In a first for Europe since 🇷🇺's invasion of Ukraine, France and Germany are sending Western-made armored fighting vehicles to 🇺🇦. Our @AtlanticCouncil experts break down what this could mean.
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- 🗳 Recent polling shows that the Russian invasion of 🇺🇦 has sparked profound shifts in European and US public opinion. Read the 🧵 for a country-by-country breakdown ⬇️ (1/8)
- “If we were to accept for one moment that Putin could be successful in Ukraine, that he would get Kyiv, that he get would the whole country, it won’t end there," said 🇳🇱 PM Mark Rutte @MinPres. "History has taught us that.” Recap the #ACFrontPage 🔽
- 📅 REGISTER, Apr 19, 9am ET | Italy's Chief of Defense Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone joins @StarlingCG to discuss the future of security in Europe & the Mediterranean and developments in 🇮🇹 defense planning. Join us in-person: atlanticcouncil.org/event/a-conver… @ACMideast
- Replying to @ACEurope and @Ipsos🇩🇪: A historic shift—78% of Germans support 🇩🇪’s landmark defense policies announced on Sunday. More than 60% of Germans view Putin differently following the 🇺🇦 invasion. 81% perceive 🇷🇺 as a threat to Germany’s security. Source: @derspiegel👉 bit.ly/3vzcoxp (4/8)
- 🗣️ On the Association of the Serbian Municipalities, @aliciakearns doesn't see the ASM as the right approach for 🇽🇰, however as it has been agreed on "it is important it doesn't become a new Republika Srpska". Full #BalkansDebrief with @IlvaTare: bit.ly/46ordCx
00:00 - Replying to @ACEurope🇺🇸: 77% believe US should place additional economic sanctions on 🇷🇺 (up from 69% last week) and over 2/3 believe Russian President Putin is most to blame for the crisis (up from 50% last week). Source: @Ipsos 👉 bit.ly/3K7AWla (3/8)
- What structural decarbonization and counter-kleptocracy reforms are needed in the response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine? @SenSanders @BernieSanders, @DavidLammy, and @delarabur join @b_judah for a discussion today 12:30pm ET/4:30pm GMT/17hr30 CET.
- Replying to @ACEurope🇬🇧: The percentage of Brits who view 🇷🇺 as a “hostile threat” almost doubled following the invasion, from 34% to 64%. The share of Brits seeing 🇺🇸 as a “friend and ally” rose from 36% to 50%. Source: @YouGov 👉 bit.ly/3sxf10J (2/8)
- WATCH LIVE: @Tsihanouskaya joins for a #ACFrontPage conversation with @IAmAmnaNawaz with remarks from @USAmbBelarus & @melindaharing.
- 🇸🇪 "What the ongoing Aurora 2023 exercise demonstrates is that Sweden’s military capabilities and geography make it a key security provider for the northeastern flank and for the Alliance as a whole," write @AnnwieAnna & @eadamson91. Read more:
- Replying to @ACEurope @Ipsos and 2 others🇫🇷: 88% are shocked by Moscow’s invasion. 41% believe 🇫🇷 should send military & humanitarian equipment to 🇺🇦. 50% trust President Macron’s handling of the crisis—significantly more than rival presidential candidates. Source @BFMTV: 👉 bit.ly/3K9ndKt (6/8)
- We are delighted to announce @DaveKeating as a new nonresident senior fellow! Dave keeps a pulse on the EU and explains European politics with France24. Catch Dave on Twitter, TV, and in the press: atlanticcouncil.org/expert/dave-ke…
- Pres Zelenskyy’s application for 🇺🇦 to join the EU and the 🇪🇺Parliament’s vote welcoming Ukraine’s candidacy have sparked a trend as Georgia & Moldova have also now applied for membership. Does this mean 🇺🇦, 🇬🇪, & 🇲🇩 are becoming #EU members? Not quite..🧵Thread (1/8)
