Edward Lucas

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[Edward Lucas @edwardlucas]

Before she became a drone operator, Yarina Chornohuz translated Sylvia Plath into Ukrainian. I'm fundraising for her drone unit in Kherson. DM me for the IBAN. they need
1) A two-axle trailer for a car
2) Batteries: 10 units (15 thousand ampere)
3) FPV Drone Detector Whoover 2
4) Tactical thermal case for batteries.
5) Shotgun vs russian fpv-drones Typhoon Sierra Od Green S кал. 12/76. Ствол - 55 sm

More about her here https://t.co/zsSVGzfeYp

[ICDS Tallinn @ICDS_Tallinn]

A key lesson from Russia’s war is the enduring need for large numbers of personnel.

Could volunteer defence organisations help fill that need?

Tony Lawrence writes about the experience of the Baltic states.

#LennartMeriConference https://t.co/TZMheX9DfF

[Sari Arho Havrén @SariArhoHavren]

Fiona Hill, the former aide to Trump during his first term, participated in the #Kultaranta Talks, organised by the President of Finland, and gave an interesting interview to the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper. Some excerpts:

▪️Greenland could suffer the same fate as Crimea.
▪️Hill says she sees the United States acting more like Russia, the White House more like the Kremlin, and Trump behaving more like Putin. ▪️Hill says that Trump's desire to take over Greenland is psychological. “He wants to own things. This is about him."
▪️”If we look at history, this is exactly how the Soviet Union acted towards its own Warsaw Pact allies: it occupied Hungary, it occupied Czechoslovakia, and it pressured Poland in a way that led to the declaration of martial law in Poland," Hill says.
▪️”Trump is now essentially treating his NATO allies the same way the Soviet leaders treated the Warsaw Pact members: as vassal states and states that have no decision-making power of their own."
▪️On the stage of the Kultaranta discussions, Hill was asked whether Europe can trust the United States.
Hill answered bluntly no. And she reminded that the next administration cannot necessarily be trusted either.

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[Colm Flynn @colmflynnire]

Once, Catholics in Lithuania risked prison, exile, and labor camps for living and defending their faith. Today, they process through the streets of Vilnius, loud and proud. It’s been a beautiful week covering the World Apostolic Congress on Mercy here in Vilnius.

[Robert Dalsjö @MansRAD]

@edwardlucas @FHeisbourg

[Edward Lucas @edwardlucas]

just about to go on @TimesRadio to talk defence finance

[Ruth Deyermond @ruth_deyermond]

The UK government urgently needs to address the problem of the vast and dangerous gap between defence rhetoric and defence reality.

[Edward Lucas @edwardlucas]

my column for @thetimes -- time to get a move on with the new defence bank https://t.co/wJGUAJcjb9

[Ukrainian Art History @ukr_arthistory]

This day four years ago I created “Ukrainian Art History” to share Ukrainian art with the world. I know I haven’t been posting much lately, but I proud for what I’ve achieved with this account. Thank you for being here, for your appreciation and support ❤️

[Andrius Kubilius @KubiliusA]

Every year we meet in Brussels to read aloud the names of victims of Soviet mass deportations.

Our remembrance honours the memory of the millions who perished due to Soviet crimes against humanity.

[Deep Baltic @DeepBaltic]

"Latvians used to tell me that Lithuanian “sounds Polish” due to lots of š sounds, Lithuanians think Latvian sounds like Lithuanian spoken with an Estonian accent"

https://t.co/IzQgpVpo3Z m/2026/06/08/how-do-the-two-main-baltic-languages-differ-locals-and-foreigners-speak-3/

[Linas Kojala @LinasKojala]

My take for @guardian: 'Drone threats are not limited to Nato’s eastern borders: they should worry London, Washington, Berlin and Paris as much as Vilnius, Riga or Tallinn. The area is not a distant frontier, and drone range is no longer limited to Russia’s immediate neighbours. But there is a larger lesson too. As long as Russia’s brutality in Ukraine continues, Europe cannot be 100% safe. We cannot insulate ourselves from this war by pretending it is happening somewhere else.'

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

I've never heard this level of cautious optimism from my friends in the Ukrainian military before.

Russia is definitely losing.

[Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland]

Russia is “waging a full-scale cognitive war against us”, Polish foreign minister @sikorskiradek has warned.

He also said that there is a “Russian fifth column” operating in Poland https://t.co/wsmZSvYnzN

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Seems Ukraine has…. The cards

[Margus Tsahkna @Tsahkna]

Russia is losing momentum on the battlefield, Ukraine is holding firm, and cracks within Russia are becoming more visible.

This is precisely the moment to intensify political, economic, and diplomatic pressure on the Kremlin and force a change in its course.

My interview with @DRNyheder's @perbangthomsen ahead of today's #NB8 Summit in Tallinn.
https://t.co/is3U4DHo4j

[Edward Lucas @edwardlucas]

@ForeignPolicy why "small"? What's the relevance. You wouldn't say "the medium-sized" if you were writing about Sweden.

[Ross Allen @rceallen]

The great @johnkampfner has written an interesting piece about Estonia (and my book) in @ForeignPolicy - thanks John!

https://t.co/apDdHL2GJN

[Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine @militaryhistori]

Factually incorrect. Numerous French Resistance women enabled D-Day, and reporters such as Martha Gelhorn were present. The landings continued for all of June, July & August, which saw numerous female staff landing in Normandy.

[Edward Lucas @edwardlucas]

Long interview with me about Baltic security https://t.co/MiT4ipqSuS

[Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 @sikorskiradek]

4 czerwca 1989 roku o zwycięstwie demokratycznej opozycji dowiedziałem się z małego, trzeszczącego radia w Angoli, gdzie pracowałem jako korespondent wojenny zachodnich mediów. Wkrótce potem byłem już w Polsce, bo to tutaj działa się historia. Czasy się zmieniły. Dziś przemawiamy już jako wolne, demokratyczne państwo, które tworzymy wspólnie i wspólnie bierzemy za nie odpowiedzialność. Nie dajmy się podzielić.