming of.
Europe must arm Ukraine to the teeth and never accept an infamous peace that would equal a surrender, a license to kill and an expanded war.
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Please listen to President @ZelenskyyUa, who is just saying the things as they are.
Right bitterness and justified anger.
The leaders he is alluding to should be ashamed and haunted by their guilt for the rest of their live — petty and miserable unworthy human beings.
⚡️ President Zelenskyy: some partners thought Ukraine's Victory Plan was "too much."
💬 "We want to live. Is it too much?"
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The reality is that the Ukrainians will win.
I've written this many times over the past years: they'll win on their own, through their intelligence and courage.
They'll regain their territory and drive the russian enemy out of their land.
They'll have saved Europe despite itself.
We are now conducting one of our counter-offensive operations at the Donetsk direction – in the Pokrovsk and Dobropillia areas.
Russian losses just since the start of this counter-offensive – in the Pokrovsk area alone, in these past weeks – are already more than 2,500, of which over 1,300 have been killed. Ukraine is rightfully defending its positions and its land. This is a heroic defense. I am proud of our warriors. I am proud of our people.
In this war Ukraine finds protection against every Russian treachery. We are thwarting every Russian plan to destroy our state. Our defense is always active. We have proven that Ukrainians can achieve the necessary results even when many around the world expect results from Russia.
It is important that our partners act with dignity – just as our people deserve to be supported. Russia must be forced to peace. Ukraine can do this – if our army has sufficient strength and sufficient long-range capabilities. And the world can do this together with us – through strong sanctions and strong pressure, as strong as our people are strong.
I thank everyone who is fighting for Ukraine.
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It's high time the Allies got serious, for the sake of Ukraine & the South, and enforced law of the sea.
Ships from @NATO countries, incl. Turkey, France, UK, US, must escort vessels leaving Ukrainian ports.
If attacked, these countries could trigger art. 5.
Let's stop dithering.
Today's 🇷🇺 terrorists' attack on Odesa proves that their target is not only 🇺🇦, and not only the lives of our people. About a million tons of food is stored in the ports that were attacked today. This is the volume that should have been delivered to consumer countries in Africa and Asia long ago. The port terminal that suffered the most from the 🇷🇺 terror last night had 60,000 tons of agricultural products stored in it, which were intended to be shipped to China. That is, everyone is affected by this Russian terror. Everyone in the world should be interested in bringing 🇷🇺 to justice for its terror.
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Never forget that Russia's total defeat in Ukraine and elsewhere is and remains the absolute priority.
Much of the rest ultimately depends on this.
Period.
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I say it again, with gravity and weighing my words.
The governments who haven't sent enough weapons to Ukraine—tanks, long-range missiles, fighter jets—have an eminent responsibility for the death of every Ukrainian.
Those who block them have deaths on their consciences.
Period.
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I am tired of seeing some people saying that the choice is between a long war and negotiation.
I think that they have understood neither what is at stake nor what our strategy should realistically be (nor the nature of the Russian regime and of this war itself).
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Je n'ai pris qu'une semaine de congés cet été, mais le rachat de @franceinfo par la Pravda m'avait échappé.
Bref, ce truc de pure propagande russe est une honte et une indignité. Il doit être détruit et son auteur viré.
Marioupol, c'est + 70 000 civils assassinés par les Russes.
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".@TimothydSnyder believes most people in the West are well aware 🇷🇺 is committing genocide in Ukraine, but says many remain deeply reluctant to say so as this would oblige them to intervene more decisively while also explaining their earlier inaction."
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When my mother entered the Resistance against Nazis in 1940 -she was 20-, she had the absolute conviction she was fighting against absolute evil. It must be entirely defeated.
The civilized world is facing the same reality now: Putin's regime must be defeated for our common sake.
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The appointment of @kajakallas as EU HR/VP is a strong sign that the majority of EU leaders have finally grasped something.
From the outset, she has referred to the reality of the Russian regime & its crimes by name.
She knows that the time for restraint is over.
It made my day.
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This is not Biden and Zelenskyy's war, but exclusively Putin's war, an all-out war, a war of extermination, that can only end with russia's crushing defeat.
I've been saying this since November: do not expect any change from Trump—the collusion runs too deep—and act accordingly.
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My regular reminder that there could be no negotiation, peace deal and compromise with #Russia.
When a state perpetrates such systematic crimes against humanity, it should be fully defeated, and all the instigators and executioners brought to court.
