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Jan 5 • 7 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Zelenskyy appoints former Canadian cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland as advisor on economic development.

She’s a Ukrainian-Canadian who’s worked with Ukraine for decades and served at the top of Canadian government. 1/ Image
Chrystia served as Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister (2019–2024) and Finance Minister (2020–2024).

She was born in Canada. In 1990s her mother helped draft Ukraine’s first post-independence Constitution. Chrystia speaks Ukrainian fluently. 2/
She started as a journalist in Ukraine and Russia. Freeland wrote for the FT, The Washington Post, and The Economist. Later she ran big teams at FT (U.S. Managing Editor) and Reuters (Managing Director). 3/
Chrystia entered politics in 2013. She ran Trade (2015–2017), Foreign Affairs (2017–2019), Intergovernmental Affairs (2019–2020), Finance (2020–2024), and served as Deputy PM (2019–2024). 4/
In 2015 Freeland said the war is an existential challenge for the Kremlin and that backing Ukraine is a democratic duty.

Zelenskyy awarded her the Order of Princess Olga (1st class) in 2022. In Sept 2025 Canada appointed her Special Rep. for Ukraine’s Reconstruction. 5X
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reuters.com/world/with-her…

brookings.edu/articles/chrys…

globalnews.ca/news/11061347/…

diaspora.com.ua/en/chrystia-fr…
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Jan 7
The UK and France have pledged to deploy troops and weaponry to Ukraine as part of security guarantees to underpin a proposed peace deal.

A European-led deterrence force would provide reassurance in the air, at sea and on land with US support — FT.

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UK PM Starmer said allies made commitments paving "the way for the legal framework under which British, French and partner forces could operate on Ukrainian soil."

After a ceasefire, the UK and France will establish military hubs across Ukraine with protected weapons facilities.

2/
The commitment is the most significant promise of ongoing support from European allies in the "coalition of the willing" as US-led peace negotiations gain momentum.

Macron said there's been recent "convergence" between US, Ukrainian and European positions.

3/
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Jan 6
Dmytro, Russian POW: Try to leave your position and we’ll shoot you ourselves. That’s what commanders told us.

Over the radio, wounded soldiers begged to pull back — some without arms, some without legs.

[Russians treat their people no better than enemies]

1/
Dmytro: We walked for five days and nights with no food or water, sleeping in forest pits.

Wounded were brought in, one had lost a leg to a mine, but no food, no medicine arrived.

About 25–30 went in. Only three survived.

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Jan 6
Sikorski: Putin may have hoped, as he did from the beginning, that democracies are pathetic, democracies don't have the staying power.

Now he has to be ready to fight for another two years. And it's not clear that his army and his economy can bear that burden. 1/
Sikorski: The list of agreements where West Europeans decide above the heads of Central and Eastern Europe is a long and a very unhappy one.

And we know what they are. The latest ones, of course, were Minsk I and Minsk II, and we don't need a Minsk III. 2/
Sikorski: We need to rebuild our defense industry to deter Putin irrespective of what the United States does. Intention is one thing, but capability is another.

Till the end of the decade, we have to build the kind of military that Putin will be reluctant to challenge. 3X
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Jan 6
A 55-year-old Ukrainian infantryman went to the front for two weeks.

He stayed on the front line, meters from Russian positions, for 165 days.

This is the story of “Udav,” a soldier of the 152nd Separate Jaeger Brigade, — Ukrainska Pravda. 1/ Image
Udav entered the position on June 18, 2025. He exited on November 30.

Command attempted to rotate him five times, but no replacement reached the position.  2/
Planned rotation intervals changed over time. Initial rotations lasted 3–4 days, then two weeks, and later up to a month.

Command cited shortages of infantry and problems with incoming replacements.  3/
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Jan 6
John Bolton: Putin believes Ukraine belongs in a restored Russian empire and launched unprovoked aggression.

Ukraine posed no threat to Russia. That’s nothing like Venezuela, which directly threatened U.S. security. Ukraine, Taiwan, and Venezuela are not comparable cases.

1/
Bolton: After removing Maduro, Trump signaled the U.S. would “run Venezuela for a while.”

By sidelining the democratic opposition and dealing with Maduro’s inner circle, Trump risks settling for “Maduro 2.0” to secure oil—undercutting the case for removing him at all.

2/
Bolton: Venezuela is playing for time. Maduro’s inner circle is signaling “cooperation” to stall, secure loyalty from the military, and colectivos and line up backing from China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba.

This is a classic delay tactic—not a move toward a democratic transition.
3/
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Jan 5
Trump says the US will run Venezuela after capturing Maduro — The Economist.

After a US special forces raid captured Maduro on Jan 3, Trump framed the US control of Venezuela as enforcing American dominance in the western hemisphere. 1/ Image
Trump invoked a new Donroe Doctrine: American dominance will never be questioned again.

He claimed Maduro’s VP Delcy Rodríguez would cooperate with US plans. She rejected this, calling the operation illegal and an atrocity. 2/
Trump framed Venezuela’s oil as a strategic asset. US companies would extract it, create tremendous wealth, and democracy could yield to power if necessary.

The elected opposition would have no role. 3/
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