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And again: a massive airstrike with Russian cruise missiles fired against cities across Ukraine, mainly targeting energy and water infrastructure. Bear in mind that temperatures in 🇺🇦 are below freezing.

Gevoel van urgentie in toespraak van Mark Rutte vandaag volkomen terecht. Bij Chatham House conferentie onlangs in Berlijn sprak ik erover.

Leestip. Geen woord Frans bij. Defensie-expert Grand: ‘Europeanen moeten zelf de ‘cavalerie’ gaan leveren’ via NRC ECFR nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/12…

#EUdefence: Now is the time to stop reacting and start acting. Powerful closing remarks to conclude the event from former Minister of Defence of the Netherlands Kajsa Ollongren.

Reminder to check out the other side

🚨BREAKING: Ahead of his security summit with European leaders, Starmer tells BBC that 🇬🇧Britain & 🇫🇷France (with “possibly 1 or 2 others”) will draft an alternative peace plan with🇺🇦Ukraine. It's a “plan to stop the fighting”, which would then be presented to🇺🇸for discussion.

Discuss, plan, agree, execute. I like the way this is handled so far.

Europe is at a critical juncture. With the GLOBSEC Ukraine support club we suggest concrete courses of action in this joint statement ⬇️

Really important piece by Katie Martin who has fled this site. Investors are edging away from the dollar. If the EU could get its act together, now is the time to issue joint debt. There would be huge demand from investors desperate to diversify on.ft.com/4ikpbsC

Whatever it takes Union und SPD wollen Finanzpaket in Milliardenhöhe faz.net/aktuell/politi…

Closely following the state of affairs as always, Teri Schultz. We discussed the unprecedented boost in defence spending that should move Europe into war economy.

US-UKR relationship restored, weapons deliveries & intel resumed. 30-days ceasefire proposal puts pressure where is belongs: on Putin. But many hurdles to take: will Russia accept, how to make sure it doesn’t violate it, plan on security guarantees, long term, accountability etc

Relatie VS-OEK hersteld, militaire steun en intel-deling voor nu hervat. 30-dagen staakt-het-vuren voorstel legt de druk waar die hoort: bij Putin. Maar nog veel hordes te nemen: accepteert Rusland, hoe schendingen voorkomen, plan voor veiligheidsgaranties, lange termijn etc

Air alarm in Ukraine. Hours after Trump’s conversation with Putin, and announcement of ceasefire on critical infrastructure, Russian drones and missiles strike large parts of #Ukraine.

Ceasefire agreement Trump - Putin, day 2.

As the EU publishes a new white paper on reforming defence, there are clear priorities to make Europe a stand-alone military power, write Armida van Rij and Kajsa Ollongren. chathamhouse.org/2025/03/eu-mus…

Odesa is under a massive Russian drone attack #Ukraine

The YES Board represented by Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995–2005), Chairman of the Board of YES; Kajsa Ollongren, Minister of Defense of the Netherlands (2022–2024); Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland (2019–2023); Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of

Over dinner in The Hague, participants engaged in a frank, forward-looking conversation on the challenges and opportunities for the transatlantic community. From NATO’s evolving role to the future of Ukraine, and from hybrid threats to EU–NATO cooperation, the discussion