There is no middle way.
today's arrival of a Russian rocket in the center of the town of Konstantinovka. Pharmacy, kiosks, shops... It is already known about 16 dead and many injured. I pray for the speedy recovery of the wounded!!!
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A new petition, also signed by very prominent persons: we must provide longer range, ATACMs missiles, to #Ukraine.
Of course, I've signed.
High time to be strategically consistent and to save Ukrainian lifes.
Time is of the essence.
chng.it/YjThbz9H via @ChangeFrance
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This is what “negotiations” or “peace talks” with an enemy of humanity should look like.
Nothing else.
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I'm back.
My fourth trip to #Ukraine since February 24, 2022.
Where the future of Europe and the free world will be decided.
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I usually refrain from posting memes.
This one sums it all up:
1 russia continues its war of extermination against Ukraine, adding crime to crime, inebriated by the smell of blood;
2 US envoy Witkoff shakes Putin's hand and pays him tribute. For him, crimes don't exist.
Disgust.
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Hey, Charles, what is this insanity?
You are talking about guys who have thousands of deaths on their conscience, directly, personally.
Sometimes so-called diplomatic convenience is just inconvenient and indecent.
Please, delete your account!
I am an European.
Please #NotInMyName
The EU expresses its sincere condolences for the death of President Raisi and Foreign Minister Abdollahian, as well as other members of their delegation and crew in a helicopter accident. Our thoughts go to the families.
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The guy who put his hand on his heart before receiving Putin as a sign of allegiance to the "godfather" already said he was a nice guy whom he trusted.
This “nice guy” has several hundred thousand victims to his credit.
Steve Witfkoff is a disgrace.
He must be fired.
Vladimir Putin is meeting Steve Witkoff, Trump's special envoy, for a third time this year in St Petersburg.
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This is the second time in the past 4 days that the @nytimes has published a completely staggering piece (I had already highlighted the first) suggesting negotiations with Russia and an abandonment of Ukrainian territories.
This is extremely problematic for this newspaper...
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Mr. Medvedev, The Hague is waiting for you.
Alcohol is not an excuse.
No one will have impunity.
Meanwhile, you are an idiot: the trick lacks subtlety.
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Even in diplomatic terms, this is a harsh reaction from Pres. @ZelenskyyUa to this inacceptable call from @Bundeskanzler to criminal Putin.
The Ukrainian president's words are spot-on. This should also be the reaction of other European countries.
russia must be defeated. Period.
Chancellor Scholz told me that he planned to call Putin. His call, in my opinion, opens Pandora's Box. There may now be other conversations and phone calls. Just a lot of words.
And this is exactly what Putin has long sought. It is critical for him to weaken his isolation, as well as Russia's isolation, and to hold mere talks that will lead nowhere. He has been doing this for decades.
This has allowed Russia to avoid making any changes to its policies, effectively doing nothing, which has ultimately led to this war. We understand all the current challenges and we know what to do. And we want to make it clear: there will be no “Minsk-3”; we need real peace.
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This is exactly what we need to do: target Russia's military, logistics and energy infrastructures. It also shows the technological prowess of the Ukrainians.
The Allies must, I repeat, help Ukraine to strike Russian soil. This is legal under Art. 51 of the UN Charter.
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Let's repeat it with the utmost force: the massive #warcrimes of Putin's army in #Mariupol and #Bucha carry an absolute duty for the Western powers: to act so that the Ukrainian forces quickly regain full control of the whole #Ukraine.
Not to do so is to accept new massacres.
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Some say it's diplomacy...
How can you smile & shake hands with a man guilty of the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, the deportation of children, and endless torture?
Precisely, diplomacy has no place with a criminal against humanity.
It constitutes a strategic threat.
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Once and for all, there's no presidential election in Russia.
Putin is not its legitimate president, but a petty criminal wanted by 124 polices around the world after his indictment for war crimes by ICC.
The democratic leaders should not recognize this mocked election results.
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As was sadly expected, we have (at least) two Russian Trojan horses in the European Union: Orban's Hungary and Fico's Slovakia.
It's high time the EU's democracies took a radical stand.
We cannot allow EU members to support a criminal power.
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Ose dire la présidente d'un parti qui a reçu un prêt d'une banque russe et qui est allée au Kremlin quémander le soutien du chef d'un État qui commet des crimes de guerre, envahit un pays voisin, viole le droit international et cherche à déstabiliser l'Europe et la France.
