During the night, Ukraine has carried out extensive attacks against Russia – Continued high Russian losses and other news

By /

Ukraine has carried out massive attacks against Russia, one of the targets was the naval shipyard at the historic port city of Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg. A fitting target since today is the last day of the economic forum held in Saint Petersburg. Here Kyiv Independent writes about the attacks and here is a post.
It seems that the attacks continue this morning. Another target hit during the attacks is an oil depot in Krasnodar Krai.

The massive Russian losses continue

1380 KIA
3 Tanks
12 AFVs
82 Artillery systems
5 MLRS
1 Air defense system
2046 UAVs
9 UGVs
358 Vehicles & fuel tanks
3 Special equipment

Ukraine’s General Staff reports

  • 269 combat clashes
  • 96 air strikes
  • 295 KAB/CAB
  • 1,064 kamikaze drones
  • 3,135 shells (20 from MLRS)

SLAVA UKRAINI

facebookShare on Facebook
TwitterPost on X


Don't forget to donate, Ukraine's cause is ours! Support Ukraine!

72 thoughts on “During the night, Ukraine has carried out extensive attacks against Russia – Continued high Russian losses and other news”

  1. MXT

    ** Trump Expresses Support for Direct Ukraine-Russia Talks Without US Mediation
    US President Donald Trump stated that he would support direct peace negotiations between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin without initial US mediation. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump claimed his policies brought both leaders to this position and expressed confidence that a resolution is approaching. **
    https://www.kyivpost.com/post/77630

  2. MXT

    ** Russian Drone Strike Kills Two at Zaporizhzhia Industrial Facility
    Russian forces launched a massive overnight drone attack against Ukraine on Saturday, June 6, deploying 272 combat and decoy unmanned aerial vehicles. While air defenses intercepted or suppressed 249 of the incoming targets, 19 strike drones bypassed regional defense networks to hit 11 distinct locations across the country. In Zaporizhzhia, a morning strike targeted critical and industrial infrastructure, killing two enterprise employees. **
    https://www.kyivpost.com/post/77628

  3. MXT

    Before Sunday’s parliamentary election in Armenia, the Kremlin has increased economic pressure on the country, reports the BBC. In the weeks leading up to the election, Moscow has stopped its import of a number of Armenian goods, including flowers, mineral water, fruit, and cognac.

    “Russia pressures Armenia ahead of the election – stops trade

    Although Armenia under the current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has moved closer to the West, Russia remains the largest trading partner. Just over a third of Armenia’s foreign trade is with Russia. However, the country’s military dependence on the Kremlin has decreased significantly in recent years.

    – The only way Russia can influence Armenia now is economically, says Haykaz Fanyan at Armenia’s Center for Socioeconomic Studies.

    To meet the Russian pressures, the EU has promised to support Armenia with 50 million euros. The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has” https://omni.se/ryssland-pressar-armenien-infor-valet-stoppar-handeln/a/K8jpW5

    —

    “Armenia goes to a parliamentary election on Sunday that could decide whether the country will continue on a more Europe-friendly path or re-establish stronger ties with Russia, writes AP.

    The incumbent pro-Western Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is primarily challenged by three more Russia-friendly parties supported by the Kremlin.

    – This is the first time in Armenia’s history that the geopolitical direction has become a key issue, says analyst and former parliament member Mikayel Zolyan.

    He points out that the country has previously always belonged to Russia’s sphere of influence but that this is no longer a given.

    The New York Times notes that the election is the first since Pashinyan signed the peace agreement that meant the country gave up control over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Although the challengers hold this against him, polls show that Pashinyan is the most popular candidate.

    But if his party fails to secure an outright majority, he may still be forced out as he lacks obvious coalition partners.”
    https://omni.se/armeniens-vagval-mot-eu-eller-tillbaka-till-ryssland/a/5pjnjb

  4. MXT

    💥🔥✊👍 Verkar som att man även träffat ett oljeraffinaderi!

