Today’s post will be about China vs us, and how we can bring them down.
If you stepped back and feel like the war is starting to go Johan No.1 to the head, we must inform you that China has just had a twelve-point meeting for the next five-year plan and the “reunification” with Taiwan was high on the agenda – it should happen within the next five-year period, preferably soon.
It cannot be denied that it is either China + Russia at the top or Europe + USA. See it as a company where you try to outpace competitors and sell your product.
Europe’s “decline” has been going on for quite some time, and the crash in 2008 that affected a group of countries labeled PIIGS was due to China learning to copy their manufacturing and being able to sell at a lower price with the same quality.
Every country always has a strategic production and various industries that are important for the country – the arms industry, food production, electricity production, and more.
At times, Europe, more than the USA, has made sure to “give away” our advantage, especially to China. In 2008, Sweden was strong because China had not yet managed to copy our high-tech industry, but when I looked at it, we lost about 4-5 years, 15% in market share, or something like that.
I often joke about our efforts to save the environment and that it is a Russian influence operation, which it partly is, always resulting in us shutting down fully functioning production or operations that China thanks and takes over the manufacturing for.
Everyone knows that China’s emissions increase magnitudes above our reductions, so overall global emissions are increasing, but they try to find creative explanations to make it still our fault – most recently emissions per capita so China doesn’t look so bad.
But there is more to it – China ALWAYS bribes its way into projects, and they have surely also bribed their way to the strategic decisions we have made in Europe that have benefited China.
Then they never bid on equal terms – they offer financing, and the Chinese state is behind it when our companies bid like a company and must get paid.
Economic decisions from the business sector also play a role and simmer.
For example, Reinfeldt has been buddies with China
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/reinfeldts-miljonavtal-med-diktaturen-kina
And Bildt does not support a free Taiwan
https://www.expressen.se/debatt/illavarslande-av-bildt–att-stotta-kinas-politik
China in 1990 and China in 2025 are two fundamentally different countries where they have made a class journey that would make us green with envy. I saw CHEC in 2006 and see them now in 2025 – they have gone from a joke to world-leading.
I have also tried being a boss over Chinese people and then working for them – when you work for them, your life is not particularly fun at all. I believe many who have tried it can confirm this.
Yes, the USA acted this way after WW2 and until recently, favoring themselves at the expense of everyone else, and yes, the USA has started many wars for democracy and peace that were actually to benefit themselves.
Post-WW2, Europe let go of the whole colonial idea, but until quite recently, our companies behaved terribly in Africa, for example, putting profit above all, often resulting in much suffering, and we liked corrupt dictators because it brought in the most money.
Before that, our colonization was not particularly pretty, and there is a certain schadenfreude in seeing countries that were major colonizers and arch-racists now facing major problems domestically because of it.
But that is EXACTLY what Russia and China are doing right now in the world’s vulnerable countries – colonizing them. After all, we must look at today in 2025 at some point, right?
First of all, we are heading towards a period where world trade will be severely disrupted, which means we cannot import what we need.
Just recently, VW saw the consequences of this when they had to shut down car production because they didn’t have computer chips – we have long said that a car doesn’t roll if it’s 99.7% complete for a few years – how right we were 😶
China controls all cellulose for cotton gunpowder, over 90% of rare earth metals, and Turkey 100% of an ingredient for rubber.
If you dig around a bit more, you will find more, and it’s enough that exports to us are cut off, and there will be no *insert any product*.
The other day it came out that China controls many ingredients for essential medicines. If anyone bothers to check, it is probably true that after 2000 they started buying up strategic companies, shutting down manufacturing in Europe, and moving to China.
Not because it’s good business, but because then they control the crucial component in the product.
Smart, and extremely short-sighted of us.
Volvo was bought, shut down here, and expanded in China – it has been said that they wanted our R&D?
Just like Russia, China has tried to take full control of a raw material, technology, or product we need and then blackmail us.
Ukraine solved it for us with Nordstream, but to get hold of raw materials or products we cannot easily buy from friendly countries, it becomes a bit more complicated.
I have amused myself by looking at some figures from Google AI so some reservation –
-Agriculture in the EU has decreased by 37% since the early 2000s.
-Electricity production in the EU has decreased by 5.8% since 2008.
-Mining has decreased by 80% since 1990.
-Sweden’s share of global exports was 1.7% in 2000 and is now 0.9%, we have lost about 50% of our market share of exports.
