I sincerely thank everyone who came to the meeting in Berlin this evening and who remains interested in the Ukrainian topic.
#LiterarischesColloquiumBerlin

Dear friends in Berlin,

tomorrow at 7:30 PM there will be an open meeting at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (Am Sandwerder 5).

Additionally, on April 28, I will be taking part in an event at the University of Klagenfurt.

If you are nearby, we would be delighted to see you.

Looks like Mrs. Carmody in the supermarket in "The Mist", based on Stephen King work)

Well, by the morning one thing can be said with confidence: “you cannot defeat a nuclear state” has once again proven to be nonsense.
And yes, it’s better not to even read the toothless statements of European leaders.

I took this photo today not far from Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin. In it, between a GDR stele and a Soviet red star, is Hero of Ukraine Oleksandr Matsievskyi, who was shot by Russian forces on a captured position after shouting “Glory to Ukraine!”, already unarmed.

A symbol that requires no words.

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16.04.2026 um 19:30 Uhr
Literarisches Colloquium Berlin
Am Sandwerder 5

It is perfectly clear what Trump will write in the event of a Russian invasion of the Baltics - 'Remember Iran!'

For Putin, everything is turning out ideally with this American president.

Four years later, it still stings to see demand for innovations from the side that was supposed to lose in two weeks.

Stripped and starved: How Putin's commanders torture their men Graphic videos show commanders beating and electrocuting their own troops, denying them food, forcing them to crawl through mud and making them fight to the death.

Russian, Russian commanders torture their men.
If there had been mobile phones and Telegram in Stalin’s time, we would have seen the same thing:

english.nv.ua/opinion/when...

Take a look at this photo, where 1.6 million residents of the USSR gathered for a Metallica concert in Moscow, 1991.

Then read brilliant article about that concert and the nuclear fear of the “unbreakable Union,” which collapsed just a few weeks later:

english.nv.ua/opinion/when...

The pilots of the downed Russian helicopter were also killed in a Ukrainian drone strike while on the ground:

The U.S. uses Patriot missiles to take down drones, while Ukrainian forces are taking down Russian helicopters with drones:

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This could happen in cases of arrests or persecution of Russians under decisions of foreign or international courts.

You can make the list of countries where “Russians are being discriminated against” yourselves, starting with the Baltics.
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I don’t know what other slap the EU needs to finally wake up.

A bill has been introduced in the Russian parliament that openly speaks of a future war between Russia and the EU. According to the document, Russian troops may invade any country by the president’s decision to protect Russians.
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Now it’s in the Financial Times👇

A screenshot of Swarmer’s IPO on NASDAQ today.

The company develops drone technology, with software built on its unique combat experience in Ukraine.

On its first day, the stock tripled, rising from $12.5 to $38 - a real indicator of the value of Ukraine’s experience.

...sich so rechtzeitig um ein Verhandlungsende des Krieges zu bemühen, dass die Ukraine diesen unter keinen Umständen verliert.

Mit der Bitte um Verständnis und herzlichen Grüßen an Stanislav Aseyev.

Ihr

Jürgen Habermas".
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...mit dem man nicht verhandelt, weil es nur besiegt werden kann – führen könnten. Ich meine ein Gespräch, in dem vielleicht beide von den Argumenten des anderen etwas lernen könnte.

Mein Artikel war ja ausschließlich an Bürger und Regierungen des Westens in der Absicht gerichtet...
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...unvorstellbar große Distanz unserer gegenwärtigen Lebenssituationen hinweg verständigen könnten. Ich müsste face to face mit ihm reden und zunächst seine Lage und seine Sicht der Dinge besser begreifen, bevor wir ein sinnvolles und offenes Gespräch über sein Thema – das Böse in der Politik...
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ich muss Ihnen nicht erklären, wie mich das Schicksal des jungen ukrainischen Schriftstellers betrifft und wie mich der Gedanke an seine abgründige Lebenssituation, seitdem ich Ihren Brief gelesen habe, umtreibt. Ich denke vergeblich darüber nach, wie wir uns über die...
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and among other things I asked whether he believed rational communication between Nazis and Jews during the Second World War was possible.

Unfortunately, we never met in person. But I can now bring his reply into the public sphere as a small act of my personal remembrance of him:

"Liebe Frau..
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One of the greatest thinkers of our time, Jürgen Habermas, has passed away, whose works we studied back at university.

Much later, in February 2023, I sent a letter to Herr Habermas through my publisher at Suhrkamp. The letter was a response to his call for dialogue between Ukraine and Russia..
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Lost in translation: How Russia’s new elite hit squad was compromised by an idiotic lapse in tradecraft Center 795, which emerged after the start of Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine and comprises elite units from the GRU and FSB, was established as a top-secret and fully autonomous entity designed to ...

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The collective West: Putin must realize the inability to continue the invasion in its fifth year.

Reality: In just one week of war, the U.S. depleted military stockpiles meant for years, while Russia receives +$150 million daily from oil sales that had sanctions lifted.

...resistance through psychological shock.

The United States was clearly unprepared for this kind of warfare—especially considering that a ground operation in Iran has not even begun.
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...that have caused collapses in the region's energy, aviation, and tourism sectors, whereas in the first years of its full-scale invasion, Russia simply bombed expensive missiles at residential buildings, hospitals, and kindergartens, attempting to break the Ukrainian nation's...
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It must be acknowledged that Iran is acting far more effectively militarily than Russia has in Ukraine.

The widespread use of cheap aerial and naval drones allows it to inflict disproportionate economic damage on the United States and its allies.

In fact, it is precisely these drones...
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