    ** The blaze at the Antipinsky oil refinery in Tyumen started at one of the plant’s treatment system units. ** https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3mnlzdv3na22o

    —

    ** A fire broke out, presumably after Ukrainain drone attacks, at the Antipinsky oil refinery in Tyumen, one of Russia’s largest private refineries. The plant has a design capacity of over 9 million tons of oil per year and produces gasoline, diesel and other fuel products. **
    https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3mnlzabcyfk2o

    2. 205

      US oil production larger than Russia’s and Saudi Arabia’s combined, Alaska, lifting restrictions in several states, high-tech, under the motto Drill, Baby drill

  8. MXT

    Off-Topic, the war in Iran

    There is currently a ceasefire, but since it is Schrödinger’s war, it does not prevent both Iran and the USA from attacking.

    “Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claims to have attacked ‘hostile bases’ in the Middle East overnight, reports AFP. This comes after the USA said it had shelled radar installations in Iran and shot down drones sent towards the Strait of Hormuz.

    According to the American military command Centcom, Iran has fired ballistic missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain. AFP’s reporters state that explosions have been heard in both countries, including near Kuwait’s international airport.

    The attacks occur despite the fact that there is officially a ceasefire in the war in Iran.”
    https://omni.se/nya-attacker-mellan-usa-och-iran-explosioner-i-kuwait/a/9p6EBW

    1. Pehr

      Has not been tested. Usually just go with Obolon out of habit, but maybe it’s time to try something new. Imports from Ukraine should be encouraged.

  13. MXT

    ** ❗️The situation on the southern sector of the front remains dynamic — both the Defense Forces of Ukraine and the Russian Armed Forces are conducting active combat operations, — Syrskyi said.

    According to the Commander-in-Chief, the enemy has concentrated 71,000 personnel on the Oleksandrivka direction. On the Hulyaipole and Orikhiv directions, the numbers are approximately the same.

    At the same time, the enemy continues to build up its efforts.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ **

    https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mnm4gz54z22l

  14. MXT

    ** 🇺🇦😎 Update for today:

    🔥 Oil depot in Ust-Labinsk. 28 tanks with a total volume of almost 15,000 cubic meters, where AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline, as well as diesel fuel, are stored.

    🔥 Mariupol port

    🔥 Kronstadt Marine Plant, where military and civilian vessels, ship engines are repaired.

    🔥 In the Leningrad Region, a warehouse of ammunition 15 of the Russian Navy arsenal was attacked.

    🔥 Explosions are also reported in St. Petersburg.

    🔥 A fire has broken out at an oil refinery in Tyumen, one of the largest private refineries in the country.

    https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mnm33knkmc2z

  16. MXT

    Off-Topic, the annual strawberry crisis before Midsummer

    I can only remember one single year when the risk of a shortage of strawberries was not highlighted.

    Either it has rained too much or too little, it has been too warm or too cold, etc., and every year the prices rise before Midsummer. The week after, there are still plenty of strawberries, usually at half price. It’s almost as if journalists reuse articles from previous years.

    The year when there was no crisis because there were too many strawberries, there was still a crisis because the growers risked going under due to getting paid too little.

    Then it ended up with the strawberries being ridiculously expensive for Midsummer anyway. 😀

    “There may be a shortage of strawberries for Midsummer, reports P4 Värmland. Cold nights in April and May have made the harvest later than usual, and in addition, Midsummer falls early this year.

    Herman Hagberg has a strawberry farm outside Karlstad. He has built tunnels and laid fabric over his berries to protect them from the cold.

    – We will have berries for Midsummer, but the total market will have a lower harvest than normal.”
    https://omni.se/kalla-natter-kan-leda-till-jordgubbsbrist-pa-midsommar/a/pBGpKG

    To help prevent the shortage of strawberries, here is a picture of Zakharova; after seeing it, you won’t want any more.

      1. MXT

        👍 Saw that a neighbor who missed it still has the pennant up. Maybe they are still sleeping.

        By the way, it’s easy to mess up badly when raising the flag.

        I remember from when I was a child, out at the summer cottage. A summer guest who had rented a cabin managed to drop the flagline, and since it was quite windy, it also slipped out of the pulley.

        There was nothing else to do but to lower the flagpole, but that also went wrong because they lost their grip before it was completely down. 

        Since it was an old-fashioned wooden flagpole, it didn’t end well as it broke in the middle when it fell to the ground (typical Stockholm tourists, thought the locals).