-The EU’s share of exports is now 13.4% and was around 20% in 2000, the same there 😶
-Germany has lost 50% of its car exports since 2017.
-EU’s risk of poverty was 16.2%, in China 17%, and in the USA 11.1%. Now, it is measured differently, but we are not light years ahead of everyone else as we claim – with reservations for the definition of poverty.
In order to manufacture products, we need raw materials, and at least the EU has understood that now.
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/sv/infographics/critical-raw-materials
In order to sell our products, we need willing buyers, and they have gone to China, which manufactures the same products cheaper than us – partly because we have too high electricity prices.
Electricity price
-China 0.1USD
-USA 0.17USD
-EU 0.35USD
Everything is averaged, but Europe has 3 times the electricity price of China, and the USA, so good luck selling electricity-intensive products on the world market.
For our part in Sweden, our big export secret was that we had very cheap electricity prices for the industry that could produce the electricity-intensive products that the rest of Europe couldn’t manage. We had the highest quality and were close to the market, so we outperformed China even with higher wages.
Today, it doesn’t look like that anymore, and some electricity-intensive industries have closed following the shutdown of our nuclear reactors.
Here it becomes a bit tricky to understand how we are going to save the climate – we shut down agriculture, we restore wetlands that must be agricultural land to receive subsidies, we shut down electricity production, and we lose our advantage in exports – the above figures are difficult to explain away.
Should we save the climate by going back 200 years in time?
The whole EU has unfortunately gone through this journey and we stand united in our misery, which is always something.
All companies that established themselves in China had their trade secrets stolen and their machines and products subjected to “reverse engineering.”
For many years, China’s state-owned hacker groups stole our company secrets.
For a long time, companies in China received state support to engage in price dumping and eliminate our companies.
Tit for tat, right?
We have every right to retaliate in kind.
And we must, because China is beginning to establish a dominance that is somewhat unsettling.
Currently, Rand in the USA has released a report stating that the USA must coexist with China.
And China has gone all-in with its “dollar killer.”
Coexisting with China for the USA means giving up its dominant position and letting China take over.
For Europe, if we don’t stop China, they will soon have built up Russia’s defense forces, and the threat to us will have increased exponentially.
It’s them or us, period.
China’s real estate bubble is in a “controlled bursting phase,” whatever that means, and making it an uncontrolled crash might not be a bad idea?
Just as Russia was not allowed to crash in Ukraine, we have been tiptoeing around China, but the easiest way to the finish line would be to economically crash China.
Then they will also turn inward, and as a bonus, Russia will lose the war in Ukraine.
It’s us or them.
The easiest thing is to stop buying Chinese products – a good start.
USA also plays dirty tricks, but Europe must get on board.
If we wait too long, it’s game over, but just like in the Ukraine war, I hope there is still time.
China will in one way or another take over Taiwan, and once they have done that, the barrier to expanding in Southeast Asia will be removed, and they can start advancing one island group at a time.
If China is given free rein to invade and conquer, the Chinese empire will do just that – continue expanding as long as possible.
“China does not start wars.”
Wikipedia’s information on China’s wars paints a slightly different picture 😶
A world where Russia and China are not held accountable will first lead to a global war, maybe we are already at that point.
If we lose a global war – welcome to our time as colonized resource colonies.
It’s us or them, and we have tried to welcome Russia into Europe and let China continue with its market manipulations, and that has brought us here – not directly our fault if there is war, right?
Right now, China has a very clever game plan – they lose civil production that we bought, but their allies all over the world now want to buy Chinese, so their weapons industry will replace that loss.
Then we will not sell to their rogue friends, so they will sell to them instead, even in civil production.
Should we try to do as Russia and “economically crush them in a month 😡” by continuing to buy their products after almost four years, and selling everything they need for the military, of course it won’t work.
But in the coming years, it is probably the only chance to bring down China; if we don’t do it, there will be a very hot cold war at best where we will no longer feel like the humanitarian superpower.
As a bonus, the Russian puppet will implode, and Ukraine has chosen us – maybe they can provide some subversive activities in China as well?
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Thank you Johanno1, great perspective on the soufflé that China is baking. Much of what has happened in the last 20 years is due to Europe voluntarily shutting down stable energy production and voluntarily deciding to stop manufacturing vehicles other than electric ones. The German deindustrialization is largely due to this. They cannot compete when energy prices soar and their products are banned. And electric vehicles are manufactured much cheaper in China.