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Ten theses.
A thread.
🧵
1 We're at war with Russia, not because we've declared it, but because it's waging war on us.
#OurWar
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ISIS is a terrorist organization and must be defeated.
Russia is a terrorist state and must be defeated.
For the same reasons.
And let's not forget the facts: Putin's Russia has killed more civilians in Chechnya, Syria, Ukraine... than ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Hamas combined.
Period.
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From my friend, the French MP @fpetitAN.
I fully back this: close the skies over Ukraine.
This is Europe's historic imperative and moment of truth.
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No forgiveness.
Ten years ago, Russia shot down flight #MH17, killing 298 people, including 80 children.
3 men were sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia & never handed over.
Our fault: not having taken action at the time.
The Russian war has been going on for over 10 years.
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This is insane.
Asking a criminal, who has hundreds of thousands of deaths to his credit, to stop the war makes no sense.
Suggesting “negotiation” is a strategic disgrace.
Any so-called agreement would give russia an opportunity to strengthen itself and push further into Europe.
I spoke to President Putin on the phone and called on him to end the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and to withdraw his troops. Russia must show willingness to negotiate with Ukraine - with the aim of achieving a just and lasting peace.
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Adam was 1.5 year old. He was Ukrainian.
He was murdered this morning by the russians, along with his mother.
This murder was made possible because the Allies didn't give 🇺🇦all the means to defend itself, and the US didn't authorize Kyiv to strike with its weapons on 🇷🇺territory.
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Must-read interview with President @ZelenskyyUa.
If read correctly, it is a terrible indictment of the Western powers.
And he's absolutely right.
"Ukraine is fighting for its survival. If the whole world thought as we do, we'd have stopped [Russia] by now.
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On se demande par quelle aberration l'ancien ambassadeur de russie en France est autorisé à rester dans notre pays et n'a pas été expulsé une fois sa mission terminée.
On le voit ici librement diffuser la propagande de l'ennemi.
Quand je disais que nous n'étions pas sérieux...
🗣️ "Certains Européens ont la volonté politique de faire la guerre à la Russie : la France, l'Allemagne et la Grande-Bretagne. Nous avons proposé de faire la paix." Alexandre Orlov, ancien ambassadeur de Russie en France
▶️ @DariusRochebin
Community note
Alexandre Orlov inverse la réalité : Paris et Berlin ont longtemps ménagé Moscou, refusé l’OTAN à l’Ukraine. lemonde.fr/idees/article/…
Avec Londres et Varsovie, ils ont multiplié les offres de cessez-le-feu. C’est la Russie qui a rejeté ou instrumentalisé ces initiatives et poursuivi l’agression. ue.delegfrance.org/declaration-co
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The comparison haunts me.
@BarackObama by not enforcing red lines in #Syria refused to save hundreds of 1000s of Syrians.
@POTUS may have protected #Ukraine from the worst, but not giving all the weapons it needs costs tens of 1000s of lives.
In both cases, strategic failure too.
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A constant reminder — some still refuse to see it — that the systematic bombing of hospitals, medical facilities and rescue workers is a common and well-documented Russian practice.
A systematic Russian war crime relentlessly at work for 23 years in Chechnya, Syria and Ukraine.
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As in #Ukraine, Russia is still committing massive crimes against humanity in #Syria.
We must defeat and bring down Russia in these countries, and everywhere else in the world where it commits endless abuses.
For good.
Without Russia, the world will be a safer, more humane place.
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The litmus test for the US and the EU is now, not tomorrow:
either we provide #Ukraine with all the military means to swiftly defeat #Russia, or we will be held guilty before history and humanity.
We cannot remain halfway neither morally nor—maybe more importantly—strategically.
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Je ne pensais pas m'exprimer sur ces élections.
Mais je crois le danger suffisamment fort pour le devoir.
Que penser d'un pays - le mien - qui semble prêt à accorder presque 50% de votes à l'extrême droite ?
Nos valeurs & notre sûreté nationale sont en jeu.
Il faut battre Le Pen.
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A russian Tu-22m3 supersonic bomber has been destroyed by a Ukrainian drone.
Its value: USD 100 million.
Warmest congrats to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
We need more like this — and it will continue: it saves lives.
lindependant.fr/2025/04/09/g…
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If confirmed, it's a major scandal, and @antonioguterres will have to resign.