        While I’m on the subject of Stockholmers, there was one who borrowed a small smokehouse. It ended with it catching fire, so we had to pass buckets of water to put it out as it also spread to a nearby tree. It could have gone really badly if there hadn’t been many of us on site. 

        The same Stockholmers also destroyed our charge controller for our solar panel. They had asked if they could charge a battery. Of course, they were allowed (we weren’t alone on site then). It later turned out that when they were reconnecting our battery after they were done, they had connected it incorrectly, causing a short circuit.

        Of course, I’m not saying all Stockholmers are equally clumsy, but those ones just had a bit of bad luck.

  18. 205

    Articles Expressen the war over fresh satellite images directly to Ukrainian units without detour staff, zebra-patterned (this spelling was not recognized by spellcheck…) Russian trucks behind the front to deceive AI drones.

    1. MXT

      It will come sooner or later. Trump is stopping green energy, so that is the only way in the long run to be able to run all data centers. 

      Maybe it would be coal power plants then, of course. No one wants that, but if Trump subsidizes it enough, you never know what will happen.

        1. MXT

          So if we allowed shooting eagles, would wind power be okay?

          It is not allowed to shoot roe deer, moose, etc. just like that either, but we do not ban trains and cars because of it, even though many animals die in wildlife accidents every year.

          The coal industry kills people prematurely, both those who work with it and those affected by the emissions.

          The coal industry is not struggling in the USA because of environmental regulations but simply because it is still an expensive and poor solution compared to the alternatives, and the market simply does not want it.

          I guess you do not want subsidized wind power, but do you really want subsidized coal power?

          1. 205

            I am only recounting what Trump said at a White House roundtable with the press present. That does not mean that everything Trump says is correct (he may exaggerate (which, as it happens, is a bird species fewer worried about flying into wind turbine blades). But if we take deer/moose and others, we put up wildlife fencing. For our own and the animals’ sake. No similar consideration is given to wind power. 

  22. MXT

    Four years into the war in Ukraine, Russia faces a crossroads: to scale down the fighting or sacrifice more. The question was the elephant in the room at the economic forum in Saint Petersburg, writes The New York Times. Andrej Bezruko, a former Russian spy and now advisor to the chairman of Russia’s largest oil company, said at a panel debate that the war could continue for years, “perhaps several decades.” – We must learn to live with the war. Others believe that Russia has much to gain by scaling down the war now, while others note that the country faces severe economic challenges regardless of how the war proceeds. A senior economist at a government agency, who speaks anonymously in the article, believes the country would enter a depression if the war ends now. But continuing the war would force the country into Soviet-style economic planning, he says.

  25. MXT

    ❗️In the temporarily occupied Crimea, restrictions have been introduced on the sale of sugar, salt, and cereals, according to local media.

    ▪️ Many stores already have empty shelves.

    ▪️ The Russians have restricted passenger transportation on the highway to Crimea, which was recently brought under fire control by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

    ▪️ People are fleeing Crimea en masse — this morning there was a queue of 620 cars in front of the Crimean Bridge. People are waiting in the exit queue for several hours.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

  31. johan No.1

    Today I saw a nice thing on Twitter.

    I think we have won over the Iranians this year because the congratulations on the national day are endless and they do it very nicely – an atmospheric image, origin, and a totally grateful tribute to Sweden that really goes straight to the heart. They get dozens of happy comments back and everything is just a positive loop of joy and national day.

    You almost feel ashamed of your dry good national day here and that I’m just sitting and sucking on a snus 😀

    It was fun to see because they took back the whole flag discussion and the “Sweden question” directly in the best possible way.

    There are probably many more than just exiled Iranians but it became a big thing this year apparently.

    Then NATO congratulates, many other countries and even more on top of that us on our national day with a nice atmospheric image of a violent Swedish soldier who looks murderous.

    Ukraine absolutely honors us on social media – it never ends.

    I think Sweden as a country is starting to claw back our good reputation that we absolutely deserve 😀

    When I started university in Edinburgh in 1999 it was “oh, you’re Swedish” and then you got more friends and better grades than you deserved.

    Since around 2015, “Sweden, how is it possible *(insert any bad news)*.

    It stings down here I can tell you when Italians of all people are sitting and laughing loudly at our antics in Sweden, it’s supposed to be us laughing at them, that’s old news with Berlusconi bunga parties and government changes once every quarter.