But it’s a soufflé and it’s delicate. China does not have a robust foundation to stand on, and if we simply refrain from destroying it for ourselves, we can manage it, together with the countries in Asia that also fear Chinese dominance.
Very good about China. Thank you for the lesson. Before the Beijing Olympics, I thought that China was heading in the right direction even if it was slow. To be honest, I also thought that Taiwan belonged to mainland China.
When I read the book “Mao. The true story” and found out that Mao supported the Japanese occupation of China because it led to the fall of his worst competitor Chiang Kai-shek and his escape to Taiwan, I once again had to stand in the corner of shame. I have always had at least some understanding of why China became communist and the claim to Taiwan, but I have had to change my mind a lot. The book ends with an epilogue. I quote: “Today, Tiananmen Square in the middle of the Chinese capital is still dominated by Mao’s portrait and likeness. The current communist regime claims to be Mao’s heir and steadfastly defends the myth of Mao”. (Page 711)
70 million Chinese lost their lives under his rule. An apology from Xi would have been appropriate.
But thank you for the post, Johan no1!
I thought damn what MXT writes long but then I remembered that MXT has posted a lot about China. But when it started to hit a yellow wall, I went down to post my excerpt with the attack line. That MXT has had Chinese people working for him in IT (!) and has worked with IT for Chinese people, yes I can imagine that sucks, with a Chinese female boss who sends the code to a dozen Chinese people for review and deduction on the salary for each bug, until there is a debt to work off for free next month. But then I saw that Lynx addressed Johan in his comment and was about to correct him when I went up to check if it really was MXT who was the author. Someone had changed it to Johan?
No, no one has changed anything in the post, it has been Johan’s all along.
Could you have been on yesterday’s post first and then missed that it was Johan when you read today’s?
Unlike Johan, I have had no business dealings with the Chinese at all!
👍 not into yesterday’s but an expectation of the same setup as last week where johann only published on substack most of the week.
Pokrovsk and its surroundings plummeted like a stone from a huge to a strong pressure – perhaps related to the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Pokrovsk, where the pressure also dropped the most?
N Slobozhansky-Kursk 1↘️
S Slobozhansky 18↗️
Kupyansk 9
Lyman 8💥↘️
Slovyansk 9💥↗️
Kramatorsk 0
Kostjantynivka 14💥↘️
Pokrovsk 34💥💥↘️↘️
Oleksandrivskij 14💥↘️
Huliaypillia 2
Orikhivsk 5
Prydniprovskij/Dnipro 2
Thank you 205. Your compilation is daily reading. I hope Pokrovsk will hold so it was a shock yesterday. I thought that the Russians are now doing everything to cash in a profit. Maybe because their resources are running out. Nice that it has calmed down now in Pokrovsk.
👍 The fact that Ukraine has repelled the Russians’ encirclement of Pokrovsk is a sign that things are not going the Russians’ way in Pokrovsk right now. They are heavily “dependent” on being able to encircle the target (yes, based on what it has looked like: Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Toretsk, Lyman) and without the encirclement, they have no grip. I suppose there is quite a bit of frustration in Pokrovsk right now on the Russian side.
David D:
‘More to come,’ HUR says, as sabotage fires spread across Russia. Russia faces an increase in the arson and “spontaneous combustion” of electrical panels, railway relay cabinets, and other infrastructure helping Moscow wage its war against Ukraine over the past week, a source at Ukraine’s military intelligence told the Kyiv Independent.
Thank you. 205👍
Damage to a weld seam at Ringhals 3. May be forced to close earlier than planned.
Now a suspicious person wonders when this was discovered. Before or after shutting down unit one and two?
https://www.tn.se/article/45143/stralskada-kan-stoppa-ringhalsreaktor-i-fortid/
Ouch, ouch, not good at all.
Worked for a larger European company where even Chinese entered the industry and took market shares… the Chinese company was on paper “German” and through Cyprus the tentacles then reached China and the Chinese state.
Difficult in larger procurements as the Chinese state plays the long game and supports when needed all the way to the bitter end to maintain their sales according to plan.
Reality looks a bit different than the picture you, Johan, are trying to paint.
Some examples:
In 2008, there was a pure financial crisis and it had nothing to do with China.
