Botond Feledy

Brussels-based #ForeignPolicy and #EU expert, affectionate about the rabbithole of #Forecasting and #ThreatAssessment.

[Szabolcs Panyi @panyiszabolcs]

‼️Here's the result of Western allies letting Hungary increase dependency on Russian energy without limitations. As we reported, the number of Russian citizens building Rosatom's nuclear power plant in Hungary is set to increase from 400 to 1,000 by 2025: https://t.co/Xe29WpS04C

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

All Kinzhal ballistic missiles fired by Russia at targets in Kyiv have been downed since the U.S. provided Patriot air defense systems in May 2023, Ukrainian Air Force Colonel Serhii Yaremenko said in an interview with Ukrinform published on July 4.

[Igor Merheim-Eyre @MerheimEyre]

For nearly a decade the disinfo war in Slovakia focused mainly on pro-Russian media & we ignored the role of Orban’s media in peddling its narratives in southern Slovakia. They played their role in the election of Fico, Pelegrini, & they continue to play their divisive role

[Daniel Szeligowski @dszeligowski]

🧵 Over the past three decades, the transatlantic community has paid much more attention to Russia than to anyone else. Far too much. The world does not revolve around Russia, and we should finally stop acting as if Russia was the centre of the universe

[Szabolcs Panyi @panyiszabolcs]

✅ Confirmed by @hvg_hu: Viktor Orbán's new strategic advisory board was informally established today with the participation of the same people that I tweeted about. HVG's article in Hungarian: https://t.co/kQit0e9aEI

[Mick Ryan, AM @WarintheFuture]

I recently shared this post from @visegrad24 but wanted to expand a little more on the implications of such ground-based uncrewed systems for contemporary and future land warfare. 1/25 🧵 🇺🇦

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

6/6 I was thinking of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. What were you thinking of?

[Szabolcs Panyi @panyiszabolcs]

💥Scoop: Visegrád Four Group (🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱🇸🇰) prime ministers are planned to meet in Prague on February 27, government and foreign policy expert sources from multiple V4 countries tell me. It hasn't been announced officially and there's still some uncertainty hence I'm careful with the phrasing. But it's very likely.

🇨🇿PM Petr Fiala previously hinted that such a meeting can only happen if Hungary supported both the EU's financial aid for Ukraine and the 🇸🇪 NATO accession.

Since the Hungarian parliament will convene on February 26 to start its spring session, ideally, Viktor Orbán would travel to Prague already after the parliament's confirmation vote. On Sunday, he actually promised that there will be a vote very soon – however, he made similar promises multiple times without delivering.

🍿Prepare your popcorns for the Orbán-Donald Tusk joint presser. (If the meeting is canceled last minute at least you would still have your popcorn.)

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[Lili Bayer @liliebayer]

Rutte's NATO candidacy is getting interesting.

More updates from Munich on the live blog:
https://t.co/GEVkE7LN6K

[Szabolcs Panyi @panyiszabolcs]

‼️🚫Orbán’s MPs didn’t show up in Hungary’s parliament to vote on 🇸🇪’s NATO accession - no quorum, no vote.

Orbán promised to @jensstoltenberg there’d be a vote ASAP.

He didn’t keep his word.

Meanwhile, ambassadors of NATO allies 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇸🇰🇳🇴🇩🇰 🇪🇪 were present, @Telexhu reports.

[Ragıp Soylu @ragipsoylu]

NEW: Turkish Parliament to ratify Sweden’s Nato bid later this week, possibly on Tuesday, sources tell me.

[Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 @bayraktar_1love]

Absolutely masterful destruction of the Russian T-72 obr.2022 by Ukrainian FPV drone operator. Krynky Kherson region. Video by the “Birds of Magyar” unit.
https://t.co/hKt7Vk1ZTT

[Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 @bayraktar_1love]

/1. Feodosia, Crimea. Strike in the port area. Sounds of explosions and presumably air defence activity is reported.

[DG MEME 🇪🇺 @meme_ec]

When you tell your contractor you need that feature quickly. #InvoiceActually

[Szabolcs Panyi @panyiszabolcs]

"The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Dec. 2 that it had requested Ukraine's parliament cancel the permission of lawmaker and ex-President Petro Poroshenko to exit the country due to a planned meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The meeting would be used by Russian propaganda, the SBU said, making Poroshenko a "tool in the hands of the Russian special services."

Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Hungary has repeatedly obstructed EU fundsfor Kyiv while opposing sanctions against Russia.

Orban, who maintains close ties with the Kremlin, has refused to provide military aid to Ukraine, and said he would not support Ukraine's accession into the EU.

Poroshenko said on Dec. 1 that border guards prevented him from leaving the country even though he had previously received an official permission."

@KyivIndependent

[Botond Feledy @botidoki]

Check out my latest article. Weekly Filter: Fate of Statesmen https://t.co/wK88wekenz

[NY AG James @NewYorkStateAG]

Donald Trump lied about his net worth on his statements of financial condition to get loans for much better terms than he should have.

It's that simple.

[Marcin Palade @MarcinPalade]

Frekwencja do godz. 17 wybory 2019 vs wybory 2023 w układzie województw.

[Group-IB Threat Intelligence @GroupIB_TI]

On Sunday, #AnonGhost, a well-known #hacktivist group, exploited an API vulnerability in the #RedAlert app, that provides real-time rocket alerts for Israelis. In their exploit, they successfully intercepted requests, exposed vulnerable servers and APIs, and employed Python scripts to send spam messages to some users of the app. According to the group’s chat logs detected by Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence system, they also dispatched fake messages about a “nuclear bomb”

#CTI_ISRPAL