    2. N Eklund

      Many of the immigrants who succeed feel gratitude for being able to live in Sweden. Whether you have been Swedish for several generations or are new to the country, I believe that gratitude is one of the best driving forces to use.

  32. Pehr

    Interview in DI.
    American ex-general: Then pressure on Putin leads to a decisive moment

    Russia’s President Putin is under heavy pressure, Ukraine can take back large areas, and the war may be heading towards an end.
    That is what David Petraeus, one of the world’s most famous generals, says in an interview with DI’s Danish sister newspaper Børsen, where he also expresses concern about how far apart Iran and the USA stand.
    Published: June 6, 2026, 16:52

    Share

    Save
    KK

    Kasper Kildegaard

    Skip backward 10 seconds

    Pause

    Skip forward 10 seconds

    Sound on
    Current time
    00:31
    /
    Total time
    04:57

    Fullscreen

    Agenda: Keep an eye on this next week
    “I can’t see this ending soon,” says David Petraeus about the conflict between the USA and Iran.
    “I can’t see this ending soon,” says David Petraeus about the conflict between the USA and Iran. Photo: Michal Dyjuk (AP/TT)

    David Petraeus is a global heavyweight, and he has been for a long time.

    It shows in what he tells about himself:

    That he teaches great power rivalry at the elite university Yale, that he is a partner in one of the world’s largest venture capital firms, that he has commanded some of the USA’s most important military operations, or that in 2007 he was in the final for Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” – only surpassed by Vladimir Putin.

    During the 32-minute interview, Petraeus delivers plenty of striking messages.

    About a Russian president in deep trouble.

    About a mistake he warns European leaders not to make.

    And about the development of the war against Iran, which worries him.

    “I think the distance between the USA and Iran is still very, very large,” he explains and continues:

    “I can’t see this ending soon.”

    Petraeus with Barack Obama at the American Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan 2010.
    Petraeus with Barack Obama at the American Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan 2010. Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais (AP/TT)
    David Petraeus with then US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush 2005.
    David Petraeus with then US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush 2005. Photo: J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE (AP/TT)

    The 73-year-old American is no ordinary person.

    He served for almost 40 years in the US military, ending as a four-star general with the highest military responsibility for six operations – including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    A service that earned him something approaching legendary status in the USA.

    “The General Patton of the 2000s,” as one journalist described him.

    Afterwards, he became head of the CIA – and since 2013 he has been a partner in the venture capital firm KKR, which manages about 5,000 billion SEK, and Petraeus helps them, among other things, to assess risks before they invest.

    And risks? There are plenty, as the general says, in a world constantly turned upside down.

    “This is a truly significant moment”
    When talking about the security situation in the world, it is impossible not to zoom in on the war between Ukraine and Russia.

    Now David Petraeus – who is in Denmark for the business conference VL Døgn – sees signs of a decisive turning point, which in his eyes puts heavy pressure on the Russian leadership.

    “Vladimir Putin is worried. Things are not going well for him,” he says when interviewed on stage by former Danish spy chief Lars Findsen:

    “At some point next year, I think Vladimir Putin will look in the mirror and say that he has as great a need for a ceasefire as Volodymyr Zelenskyy (the Ukrainian president, DI’s note).”

    David Petraeus and American forces outside a village north of Baghdad 2007.
    David Petraeus and American forces outside a village north of Baghdad 2007. Photo: KHALID MOHAMMED (AP/TT)
    When we meet afterwards, Petraeus talks about a “very, very big change.”

    “This is a truly significant moment. Last month, Ukraine captured more territory than Russia did. The front line is very, very difficult for Russia to advance on,” he says.

    Moreover, he considers it a breakthrough that the Ukrainians have now managed to get through the air defense to Moscow.

    “Bringing the fight to Moscow is of strategic importance – because the residents of Moscow have not previously felt this war, and it is not their sons and daughters who are recruited,” he says.

    As a general, David Petraeus ended with four stars on his shoulders – and with command over several of the USA’s most important military operations in modern times.

    According to him, one should not attribute the development so much to Russian weakness. Instead, it is because the Ukrainians are “truly extraordinary.”