Europe’s climate policy also has nothing to do with China and Russia; it’s a conspiracy you keep trying to spread without any basis. It simply stems from the scientific support for the necessity of change and an increased awareness of the population’s and public opinion’s problems.
Both Russia and China have of course benefited from it, but in different ways. China is heavily investing in solar panels and wind power for its own electricity production and, of course, sees great advantages in selling it to others as well. China wants to avoid being dependent on other countries for its own electricity production.
For Russia, it’s the opposite; they want us to be dependent on their gas and oil, not to become self-sufficient.
The reason we haven’t chosen nuclear power is that people are overly worried about it, not because everyone would be bought by Russians and Chinese.
A major reason for the decrease in electricity production (I wonder where your figure comes from) is that we have become more energy-efficient. Consumption has simply decreased, for example, Swedish households used an average of 13,000 kWh/year in 2000, and by 2020 that number had dropped to 11,000 kWh/year.
It’s true that prices have risen, about 25% between 2000 and 2022 (CPI rose at the same time by 49%), but it’s not solely due to increased production costs but also to increased taxes, etc., but perhaps mainly because we are now dependent on electricity prices in Europe. During the same period, real wages have increased.
It’s not particularly strange that our share of global exports has decreased. More and more of the developed countries have evolved and started their manufacturing. It’s a natural development when mass production occurs in more places. It’s not China’s fault. (Even the USA has lost globally).
China’s success in exports is not because they have “ruined” Europe’s manufacturing; it’s because they have been investing in education, research, etc., for the past 30-40 years and have low wages.
They have, of course, copied us and often blatantly stolen designs, etc., but they have now surpassed us in many cases. Then, of course, there has been some unfair competition when huge sums of money are injected into certain initiatives. But that’s up to them?
Here we are about to let the state act as a guarantor in the construction of nuclear power plants. It’s also a disregard for the free market.
LM Ericsson started its success story by building “pirate copies,” and they eventually admitted to using bribes in various ways between 2000-2016.
When it comes to trade, we are not much better than China itself.
Look at the USA now, exploiting its position by imposing tariffs everywhere. They are not trying to compete fairly at all, but it’s China that is the main villain.
In Europe, we have voluntarily chosen to focus less on manufacturing and more on design, service development, etc., and then we have willingly bought cheap products from China.
No, when it comes to trade, China has simply worked methodically for many years to develop and build up its industry, and they have simply outcompeted us in many areas. Sure, sometimes dirty, but it’s the same everywhere.
Then they (just like the USA) have the advantage of a huge domestic market. They can develop products and make them profitable without even exporting them.
For small Sweden, there are many areas where it’s simply impossible to compete because the necessary investments are way too high. (That’s why we need to cooperate more within the EU, so those who want us out of the EU are really the ones serving China’s interests).
China is absolutely not our friends, and we must do everything to stop them, but we must do it for the right reasons. They support Russia, they try to gain leverage over several smaller countries, and they are a communist dictatorship with all that it entails.
That’s why we must counteract them, not because they have been smart and built up their industrial capacity while we have comfortably let it happen.
We simply have to step up our game and improve if we are to beat China.
Good post. What China thinks of Sweden, we know. The former Chinese ambassador was not particularly diplomatic and said outright what he thought. Sweden is a simple little country that cannot be compared to Great China. In fact, Trump has been better in that regard. “Sweden – small but sharp.” According to PM Nilsson in a column in DI.
Interesting post.
The financial crisis started in the USA, due to bad loans, so it probably had nothing to do with Russia and China, even though they might have been somewhat pleased.
The main reason for climate policy, as you say, is a reality, it’s about physics. The measures and their implementation, and the problems they have caused, probably stem partly from a lack of knowledge among those who decided on the measures, too much too fast.
But… There is probably Russian influence when it comes to German energy policy, Schröder and Merkel probably made sure to hasten the shutdown of nuclear power in favor of Russian gas. Benefiting both Russia and China, and hurting the German energy-intensive industry.
Regarding China, it’s probably true that we ourselves have contributed to China becoming as big as they are. Now as China’s middle class grows, their purchasing power increases, as do their wages, leading to some production moving on to places like Vietnam.
I find it difficult to understand what China is really thinking. They have had 25 fantastic years of peaceful coexistence with the Western world, and have seen a tremendous improvement in the quality of life for their billion inhabitants. Do they now think they will continue to grow by confronting the Western world that has lifted them out of poverty? I understand if they want to eliminate competition, but at the same time, they are eliminating a market.
