François Heisbourg

Senior advisor for Europe, IISS, conseiller spécial/special adviser FRS

[François Heisbourg @FHeisbourg]

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

[GAU @deaidua]

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 🫡.

[François Heisbourg @FHeisbourg]

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

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

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.

[Mohamed Sifaoui @Sifaoui]

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 socle populiste, complotiste et haineux garde en vérité Boualem Sansal en otage espérant obtenir une contrepartie diplomatique de la part de la France.
Un comportement de voyous qui dit tout de ce régime et qui explique pourquoi des Algériens biberonnés à la fois au nationalisme et à l’islamisme applaudissent l’incarcération arbitraire d’un écrivain tout en rêvant quitter ce pays pour un ailleurs qui est parfois la France

[NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @NOELreports]

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 Ukrainian army to 50,000 troops, and destroying or handing over all weapons within 20 km of the front line.

[François Heisbourg @FHeisbourg]

Wow...

[BBC Weather @bbcweather]

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

[Demetri @AsiaLens]

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.
https://t.co/FPSmQDYCKU

[Meir Javedanfar Ph.D.- מאיר ג'בדנפר @MeirJa]

Israel's Attack is Good News for Ukraine

Today’s attack by #Israel against the UAV and missile production facilities of #Iran is also good news for #Ukraine and NATO. Bad news for #Russia.
This is because the Iranian facilities destroyed were most likely involved in the supply of ballistic missiles and drone technology to Russia.

[François Heisbourg @FHeisbourg]

Nibbling fish, anyone?

[William Yang @WilliamYang120]

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

[François Heisbourg @FHeisbourg]

So would a demilitarised Russia, dear Pavel

[Pavel Podvig @russianforces]

This is, of course, not true. A demilitarized Europe would be a perfectly good way to keep the peace.

[François Heisbourg @FHeisbourg]

"Newspeak" is what Orwell called this in 1984

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

The US Coast Guard have used 'Gulf of America' in their press release.

#GulfOfMexico

[Frederik Van Lokeren @KaptainLOMA]

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.

[Armée française - Opérations militaires @EtatMajorFR]

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 des menaces hybrides.🛡️

[François Heisbourg @FHeisbourg]

Next thing: Trump will take this weather event as proof of the absence of global warming. Drill, baby, drill....😱😱😱

[StormHQ ☈ @StormHQwx]

Check out this crazy view in New Orleans, LA as heavy snow continues. #LAwx

[François Heisbourg @FHeisbourg]

Une grande dame

[Sébastien Lecornu @SebLecornu]

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 soldats français, avec dévouement et courage.

Je salue sa mémoire.

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

President Trump has rescinded former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s security clearance.

[François Heisbourg @FHeisbourg]

Predator sounds exactly right

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

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.”

[François Heisbourg @FHeisbourg]

He sounds like a good motivator

[Department of State @StateDept]

.@SecRubio delivers remarks to employees upon arrival at the State Department. https://t.co/TObTEWDSdX https://t.co/4AkdUx9bjT

[Oliver Alexander @OAlexanderDK]

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.