This is tantamount to submitting to blackmail by Russia's criminal power and giving them what they want.
Incidental note: the system for selecting UN SGs leads to the appointment of weak personalities.
Guterres’ secret letter to Lavrov – on relieving sanctions. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has offered Russia sanctions relief in exchange for the Kremlin rejoining the grain deal. sweden.postsen.com/world/143…
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Rappel au droit.
Un fil🧵
Les propos de B. Retailleau ont suscité une indignation légitime et fondée, accrue par ses fonctions actuelles.
Ils représentent un risque majeur.
Nous devons défendre l'#Etatdedroit et montrer ce qu'il implique. Il doit nous réunir.
Voici pourquoi.
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Bravo !
Cette personne n'a rien à faire en France.
Son permis de séjour doit être révoqué.
Point.
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Raisi is directly guilty of the deaths of thousands of Iranians fighting for freedom & dignity;
with its drones delivered to Russia, he has thousands of Ukrainian deaths on his conscience.
Iranian regime is responsible for thousands of victims in Syria, alongside Assad and Putin.
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Yes, we must prevent a long war to avoid tens of thousands of additional Ukrainian victims and the perpetuation of an existential threat to #Ukraine and its people.
But there is a solution for this, and only one: give all weapons and military support to Kyiv.
Period.
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More than ever, I express my admiration & support for President @ZelenskyyUa & the Ukrainian people who are fighting with exemplary courage & dignity for all of us against a criminal state.
These American bullies are a total disgrace, to put it mildly.
May shame be their reward!
"You gotta be thankful. You don’t have the cards," President Trump tells President Zelensky during a heated exchange.
After the standoff, I asked President Zelensky in Ukrainian about his mood. He responded with a thumbs-up.
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This is an excellent move: all the companies doing business with Russia must be put under sanctions. They're channelling money to the Kremlin's death machine.
Raiffaisen who made last year half of its profit with 🇷🇺 is the top of the iceberg. Many others...
Time to get serious.
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Please, read this.
"Dozens of children have been gunned down with small arms at close range. The murders were perpetrated by different Russian units in different regions of Ukraine... (with) "the same purpose – to induce terror."
#Russia must be crushed.
kyivindependent.com/delibera…
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Fantastic news.
#Crimea, like the rest of Russia-occupied Ukraine, will be liberated.
In Crimea, the Russians who have arrived since the 2014 invasion will leave, and the property looted from Ukrainians will be returned to them.
The Tatars will come back and justice will be done.
💥 Ukraine reports successful ATACMS strikes on Russian air defenses in occupied Crimea.
An S-400 system, two S-300 systems, and 4 radars were hit with at least 10 ATACMS missiles across the peninsula. None of the ATACMS were intercepted by Russia.
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Every time I see these images, either directly when I'm in Ukraine, or from further away, not only does my throat knot up, but I'm seized with an unspeakable anger.
How many deaths could we, the Allies, have prevented if we had given more weapons and, better still, intervened?
Lviv. The Field of Mars. We will never forget our heroes who fought for freedom and defended Ukraine! We remember the price of our freedom and independence.
Eternal glory to all who stood up for our state!
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Je crains qu'@EPhilippe_LH ait montré aujourd'hui qu'il n'était pas l'homme qui, demain, pourra reconstruire la France.
Quand la patrie est en péril de mort – là il le dit justement –, on fait tout pour la sauver, vraiment tout.
L'histoire oblige au discernement
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When will we understand that these Ukrainians killed by the Russians are our brothers and sisters?
That they are Europeans and our close friends—and first & foremost human beings.
That the guilt for letting them be murdered will weigh on our leaders' consciences forever—and ours.
🇺🇦 In Kyiv, the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine is full.
It is full of so many lives lost.
Thousands of lives.
The world lost them as much as Ukraine did, and is poorer for it.
ALT Pictures of fallen soldiers on the wall of Remembrance in Central Kyiv, next to St-Michael's Golden Domed Monastery.
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I just mentioned the 100,000 bodies of Syrians found in mass graves.
I can't fail to mention the 75,000 Ukrainians murdered by the russians in Mariupol alone + tens of thousands elsewhere.
There can be no peace with criminal regimes, only defeat for good.
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For the umpteenth time, I suggest the democratic leaders refrain from talking about peace, peace talks, negotiations, truce, ceasefire, and bla bla bla.