Off-Topic
“An American military helicopter and a fighter jet have crashed in separate accidents in the South China Sea, according to American media.
The Navy writes on X that the helicopter crashed during a routine mission. Half an hour later, the fighter jet also crashed. Both were operating from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier.
It is unclear what caused the accidents and it has not been disclosed exactly where they took place. There is no information that any persons were injured.”
https://omni.se/dubbla-amerikanska-krascher-i-sydkinesiska-sjon/a/3Ml72P
The British aircraft carrier “Prince of Wales” was in these waters for about 2 months ago for training. 2 F35s had to make emergency landings in India and Japan. Previously, the British lost an F35 in the Mediterranean.
Seems tough to be a naval pilot (or maybe it’s called naval aviator?).
It is probably tough training to become a Marine Corps pilot or naval aviator. I have heard both terms.
Does it smell like something we are not familiar with? Maybe some kind of signal disrupting activity, like the Chinese have come up with? A bit like the cable breaks? No evidence but strange and obvious?
Sounds reasonable, and scary.
With Jari here, was some disturbance being tested?
The probability of two at the same time is nonexistent.
“Saab can double its production of Jas Gripen if Ukraine proceeds with its purchase plans for 100-150 planes. CEO Micael Johansson tells FT.
Part of the production would likely be in Ukraine, while the company plans to increase capacity in Brazil, as well as possibly in Canada and other parts of Europe.
Defense expert Sash Tusa at Agency Partners points out that Saab has at most produced 18 Gripen planes in a year and that the company is currently just above half of that number. At the same time, Saab has “better chances than many others” to scale up production.
– The hardest part is to exceed its historical production level, he says.”
Yes, then you need to replace all American components. It takes a little time! RR or Eurojet engine?
That’s why it “only” became LOI and no purchase contract!
Not entirely certain that we have to do it.
SAAB has previously denied being stopped by the USA, and they probably still want to sell their engines (getting Ukraine to buy F-35 is probably just a dream regardless).
I believe that, for once, you are wrong…sorry
Linköping is small and rumors are spreading…..RR or Eurojet EJ230?
Well, I have heard that there is talk of replacing the engines, but it may not be because the USA would otherwise have stopped this deal, but rather because they still want to buy European.
In the long run, it would be the safest option (you never know what Trump might come up with) and it is also better to support us in Europe if we can find equally good alternatives here.
“The idea that the USA would stop the sale of Gripen, which competes with the American F-35, because the engine in the aircraft is American is ‘fake news’. This is according to CEO Micael Johansson in an interview with SvD.
According to Micael Johansson, the company has all the necessary licenses in place and there are no such restrictions. He has also not received any indications that the USA wants to limit Saab’s access to American technology.
One reason is that the USA depends on other products from the Swedish defense company, according to the CEO.”
https://omni.se/usa-kommer-inte-stoppa-gripen-fake-news/a/Vzvq71
But of course, I could be wrong and the CEO of SAAB may have lied, or something may have happened since the interview in May.
I bet it was the USA that slowed down last time 😀
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Doesn’t it feel like a way to secure deportations, to pay bribes to make it happen. IF the information is correct, of course.
“The government, through the Ministry of Justice, has paid five million SEK to Somalia, writes DN.
The money has funded three positions, which have gone to relatives of individuals in the inner circle of the Somali Prime Minister. They are said to have received over 100,000 SEK each in monthly salary.
The payments were previously unknown and are in addition to the aid funds that Ekot previously revealed in October that the government redirected to Somalia in exchange for the country starting to accept individuals who had been forcibly deported from Sweden.
Minister for Migration Johan Forssell has personally signed the decision but has not wanted to participate in an interview with DN. In a written statement, he says that there is no indication that any mistakes have been made.”
https://omni.se/nytt-hemligt-upplagg-regeringen-skickade-miljoner-till-somalia/a/Av4Wwq
Who leaks all the information, nobody asks 🧐
Russia claims to have shot down nearly 200 Ukrainian drones during the night towards Monday, according to Reuters. Around 34 of these are said to have been fired towards Moscow.
The number of drones that hit their targets is currently unclear. There is no information about damages in Moscow. At least five people are said to have been killed when a drone hit a bus in the Bryansk region, Governor Alexander Bogomaz wrote on Telegram.