    He points out that in the USA they talk about “the greatest generation” when looking back at World War II – namely the generation that “went to war to make the world safe for democracies, and then went home and built the world’s best economy.”

    “And I think that is what Ukraine has now,” he says.

    “Their defiance, their determination, their courage, and above all their innovation – it is overwhelming.”

    Ukrainian forces prepare drones.
    Ukrainian forces prepare drones. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky (AP/TT)
    Especially the Ukrainian development of drone technology occupies Petraeus.

    “This year, Ukraine will produce 7 million drones – twice as many as last year – and they are using 10,000 drones per day right now,” he says:

    “It is simply extraordinary.”

    The question arises:

    Can Ukraine really win this war?

    When Børsen asks Petraeus, he says that one “must define what it means to win.”

    “I actually don’t know if that is a useful concept,” he says:

    “But can they achieve a lasting ceasefire? That is actually possible.”

    “It’s not unthinkable that Ukraine can isolate Crimea”
    So you envision freezing the current front line?
    “Yes, I think that will be the case, but opportunities may arise where Ukraine can actually take back something – significant areas.”

    He points among other things to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014 and which since then has been connected to the Russian mainland via a bridge.

    “It’s not unthinkable that they can isolate Crimea – they attack that bridge every day, and sooner or later they will figure out how to tear it down,” says Petraeus.

    He estimates that there will come a time – Petraeus guesses 2027 – when “Putin cannot maintain this.”

    An assessment he bases on a very large number of dead or wounded Russian soldiers, a pressured economy, and the Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s oil refineries.

    Is time working against Putin now?
    “Yes,” says Petraeus:

    “I think time is working against him now – as long as we continue to support Ukraine. And it would really help if we reinstated the American sanctions.”

    “Vladimir Putin is evil personified,” says David Petraeus.
    “Vladimir Putin is evil personified,” says David Petraeus. Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofyev (AP/TT)
    In recent years, a crucial question has been the question of security guarantees in the event of a peace agreement. That is: Who will guarantee to come to Ukraine’s aid if Russia resumes the war after a possible agreement?

    Petraeus emphasizes that he has “always questioned the security guarantee from European countries and the USA” along the way.

    “But the best security guarantee is simply to give everything to Ukraine, so that they can achieve their own security,” he says.

    “With the capabilities they have now, and which they will continue to develop, there will come a time when Russia simply does not want to go to war against them again.”

    Russian nuclear forces train. Petraeus does not believe Putin will use nuclear weapons.
    Russian nuclear forces train. Petraeus does not believe Putin will use nuclear weapons. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense (AP/TT)
    When hearing David Petraeus talk about the Russian problems, there is a crucial question gnawing in the back of the mind. What will Vladimir Putin – who has invested so much of his personal status in the war in Ukraine – do?

    Petraeus makes no secret that the Russian president is anything but a pleasant opponent.

    “Vladimir Putin is evil personified,” as he says on stage.

    “He wants to restore as much of the former Soviet Union and the Russian Empire as possible. He feels this very deeply – and he does not believe that Ukraine has any right to exist.”

    “In a police state, it is very, very difficult to organize a coup”
    He also points out that Putin has a tight grip on Russian society.

    “It’s like a mafia, where he is the godfather,” he says:

    “He has absolute power.”

    It sounds like a toxic cocktail; a nationalist dictator on a world-historical mission, who is now in trouble.

    Therefore, we ask Petraeus what he thinks Putin will do. Will he bomb one or more European countries to scare us, as the world-famous professor John Mearsheimer has toyed with the idea?

    Or worse: Will he use nuclear weapons?

    Petraeus is not worried about any of this.

    “There is not much more he can do beyond what he is doing now,” he says.

    “He will not cross the nuclear threshold. President Xi Jinping (China’s leader, DI’s note) has publicly said he must not do that – and the same has Narendra Modi (India’s prime minister, DI’s note) said. Putin is a pariah in the world now – and if he did, he would become enemy number 1.”

    The Strait of Hormuz. Petraeus closely follows developments in the Middle East.
    The Strait of Hormuz. Petraeus closely follows developments in the Middle East. Photo: Amirhosein Khorgooi (AP/TT)
    Instead, Petraeus believes Putin will use his great power internally in Russia to control the narrative.

