Researcher at the Norwegian Defence University College / Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, analysing Russian military and maritime strategy. All views my own
Bergen, Norge
Joined October 2020
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Til info, russiske missiler «treffer» ikke sivile mål i Ukraina. Russland bomber det ukrainske sivilsamfunnet med viten og vilje i en pill råtten terrorkampanje, forankret i en forskrudd overbevisning om at verken nasjonalstaten eller folket som bor i den har livets rett. 🧵
Da jeg gikk på barneskolen, bodde jeg praktisk talt i et hjemmelaget Pippi-kostyme - med ståltråd i flettene og en hekla Herr Nilsson borrelåst på skulderen. Den lille 5-årige rødstrømpa er mmmeget stolt akkurat nå... Heia alle dønn solide forsvars-Pippier som vi ser så opp til!
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No doubt the US military is the most formidable force - and that’s been true under Biden, Obama, Bush, etc. But strength alone isn’t enough to deter enemies. If Russia thinks the US won’t fight in Europe, it may invade. If China thinks the US won’t respond over Taiwan, it may too
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Russia's future...no place is safe. Ukraine's strategy of denial, like Israel: continue to strike Russian defense industry, airbases, oil/gas infrastructure. Senior Russian officers will spend the rest of their life looking over their shoulder and checking under their cars.
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💥 Ukrainian Intelligence (HUR) has reportedly eliminated the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.
The deeper they hide — the harder they fall.
No one is untouchable.
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Stories of undercover operatives who stay behind enemy lines and later fight in special ops units, through some of the war’s toughest battles, are usually found in movies or games. But this isn’t fiction. Here are key points from our interview with Artem "Skhidnyi" Karyakin 🧵:
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Ukrainian POWs in Russian captivity face systematic torture, including brutal beatings, electric shocks, and denial of medical care for severe wounds.
@Slidstvo_info's documentary exposes these horrific details from the victims 👇
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Sometimes daddy has to grossly appease a land-grabbing war criminal so he too can enjoy the spoils of war?
Wake up. With Putin and his band of crooks drooling over Eastern Europe to restore the Russian empire, Trump is not our friend—and most certainly will never be our defender
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Some thought that Trump would protect Ukraine's trillion dollar mineral reserves after the US signed to own half of them.
Two months later, as Putin walks off with one of the largest lithium reserves on earth, it's clear, that his fealty toward Putin holds precedent.
With the US still refusing to help Ukraine, Russia now seizing the exact mineral troves that the US-Ukraine Strategic Minerals Agreement recently signed to jointly exploit. kyivinsider.com/as-trump-ref…
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1/ Leaked Russian Navy documents indicate that the Russian Black Sea Fleet is keeping several unseaworthy vessels in active service, as part of a scam by senior officers to skim off the large sums of money being allocated to their indefinite repairs. ⬇️
ALT Missile corvette Bora
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Europeans who think that Trump
tweeting out Rutte’s unctuous note was a sign of how effective the flattery is, have things completely backwards. Trump tweeted it out to humiliate Rutte and make himself look all powerful.
It’s a sign of how much he despises European weakness.
"Wherever the foot of a Russian soldier steps, that is ours", Putin said. "Not today", the Baltics said
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland are planning to mine areas along the border with Russia, creating a new 'Iron Curtain,' - the Telegraph.
All of them have already announced plans to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use of anti-personnel landmines. These countries have 2,150 miles of border with Russia and Belarus.
Lithuania, which plans to spend 5.5% of GDP on defense, has allocated €800 million ($930,3 million) to manufacture anti-tank and anti-personnel landmines.
Former Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas said "hundreds of thousands" of landmines will be required, which then will be stored close to the borders with Russia and Belarus for deployment in a crisis. They will form a part of a "whole system" of defense, along with drones and long-range weapons, @LKasciunas added.
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This is the result of a Russian missile hit that damaged a civilian train today, carrying regular people, including the elderly, women, and kids. Sadly, people get used to seeing stuff like this, and it won't be all over the news. Don’t let it fade. Keep showing Russia's crimes
ALT Image source: Censor net
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Norway will finance production of missiles for NASAMS in Ukraine🚀🇺🇦
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) has entered into an agreement with a major Ukrainian company to develop and produce missiles for NASAMS. This type of missiles will be cheaper to manufacture than what what is used today, and can be used alongside the AMRAAM-missiles.
Norwegian Minister of Defence Tore O. Sandvik and Ukraine´s Minister of Defence, @rustem_umerov, were present during the signing of the agreement in Ukraine Sunday.
‘The Norwegian NASAMS system saves lives in Ukraine every day, and is crucial in protecting critical infrastructure. That is why it is important for the Norwegian Government to finance this development of cheaper missiles for the NASAMS system in Ukraine’, said DefMin @toreosa.
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While the Trump admin now forbids Ukraine from striking Russian oil infrastructure, Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine’s central oil infrastructure in Kremenchuk.
The US is doing everything they can to aid Putin.
Ina Holst-Pedersen Kvam retweeted
Want to help clear mines from Ukraine including farmland? Please support my friend @whatislove_rv, all monies donated to our Buy Me a Coffee will go to him. buymeacoffee.com/exit266
Thank you to @CarolynJGThomas and @HelloMrBond for their tireless help in this project.
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Please note that I select the material for inclusion in my reports so as to avoid any contribution to the ongoing risk of Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports.
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Cluster munitions are designed to max damage of a single strike by releasing submunitions over a larger area—in effect distributing expl force to multiple impact zones, indiscriminately targeting beyond the range of one concentrated blast. Putin is launching them at kindergartens
NEW: Russian forces conducted the third largest combined drone and missile strike against Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion on the night of June 16 to 17.
The June 16-17 strike series heavily targeted Kyiv City and hit residential areas in the capital, as Russian officials and milbloggers called on Russia to intensify its strikes against Ukraine.
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu announced that North Korea would send 6,000 sappers and military engineers to help with reconstruction efforts in Kursk Oblast.
The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) announced sanctions packages against Russia on June 16 and 17.
Ina Holst-Pedersen Kvam retweeted
To be clear: Russia does not have the military offensive capacity to occupy the rest of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson without large reconstitution + revising tactics. This is no concession or gift when it’s military reality for the Russians. Reality as long as AFU resourced to hold.
NEW: Vladimir Putin has told the US Russia could give up the remainder of its territorial claims in Ukraine.
But Kyiv's allies worry it's bait to lure Trump into accepting Russia’s other demands – like recognizing Crimea – and forcing them on Kyiv.
ft.com/content/5d848403-4a15…
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Trump is trying to do everything possible to help Putin--lesson 5872.
Btw, this means the US government is now a proto-ally of Putin and an enemy of Ukrainian democracy
Trump abandons $50 billion deal, saying he has no intention of supplying weapons to Ukraine, even for money — BILD
Although Ukraine desperately needs Patriot air defense systems and associated missiles, the Trump team shows no interest in a potential sale of these systems.
What does Trump want to achieve with this?
More Ukrainian deaths, a Russian victory? Obviously.
And obviously, Trump is putin's whore.