Ukraine has not commented on the attack.
“❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian military personnel from the 7th Airborne Assault Corps report that urban battles are ongoing in Pokrovsk with 🇷🇺Russian infantry groups that, using their numerical superiority, have penetrated the city”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3m465eer6422v
🔥🤩 Units of the Special Operations Forces successfully struck a fuel depot and an oil depot in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region. ❗️SOF drones struck at the moment when the tanks were being filled, which enhanced the effect.
Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and others were attracted here with promises of cheap, green electricity and low grid fees. However, their electricity consumption is enormous and they create few jobs per consumed MWh compared to traditional industry.
So it is not obvious that Sweden benefits from giving away electricity to data centers. If the electricity had instead gone to electricity-intensive industries with export value and jobs, the multiplier effect in the economy would have been significantly higher.
Sweden has gone from being the “world’s battery for industry” to being the “world’s refrigeration room for data centers”, but with low economic returns on electricity.
We no longer export value, we export watts.
Yes, that too, a better joke there 😭😭
Ukraine wanted to buy Patriot from the USA, but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be happening much.
With more systems, they would dare to take a chance to temporarily deploy a couple of them in order to pick off the FAB traps. If they can reach PAC-2 GEM at 100-160km, it could be effective.
“Ukraine needs at least 10 Patriot air defense systems immediately, says Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha. Kyiv is urging partners to help procure them under the PURL initiative, while also working to boost domestic production for long-term deterrence.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m466of6hqk2j
We can see that #fcktrmp #Krasnov is NOT helping! Everything he says looks like Maskirovka!
Wow, I really swing Jari around the USA but we have definitely turned things around now.
Well, with Trump in power, one is thrown between hope and despair several times a week.
That he has finally started sanctioning Russia is good, and I believe it is Rubio who has put him on the right path. However, Trump still hopes for a negotiated peace with Putin.
The problem with that idea is that Russia will not negotiate if they feel they are at a disadvantage, and if there were to be negotiations, they would not agree to a deal where Ukraine gets concessions. So, they will never negotiate to get less than what they currently control. Their philosophy does not allow for a deal where the opponent gains advantages, for them it is a zero-sum game, if the other party gains an advantage, it is a disadvantage for them.
Simply put, they need to crash economically, and on the battlefield, then negotiations can begin.
“Vattnet från den skadade reservoaren i Belgorod fortsätter att stiga. Nya bilder visar att slussporten knappt håller. Experter varnar för att en ytterligare precis träff kan utlösa en fullständig kollaps. Under natten svämmade Nezhegolfloden över, vilket ledde till översvämningar på vallen i Shebekino. Vattnet rör sig mot Vovchansk.”
It’s a pity they didn’t choose the CV-90. It is both a bit lighter and a bit faster and “battle-proven.”
Perhaps the decision is more about economic politics than the most optimal choice.
It’s probably not wrong that they do business with Germany and we seem to be able to sell Gripen.
“🇺🇦🇩🇪 Ukraine has decided on the main infantry fighting vehicle for its own production – it will be the KF41 Lynx from German Rheinmetall. According to the Defense Network, the first Lynx, manufactured in Hungary, arrived in Ukraine in late 2024 for testing.
Last week, at a meeting in the Ramstein format, the defense ministers of Ukraine and Germany signed an agreement that provides for the creation of a joint production of Lynx in Ukraine. Rheinmetall plans to open the plant by the end of 2025.”
German competitors 😡
“❗️Russians förlorade en Ka-52 militärhelikopter tillsammans med dess besättning enligt ryska källor”
https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3m46cn4ql5s2g
Would have wanted to see which countries it concerns within the EU. Turkey really should be ashamed.
And this is throughout the whole war, it would have been good to have it per year.
“Why is the EU still funding Putin’s war? The Guardian reports the EU is the #1 buyer of Russian gas, purchasing 50% of all its LNG. HU, SK, FR, BE, & NL are still sending millions to the Kremlin. Stop funding Putin’s war against Ukraine!”
https://x.com/officejjsmart/status/1982775743999565948
Here we have a somewhat odd comparison as it overlaps. The first is the entire war up to today (24th Oct.) and the second is from 1st Jan 2023 up to today.
Here are the top five regions overall during September this year:
Here are the top five countries within the EU:
This is how development over time looks like:
Nice graphs you’ve made.