    “He will give some kind of speech where he proclaims that he has achieved all his major goals, he will honor the Russian soldiers who have done so well – and then he will say that now we can end this.”

    Do you think he can keep power in Russia after that?
    “That is a big and good question. There are many scenarios being discussed right now. But in a police state, it is very, very difficult to organize a coup.”

    But you do not mean that a coup can be ruled out, even if it is difficult?
    “Nothing can be ruled out, no – one should never do that.”

    David Petraeus also follows the war in Iran intensively.

    He – whom we spoke with on Wednesday, May 20 – is worried about the development of the war.

    “When you are CIA chief, you learn very quickly that you have to deal with the world as it is, not as you wish it to be. And I don’t like how it looks right now – that is the reality,” he says from the stage.

    When we talk to him, he says that “one absolutely cannot rule out” that the war will flare up again because the USA attacks.

    However, he does not believe it will happen in the form of ground forces – for example on Kharg Island, which plays a crucial role in Iran’s oil exports.

    “Can we take Kharg? We absolutely can. But can we maintain troops there? That is doubtful. This is the era of drones. Do we have sufficient capacity to fight drones? That is a question mark,” he says.

    “So I see no long-term presence of troops on land.”

    He generally believes that the Iranians are in a good negotiating position because they do not have to hold elections or consider what the population thinks.

    “Iran has significant resilience,” he says.

    “They are in a fairly solid position and have so far shown no willingness to deviate from their demands.”

    Was it wise and necessary for Trump to initiate this attack?
    “It is too early to answer.”

    Do you still think so?
    “Yes,” says Petraeus:

    “Now we will see what the final result will be.”

    “One should not overreact to Trump’s latest posts on Truth Social”
    For more than 80 years, the USA and Europe have been united in a close alliance through NATO – an alliance Petraeus calls “the most amazing in world history.”

    He therefore does not hide that he is currently “worried.”

    “I do not feel comfortable with what is coming from Washington regarding NATO,” he says from the stage, where he also points out that there is “enormous support for NATO in Congress and among the American population.”

    Afterwards, however, he says that Europe does well to seek opportunities for cooperation with the USA – among other things by helping with efforts in the Middle East and not least by spending significantly more money on defense.

    You should take Trump seriously but not literally, says David Petraeus.
    You should take Trump seriously but not literally, says David Petraeus. Photo: Alex Brandon (AP/TT)
    On the other hand, he warns European leaders not to “bite the bait” when Trump makes controversial statements. Petraeus believes we should take him seriously, but not literally.

    “One should not overreact to Trump’s latest posts on Truth Social. There are examples of leaders who have ended up in situations where they publicly counterattack – but often you do not achieve much with that, especially if the country is very dependent on the USA,” he says.

    He points out, among other things, that the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, a few weeks ago was quoted as saying that the USA was “humiliated” in the Iran war.

    A statement that made Trump furious. Afterwards, the president said he would call home 5,000 soldiers from Germany and that a planned deployment of long-range weapons would not take place.

    On the direct question of whether it was a mistake by Merz, Petraeus answers:

    Advertisement
    “One should avoid emotional reactions.”

    “It is simply unwise and not helpful.”

    Petraeus is hugged by his family when he comes home on a visit from Iraq.
    Petraeus is hugged by his family when he comes home on a visit from Iraq. Photo: Christopher Berkey (AP/TT)
    Do you mean that we should be careful not to provoke?
    “Yes,” he says.

    “It is different with China, because they have some extraordinary tools. There are a whole range of sectors where they are so dominant – and they exploit that.”

    He also believes that we should not take Trump literally when he has previously threatened to attack Greenland.

    When asked whether the USA can or wants to attack Greenland, the answer comes immediately in the form of a loud “no” from Petraeus.

    “In his book (The Art of the Deal, DI’s note) Trump himself says that before you sit down and negotiate with someone, you should punch them in the nose. That is what he does – rhetoric, threats, calls,” he says.

    “It is again wise advice that he should be taken seriously, but not literally.”

    https://www.di.se/mobil/nyheter/amerikanska-ex-generalen-da-leder-pressen-pa-putin-till-ett-avgorande/

Leave a Comment

Scroll to Top