IPSE by Day - 04 January 2025

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 2 months ago

“Dozens of partner countries will participate in the meeting of the Ramstein group at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Thursday. Including those who can help boost our capabilities not only to defend against missiles but also against guided bombs and Russian aviation. We will discuss this with them and continue to persuade them. The task remains unchanged: strengthening our air defense.”

Apnews

President of Ukraine

04 Jan 2025 5 3

Stephen Zunes

Inserted 2 months ago

“Israel is using up these weapons at a very fast pace, as made obvious by the enormous death and destruction that's ongoing, and Biden is ready to resupply them. If he didn't do it, I'm sure the incoming Trump administration would do so. Not a single arms transfer has ever been blocked by Congress. So, there is unfortunately very little to stop it. At this point, the arms transfers will continue unabated. Outside the White House and Congress, there is far less support for arming Israel. [Biden] is doing this in the face of widespread opposition, not just in the international community, not just from human rights groups, but according to polls, a large majority of the American people.”

Aje

Politics professor and Middle East expert at the University of San Francisco

04 Jan 2025 8 2

Shaun Walker

Inserted 2 months ago

“Putin wants to seize, at the very least, the territory he already controls, and also has demands over Ukrainian neutrality and disarmament that would be impossible for any Ukrainian leader to sell politically. Zelenskyy, meanwhile, has admitted that painful compromises may be necessary, but insisted that, in return, he would need some form of meaningful security guarantee against subsequent Russian escalation, such as a promise of Nato membership or western peacekeepers on the ground. Neither option currently looks likely.”

Theguardian

Guardian's central and eastern Europe correspondent

04 Jan 2025 12 3

Dan Perry

Inserted 2 months ago

“Israel's leaders are waiting for Donald Trump to take office because they think they'll have greater leeway … to put more pressure on Gaza to finally get Hamas to relent. I'm not so sure this is going to a happy place soon. While Trump has indicated he wants the war on Gaza to end that doesn't mean a negotiated settlement that halts the bloodshed.”

Aje

Former chairman of the Foreign Press Association of Israel

04 Jan 2025 3 2

Russia's Defense Ministry

Inserted 2 months ago

“On January 3, an attempt was made from Ukrainian territory to launch a missile attack against the Belgorod region using US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles. These actions by the Kyiv regime, which is supported by Western curators, will be met with retaliation.”

Aljazeera

Statement by the Russia's Defense Ministry

04 Jan 2025 7 2

Hisham Mhanna

Inserted 2 months ago

“First responders suffer from unspeakable levels of stress, anxiety and frustration. We have heard them describe feelings of helplessness toward the victims who they could not save, and of the immense pain of losing colleagues on duty.”

Nytimes

Communication Officer at International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

04 Jan 2025 5 1

Ahn Byong-jin

Inserted 2 months ago

“Yoon Suk Yeol is depending on the South Korean version of MAGA to hold onto power.”

Nytimes

Political scientist at Kyung Hee University in Seoul

04 Jan 2025 2 2

Olaf Scholz

Inserted 2 months ago

“There are a lot of people on social media who want to attract attention with snappy slogans. I don't believe in courting Mr. Musk's favor. I'm happy to leave that to others. As Social Democrats, we have been used to the fact that there are rich media entrepreneurs who do not appreciate Social Democratic politics - and do not hide their opinions.”

Politico

Chancellor of Germany

04 Jan 2025 6 4

Oana Popescu-Zamfir

Inserted 2 months ago

“The Kremlin clearly has its eye on the parliamentary elections. Sandu's ruling party is not as well placed for this as they were for the presidential elections and the EU referendum, so it's enough for Russia to add a bit of pressure and they can actually push them to an area where they're going to lose the election. Moldova can buy gas in advance and have it delivered from the European market, but at much higher prices than it paid Gazprom. So, I'm guessing the Russian strategy is make them spend all their budget [on energy] instead of spending it on anything related to economic development in general, spend it to get through the winter. And then as the elections approach, they're going to have even higher inflation, even higher prices than they do already, which is pretty high. Without sufficient aid from the West, that's absolutely a strategy that can work.”

Rferl

Director of the GlobalFocus Center, a Bucharest-based think tank

04 Jan 2025 13 4

Maria Golubeva

Inserted 2 months ago

“Russian state propaganda [began] to spread messages blaming Moldova and its government for the situation and painting apocalyptic scenarios for the region some weeks before the end of gas transit. The propaganda intensified around January 1. I believe we can expect this to spiral in the next few weeks as the de-facto Transdniester authorities ignore Moldova's proposals for solutions.”

Rferl

Former Latvian parliament member who is a fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis

04 Jan 2025 5 4

William Hill

Inserted 2 months ago

“The Russians are clearly in the game not just to pressure Ukraine, and Europe, and Moldova. But they've hung Transdniester out to dry, and this is really surprising everyone. What the Russians have done to their 30-year proxy on the left bank of the Dniester River, it's remarkable. People are going to remember this. It's freezing there.”

Rferl

Former U.S. ambassador who has spent years working in Moldova

04 Jan 2025 5 4

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“On January 3, an attempt was made from Ukrainian territory to launch a missile attack against the Belgorod region using US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles. These actions by the Kyiv regime, which is supported by Western curators, will be met with retaliation.”

“First responders suffer from unspeakable levels of stress, anxiety and frustration. We have heard them describe feelings of helplessness toward the victims who they could not save, and of the immense pain of losing colleagues on duty.”

“Yoon Suk Yeol is depending on the South Korean version of MAGA to hold onto power.”

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