France, Belgium, and the Netherlands should be ashamed too – they should buy zero.
In 2027, apparently we will completely stop using LNG.
So RU received about 12 billion SEK from the EU in cash in September this year?
Yes, absolutely, I hadn’t seen the data from the rest of Europe when I wrote about Turkey.
Here are the EU countries that, according to Eurostat, have imported oil from Russia this year.
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/bookmark/5e20e98f-1b28-4141-8118-7e86cd958d11?lang=en&createdAt=2025-10-11T18:41:34Z
Pretty much as one would expect. According to this statistics, neither Belgium nor France actually need to be ashamed, at least not when it comes to oil.
👍
Belgium and France only import gas as far as I understand, maybe that’s why they are not included in your link? Or maybe my source is wrong.
And this is what it looks like on the natural gas side according to Eurostat
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/bookmark/9b66027b-dc4c-4a8a-b504-94d4a9402465?lang=en&createdAt=2025-10-27T14:18:19Z
France is exempt there too. Spain appears a bit unexpectedly.
I have not used this statistics from Eurostat before. Do not know what pitfalls may possibly exist.
It’s mysterious that France isn’t even included there either.
Could it be that they differentiate between Natural Gas and Liquid Natural Gas? Although that seems strange too.
Maybe we should blame Spain instead of France then.
Yes, Spain is definitely a country we can criticize.
Isn’t that right, Johan!
Sitting here with a small Italian coffee, contemplating the upcoming financial crash.
Previously hinted that I believe the USA/Trump is doing what’s best for the USA and started suspecting that they were siding with China and Russia against us, but then it turned around.
A flash crash in crypto, Trump says “L” and the markets fall, everyone is waiting for another flash crash in crypto, the markets surge, gold shakes, and USD rises.
Apparently, capital is flowing into USD now – I, who receive my salary in dollars, see that I am no longer 20% behind.
Russia has said that the USA will use crypto to pay off its national debt, and I didn’t understand that.
Do I understand now?
Finance will put downward pressure on crypto and gold for a while, and USD will rise.
At some point, there will be a stock market crash – Trump seems to even be able to control it?
Russia could set off a bomb somewhere, well, anything.
The goal for the USA should be to drag China down with them so that they at least fare the worst?
During a stock market crash, crypto historically goes down, so finance can easily reinforce, right?
Gold will rise during a stock market crash.
The USA will transition from USD to crypto and gold so that USD starts to fall.
USD will pay off its national debt, which compared to crypto and gold is significantly cheaper now?
The USA gets a fresh start, and everyone who had their national debt loses?
Great for you, you should only be down 19% and not 20% now! 😄
It’s probably about the recovery the dollar has had since the bottom.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump will engage in market manipulation, the question is whether it’s not just to make easy money for himself.
Yes, or one can ask oneself why the USA, which has been imposing tariffs since when, March, hasn’t completely crashed yet?
It would surely come as no surprise, and the curve you show is still on the rise after all.
After a quite significant fall indeed, which has stung quite a bit, I can promise.
Off-Topic
“Tesla’s board urges shareholders to vote yes to CEO Elon Musk’s nearly $1 trillion compensation package. This is stated in a letter from chairman Robyn Denholm ahead of the company’s annual meeting, CNBC reports.
Denholm argues that Musk is “the key to the electric car manufacturer’s future” as the company moves away from “just being a car company,” with a greater focus on autonomous vehicles and robots.
“Without Elon, Tesla could lose significant value, as our company may no longer be valued based on what we aim to become,” Denholm writes.”
https://omni.se/uppmaningen-till-agarna-rosta-ja-till-lonepaketet/a/3MlK6v
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There must be something seriously wrong with Trump! ???
“USA’s president is open to extending his trip in Asia – if he gets to meet North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un, reports NBC News.
– I would love to meet him, if he wants to meet, says the president.
But it is unclear if a meeting will actually take place. South Korean officials are said to see the possibilities as slim.
Donald Trump is scheduled to visit South Korea on October 29-30, and is currently in Japan.”
https://omni.se/vill-traffa-kim-jong-un-oppnar-for-att-forlanga-resan/a/eM2v8y
Russian million-region stops 95-octane gasoline after Ukrainian attacks
In the Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia, with its nearly 4.3 million inhabitants, 95-octane gasoline has stopped being sold, reports Moscow Times.
