Edward Hunter Christie

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Foreign & Security Policy.
Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
Former NATO official 2014-2020.
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« J'ai arrêté de parler à mes grands-parents. Mon grand-père considère que la Russie a été forcée d'envahir l'Ukraine (...) Il a la nostalgie de l'Union soviétique »

@[email protected] a seulement 21 ans. Ce Franco-russe, reporter en Ukraine, témoigne chez #Quotidien

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Qofficiel/status/1620145761638817816

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“« J'ai arrêté de parler à mes grands-parents. Mon grand-père considère que la Russie a été forcée d'envahir l'Ukraine (...) Il a la nostalgie de l'Union soviétique » @AmourskyCyrille a seulement 21 ans. Ce Franco-russe, reporter en Ukraine, témoigne chez #Quotidien”

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There's a simple question anyone can ask themselves: is Russia already using a particular kind of capability against Ukraine?

If yes, then providing the same capability to Ukraine isn't escalation. It's proportional response to escalation that has already taken place.

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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KuldkeppMart/status/1620449407299878914

SK Media✙🇺🇦 on Twitter

“There is only one reason not to provide any particular weapons system to Ukraine- practicality. Idiotic claims like "escalation" are not valid.”

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Every person who calls for a reduction in military assistance to Ukraine, or for any pressure on Ukraine to negotiate, is effectively in favour of rewarding an aggressor state with conquered lands.
Every such person is effectively pro-imperialist and pro-Moscow.

One should be grateful to Chancellor Scholz for his attempt to encourage more principled positions from South American counterparts.
And disappointing to see such blustering silliness on the part of Brazil and Argentina.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/scholz-bid-to-rally-ukraine-support-in-south-america-falls-flat/

Scholz bid to rally Ukraine support in South America falls flat

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's bid to rally support for Ukraine in the face of Russia's invasion during his f

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‼️ France announced 🇫🇷today:

✅ The handing of over 12 more CAESAR self-propelled guns to Ukraine 🇺🇦;

✅ The sending of 150 French soldiers by the end of February to Poland 🇵🇱to train Ukrainian military. ➡️ The goal is to train up to 600 Ukrainian soldiers per month;

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SlavitescuEuseb/status/1620439577176711169

Sébastien SLAVITESCU on Twitter

“‼️ France announced 🇫🇷today: ✅ The handing of over 12 more CAESAR self-propelled guns to Ukraine 🇺🇦; ✅ The sending of 150 French soldiers by the end of February to Poland 🇵🇱to train Ukrainian military. ➡️ The goal is to train up to 600 Ukrainian soldiers per month;”

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With Austria, the problem is a deep internalisation of the idea that resisting the Russian juggernaut is hopeless, whereas appeasement is clever.
Suggested message to Vienna:
=> What was understandable self-interest in 1983 is rightly viewed as cynical cowardice in 2023

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Facts:
-Fellow EU members, to which AUT is bound, incl. many that are smaller and closer to the source of danger, are sending arms
-RUS forces are nowhere near AUT borders
-AUT arms will not raise escalation risk
-AUT seen in many EU capitals as cynical
=> time to change

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"Austria and Hungary agreed on not sending weapons to Ukraine". It's not that Ukraine really needs their arms, but being constantly on the wrong side of history seems to be in some nations' DNA
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/austria-hungary-agree-on-not-sending-weapons-to-ukraine/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/OlenaHalushka/status/1620365274397671425

Austria, Hungary agree on not sending weapons to Ukraine

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Why do I do this? I’m German. I lived in Rwanda. I hate war and I know what happens when the world lets genocidal murderers with an army do what they want. #ArmUkraineNow

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/berlin_bridge/status/1620354205650386945

Jessica Berlin on Twitter

“Why do I do this? I’m German. I lived in Rwanda. I hate war and I know what happens when the world lets genocidal murderers with an army do what they want. #ArmUkraineNow”

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Les seuls “va-t-en-guerres” de cette histoire sont les dirigeants russes qui ont envahi l’Ukraine sans la moindre justification. Le débat ici est: doit-on aider le résistant ou récompenser l’agresseur?
Ceux qui appellent à céder à Poutine ne sont pas pacifistes, ils sont soumis.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/rglucks1/status/1619990209327951872

Raphael Glucksmann on Twitter

“Les seuls “va-t-en-guerres” de cette histoire sont les dirigeants russes qui ont envahi l’Ukraine sans la moindre justification. Le débat ici est: doit-on aider le résistant ou récompenser l’agresseur? Ceux qui appellent à céder à Poutine ne sont pas pacifistes, ils sont soumis.”

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