Leo Litra

🔔We kindly invite to the roundtable “Determining the Speed of Ukraine’s EU Accession: Political and Strategic Factors.” organised in partnership w/ @ANTS_NGO. 🗓️23.03.2026, 11:00 (+2 UTC) 🔗cutt.ly/NtUTuRQz w/ @PToveri @HopkoHanna @petras_petras @LeonidL @Solodkyy

Russian Gas was never "cheap". Between 2010 and 2020 Russian gas was only advantegous under certain market conditions, after 2021 Russian gas was at the same level or more expensive than LNG from Qatar or the U.S. Plus there are high political and strategic costs.

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Hey @grok so who’s next?

📌`Until a compromise about Greenland is reached, Europe and Ukraine must prepare to stand alone, recognising that the era of American security guarantor may be over`, @LeonidL wrote on @EuropeanPravda 🔗cutt.ly/ptl805ZM

Joint statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom 👇

"The notion that “time is on the Russian side” betrays a lack of strategic patience and, even more importantly, squandered opportunities to exploit Moscow’s growing structural vulnerabilities", write @j_kobzova and @LeonidL @ECFREuropeanSec bit.ly/3LLfQzs

📌“If the “reparation loan” fails to materialise – and if Ukraine does not have a plan B – it may have dezastruos consequences for Ukraine that could lead to a defeat in the war”, @LeonidL, commented to The @Telegraph 🔗cutt.ly/KtaKZdek

Fragile frontline: The consequences of declining military aid to #Ukraine, by @LeonidL ecfr.eu/article/fragil… via @ecfr #Putinswar #Russia

Russia’s renewed offensive in Ukraine’s east makes urgent international support essential. @LeonidL argues that Europe must now mobilise financial assistance to secure Ukrainian sovereignty—and its own security⬇️ ecfr.eu/article/fragil…

Russia’s renewed offensive in Ukraine’s east makes urgent international support essential. Europe must now mobilise financial assistance to secure Ukrainian sovereignty—and its own security, writes Leo Litra @LeonidL bit.ly/48FPdUa

As pressure rises on both sides, smarter decision-making could make #enlargement more credible and transparent. Listen to episode 2 of The Neighbourhood featuring @LeonidL: tinyurl.com/3nauwjs7 #Kyiv #Ukraine #EU #FutureofEurope #podcast #listennow

❓NEC asked experts: How candidate countries could bypass bilateral disputes with the EU member states to unlock accession negotiations? ✍️@LeonidL, @NEC_Ukraine, @ecfr, kindly shared his opinion. 🔗Read the full answers: cutt.ly/6tt5zjaF

📌The diplomatic minefield: What now for Ukraine? 🎙️In the latest @ecfr “Ukraine Inside Out” episode, @LeonidL and @Ogryzko_L discuss with Eric Ciaramella (@CarnegieEndow) & @j_kobzova (@ecfr) the turbulence around so-called “28-point plan”. 🎧cutt.ly/StytVPnj 🧵⬇️

@LeonidL, @Ogryzko_L, @j_kobzova & Eric Ciaramella discuss the potential consequences of this proposal and the leverage Ukraine and Europe may still hold. ecfr.eu/podcasts/episo…

May this be the end of European delusion, the end of self-humiliation and useless flattery. May this be the moment in which Europeans muster just a fraction of the courage that fellow European Ukrainians have demonstrated so far. #StandwithUkraine #EuropeAlone

There is a glaringly obvious message for Europe in the 28 point plan: This is the end of the end. We have been told repeatedly and unambiguously that Ukraine’s security, and therefore Europe’s security, will be Europe’s responsibility. And now it is. Entirely. If you are a European leader asking your team to book you on the next flight to Washington to go talk to Daddy, please don’t. Not without a plan, not cap in hand, not humiliating us all in front of the cameras at the Oval office. Europe is our continent, our future is decided here, not there. We aren’t poor, we have options, we can finally decide to assist Ukraine to the full extent of our very extensive capabilities, restore European dignity and defend Europe. Or we can continue to wait for the miracle we now know is not coming.

🇺🇦🇯🇵🇰🇷🇹🇼Asian Models of Security Guarantees. What Lessons Should Ukraine Learn? 📅06.11.2025 ⏰10:30 EET, 16:30 CST, 17:30 KST/JST 📽️EN: youtube.com/live/F18tbqmAA… 🔗: tinyurl.com/47mt2avc w/ @LeonidL @AtsukoHigashino @bumanbake

Moldova’s leaders should take this success as a starting point for continued efforts to protect their democracy. But the country is hardly alone in experiencing Russian interference in its elections, write @GValodskaite and @LeonidL @ECFREuropeanSec bit.ly/4pZM4WZ

Europe’s defence against drones is impossible w/t Ukraine. Kyiv’s defence against russia is impossible without the support of Europe. In our latest podcast with @Ogryzko_L on war and drones together with @_criticus and @GresselGustav we unpack the topic: ecfr.eu/podcasts/episo…