This speech by 🇬🇪 leader Ivanishvili this evening shows that he leads a regime alien to the values and interests of 🇪🇺. Anyone who doubts it should read the speech. civil.ge/archives/602348

What’s the Macron 🇫🇷 view on 🇪🇺🇺🇸 defence? And did the new right wing impact on 🇵🇹 50 year celebration of its revolution? GZERO Media

It will take a couple of years for 🇨🇳 large aircraft carrier to enter operational service. It represents a big step up from the previous two modified ex-Soviet smaller carriers. Whether further large aircraft carriers will follow remains to be seen. navalnews.com/naval-news/202…

As ⁦Secretary Antony Blinken⁩ 🇺🇸 tries to move a 🇮🇱 🇸🇦 normalization forward, a key question is how strong the 🇸🇦 demands on the Palestine 🇵🇸 issue in reality will be. And whether the present 🇮🇱 government can meet even a fraction of those. english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-ara…

New public details on the GRU 🇷🇺 units operating across Europe with sabotage and related operations - and their prime target is of course any support to 🇺🇦. For 🇷🇺 this is increasingly a war without borders. theins.ru/en/politics/27…

This is an explosive story. I doubt it will receive much coverage in the 🇮🇳 media. The Washington Post

“Energy Minister German Halushchenko said on April 12 that amid Russia's massive attacks on Ukraine's grid, the country needs to prepare for any scenario in the spring and summer.” english.nv.ua/nation/russia-…

Heavy machine guns work well in taking down drones - the defence of 🇺🇦 depends on a wide variety of technologies. kyivindependent.com/the-counteroff…

The protests in Tbilisi 🇬🇪 against the new Russia-inspired so called foreign agents law certainly aren’t dying down.

The aim aim is our policy is certainly not to destroy 🇷🇺. The aim is to defeat - and decisively - the policies of the Putin regime. But the propagandist in Moscow are obviously going overdrive in their fears at the moment.

The Gallipoli landing in 1915 - at the initiative primarily of Winston Churchill 🇬🇧 - was a spectacular strategic failure which huge human losses. Soldiers from 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 bled and died on the beaches, and with Kemal Ataturk in command of the defenders a new 🇹🇷 started to emerge.

“We estimate that approximately 450,000 Russian military personnel have been killed or wounded, and tens of thousands more have already deserted since the start of the conflict.” ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-estima…

It’s evidently been very rewarding to be Deputy Defence Minister of 🇷🇺. But I suspect his arrest now is part of a wider story. It’s not that these excesses of his haven’t been known before. I guess sands are shifting in Moscow.

“Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, reported that four of its thermal power plants were significantly damaged in the attack.” kyivindependent.com/russia-attacks…

The odds of Ukraine holding the line and surviving any new Russian onslaught this year have dramatically improved. Suddenly, it is no longer so clear that Vladimir Putin has time on his side, Carl Bildt observes. bit.ly/3UzgrpI

That’s a powerful and important message from David Cameron 🇬🇧, but it is of course the message from 🇪🇺 as well. And if 🇪🇺🇬🇧 work together we also strengthen that message.

I unfortunately believe we will see more of direct 🇷🇺 sabotage operations in our countries in the years ahead. The frontlines of their war against 🇺🇦 will be wherever they find an opportunity. It’s a new challenge for 🇪🇺🇬🇧 to counter. bbc.com/news/uk-688991…

Leaving Brussels 🇪🇺 after doing a 🇸🇪 TV program yesterday evening highlighting the importance of the upcoming elections to the European Parliament.

A hectic day in Stockholm 🇸🇪, and now it’s off to Brussels 🇪🇺 for a dinner meeting.