Please speak of victory and defeat.
There can't be true peace as long as russia is not defeated.
Let's not fool ourselves.
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It's high time the Allies took action to drive the Russian enemy out of Ukraine.
Not tomorrow, but now.
In fact, I've been asking for this since February 24, 2022. It would have saved over a hundred thousand lives and increased our security.
A thread.
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This is indeed a disgraceful move.
It has a terrible cost in terms of Ukrainian lives and is a major disastrous strategic sin.
The US could — and should — provide at least 200 or 300 ATCMS without depleting its stock.
Russia must be fully defeated: let's stop dithering.
It’s now been almost 40 days since ATACMS were first used by Ukraine (October 16). Where are the follow up attacks? It’s pretty clear that the Biden Administration is giving only very small numbers and making Ukraine wait. This is disastrous. Gives Russia plenty of time to adjust
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One of the many reasons why defeatism is irrational.
Ukraine has just developed a new version of its Neptune missile, the “Long Neptune” (reach 1000 km — 600 miles).
Successfully tested, it will be followed by others.
The Ukrainians will free themselves.
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Let's be clear on this new slaughter.
As always, the war crime is Russian, but the responsibility and furthermore guilt are ours.
By not having allowed Kyiv to strike in the depth of Russian territory, provided enough weapons, and taken action, we've betrayed our commitments.
‼️Another massacre by Russians in broad daylight now in Kharkiv.
Russian KAB bombs launched into a high rise building on a Friday afternoon while people return home from work.
There are many victims including a little girl that was on the playground.
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In Germany, they had (notably) Schröder.
In Italy, they had (notably) Berlusconi and Salvini.
In the US, they had (notably) Trump.
In France, we had (notably) Sarkozy.
#PutinVersteher
Former 🇫🇷 intelligence official:
—In 2018 frmr 🇫🇷 President Sarkozy has probably received €300K to make a conference in 🇷🇺where he flattered Putin
—In 2019 Tracfin revealed that Sarkozy had signed a consulting contract with a 🇷🇺 firm for €3 mln!
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Massive Russian disinformation campaign targeting Germany on X through fake accounts.
It also exists in France and elsewhere in Europe and the US.
It's high time we took the threat seriously, but above all acted without restraint.
Let's go all-out!
#OurWar
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remained — and in our conscience it's up to us to keep it alive —: the camp, hence the death machine.
The French poet René Char wrote of the Resistance: “Our heritage is not preceded by any testament”.
This absent testament is ours to write.
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I am back.
My fifth trip to Ukraine since February 24.
More to come.
#UkraineWillWin
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Feb. 27, 2015
Boris #Nemtsov was murdered in front of the Kremlin towers.
He had denounced the occupation of Crimea begun on Feb. 27, 2014 & invasion of Donbass.
Heir to Anna Politkovskaya, he had investigated Putin's crimes in #Chechnya.
He died for telling the truth
#InMemoriam
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I couldn't agree more with @general_ben
"The failure lies with the West not Ukraine. The West has failed strategically by not committing to Ukraine's success & not delivering crucial capabilities in a timely manner."
Ukraine will win if we get serious.
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The two main leaders of Europe and the free world united.
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Welcome, dear friend @ZelenskyyUA in #Estonia.
Stay tuned for our joint press conference: piped.video/watch?v=4UvhloTQ…
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My heartfelt thanks to the trainees of the last graduating class of Belgian diplomats for naming their class after her.
A tribute that touched me more than I can say
May her legacy be an inspiration in our current dark times!
@BelgiumMFA
@RaoulDelcorde
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Mom always told me — I quoted this phrase in my latest book #NotreGuerre #OurWar — that she and her companions had one certainty: they were fighting absolute evil, with which there can be no compromise.
It wasn't a question of hope, which was intimate, but of duty.
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Après le meurtre de @navalny par le régime russe, le minimum, côté français, serait de fermer et de saisir le prétendu centre culturel orthodoxe russe Quai Branly, d'expulser l'ancien ambassadeur Orlov et de réduire de manière drastique les effectifs de l'ambassade 🇷🇺 en France.
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In Kyiv, early morning today.
My sixth trip to #Ukraine since February 24, 2022.
More than ever, I am confident that good will prevail over absolute evil.
Ukraine is on its way to the full victory.
Not wishful thinking but rational and actual assessment.
But Europe must step in.
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