Françoïs Guesnet

Professor of Modern Jewish History at UCL. Secretary, European Association for Jewish Studies. Chairman, Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies.

[NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @NOELreports]

Insane. Footage shows Ukrainian drones at work deep inside Russian territory, obliterating Russian strategic aviation.

[Françoïs Guesnet @fguesnet]

@IlkoKowalczuk Die hoffentlich höhere Wahlbeteiligung in der zweiten Runde dürfte sich auch bemerkbar machen

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

🚨 Houthi Missile Hits Near Israel’s Main Airport

A ballistic missile fired from Yemen struck near the road to Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport — Israel’s air defenses failed to intercept it. This marks the closest hit yet to the country’s main civilian aviation hub.

IDF has launched an investigation.

[Françoïs Guesnet @fguesnet]

3 scholarships for the MA Jewish Studies at UCL, each worth £ 4,000:
- Hyman Hurwitz Scholarship in Jewish Languages
- Ada Rapoport-Albert Scholarship in Jewish Religious Life
- The Hebrew and Jewish Studies Scholarship in Jewish History and Politics

https://t.co/jniXVo5Ha1

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Just to be clear and so there can be no more denial.
1) The USA is now the enemy of Ukrainian Freedom
2) The USA is now the enemy of European Freedom
3) Anyone who supports Trump supports this
4) Europe alone will have to support Ukraine

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

If Trump was President in 1940

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Three years on from Putin's barbaric full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we face a once in a generation moment for our collective security and values.

We continue to stand with Ukraine for a just and lasting peace.

Slava Ukraini.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Is Donald Trump going to respond to Musk’s email and report on what he did last week?

To help, I’ve gone ahead and done it for him. A thread:

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Three years of resistance. Three years of gratitude. Three years of absolute heroism of Ukrainians. I am proud of Ukraine! I thank everyone who defends and supports it. Everyone who works for Ukraine. And may the memory of all those who gave their lives for our state and people be eternal. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

#SupportUkraine

[Françoïs Guesnet @fguesnet]

Not usually posting here any longer, but do read and repost Phillips' blog entry, probably the single most important since the war started:
Europe has to save Ukraine, against the Trump mafia administration, and the Putin regime.
This is not an exaggeration. This is not a drill.

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Hi All, just sent out my weekend update (free as always). The only way to understand the USA and its interactions with Russia, Ukraine and Europe is to accept that the US is now a mafia state.

[WarTranslated @wartranslated]

If you call Zelensky a dictator, you're insulting the entire Ukrainian people. Ukrainians are literally famous for toppling dictators. This war is happening precisely because they ousted one 11 years ago, and they've been bleeding terribly for it ever since. Yet, you have the audacity to claim they would tolerate abuse of power? You can’t say you love Ukrainians while ignoring the real dictator who has sat in the Kremlin for 26 years. Trust me, if Zelensky were a dictator—martial law or not—he wouldn’t last long.

[WarTranslated @wartranslated]

French Rafale fighters intercepted Russian aircraft near Latvia's coast, including a reconnaissance Il-20M and an Il-78. The French Joint Chiefs of Staff reported on X that the planes violated international flight regulations.

[Michael MacKay @mhmck]

Europeans will either sit back and watch the United States join Russia in raping Ukraine or they'll stop it.

This is their historical moment.

[Michael MacKay @mhmck]

A Russian assault group surrenders to Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovs'k direction. The Ukrainians have started to use FPV drones with loudspeakers to guide surrendering Russians out of the combat area.

The Russian offensive around Pokrovs'k, Donetsk region, has stalled.

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

I hope people understand what we are seeing here.
1) Trump and Putin are preparing a common plan to dictate to Ukraine.
2) Ukraine will surprise them (at least Trump) by refusing.
3) The War will continue.
4) The role of Europe will be decisive.

[Iuliia Mendel @IuliiaMendel]

Yesterday, over 100,000 people have been left without heating after a drone strike on the Mykolaiv power plant.

[Polish Embassy UK 🇵🇱 @PolishEmbassyUK]

.@AmbWilczek opened the in-person part of the conference, launching the 37th volume of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry @IPJSPOLIN. Before the keynote by @acklotz, @WTBartoszewski and @TzipiHotovely offered their insight into ties between Jewish communities in Poland and Germany.

[Françoïs Guesnet @fguesnet]

I stopped posting on this site, but @BackAndAlive is not yet established under blue skies

Today, as the Trump administration throws Ukraine under the bus, tows the Putin line, and prepares a new Munich, I donated to the Ukrainian war effort.