The reason is said to be due to the recent Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries in the country.
A resident of Yekaterinburg says that people are driving in circles in search of gasoline. Another person is said to have written in a social media post that she was denied an ambulance due to the shortage.
Jekaterinburg, formerly Sverdlovsk, is probably the “capital” of oil production in Russia. I wonder if the Sverdlovsk transmitter is still there. It interfered with all possibilities of contacting Sweden on the shortwave band. The only way for us at sea to hear news from our homeland. The telegraphist received daily news via Gothenburg Radio, however, but these were very brief. Like rune inscriptions, more or less. Then came the fax, and then the telegraphist disappeared. Today fax, yesterday morning. An example of sailor humor.
I wonder how a violation of the ceasefire could look like if a direct attack is not considered as such? 🤔
“The Israeli attack on targets in Gaza on Saturday was not a violation of the ceasefire, says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio according to Reuters.
– Israel has not given up its right to self-defense. They have the right to defend themselves if there is an imminent threat to Israel, and all mediators agree on that.
According to Israel, the attack was aimed at members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad who were planning an attack. The organization has denied having any such plans.”
https://omni.se/usa-israels-attack-inte-ett-brott-mot-vapenvilan/a/8q3VpW
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Of course, he had one of the best results they had ever seen! 😄
(He forgot to mention that it was probably the very best they had seen.)
“During his Asia trip, US President Donald Trump says he recently underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan during his second health check in less than a year, Reuters reports.
The president made an unexpected visit to Walter Reed hospital earlier in October, which led many to speculate about his health. But according to Trump himself, the result was “perfect”.
– The doctors said it was some of the best reports for this age, some of the best reports they had ever seen, he tells reporters aboard Air Force One.”
https://omni.se/trump-har-mr-undersokts-ett-perfekt-resultat/a/B054GQ
Read your comment above MXT so I reply here –
I understand that you don’t like hearing that the Soviet Union, now Russia, has its tentacles inside the organizations you are passionate about, but it is by no means conspiracy theories and is well documented.
Through the submarine issue, I am trying to show who is driving the Soviet/Russian agenda but have omitted a couple of environmentalists who are very fond of Ola Tunander’s influence operations, for example.
On the other hand, you do like it when I write that Russia finances AfD, Reform, some in SD, and Afs, so I sometimes get the feeling that you have ideological or political blinders on –
It is not at all conspiratorial that Russia finances the right-wing, and it is highly likely, but it is impossible that they would finance and try to influence the left-wing, God forbid.
And then that they would try to influence things that give them a strategic advantage, for example, shutting down electricity production that forces us to start buying their gas – that is even more unlikely and a conspiracy.
You are welcome to have blinders, it’s okay, but now that you have called me conspiratorial, it must be discussed 😀
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What you consistently do in your response is to relativize what China is up to – it was definitely a financial crisis, but it hit the PIIGS hardest because their industrial base eroded due to China learning to produce their products.
I don’t know if you misinterpreted what I wrote, but you are wrong in any case, and that was what I meant above 😀
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Aren’t you omitting a quite significant reason for the decrease in electricity production here, 6 reasons to be precise, a windless year 🧐
The figure came from Google AI, didn’t I mention that?
“A major reason for the decrease in electricity production (I wonder where your figure comes from) is that we have become more energy-efficient. Consumption has simply decreased, for example, Swedish households used an average of 13,000 kWh/year in 2000, and in 2020 that figure was 11,000 kWh/year.”
You don’t mention with a single word that we shut down 6 nuclear reactors of regulating power and that this has been done throughout Europe, especially in Germany.
And then energy-intensive industries have been forced to produce less due to higher electricity prices – because we have a harder time selling.
If you look at when electricity consumption decreased the most, wasn’t it in the aftermath of the 2008 crash?
When electricity prices went up in 2021 and onwards, many people lowered the temperature at home to 16-18 degrees, you could also call that energy efficiency if you are a bit creative 😀
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Now, EU exports have also decreased by just under 50%, not just Sweden?
Below, you are wrong, that our companies relocated production to China, China bought up our companies, and you don’t touch on any of that?
Since China has always bribed every project I have worked on since 2006, the likelihood that they have also bribed in this fraud is extremely high.
Or that China hacked into our technology, stole it through Chinese researchers in the USA and Europe, and then finally bought it to get R&D (which is not illegal).
But our companies that relocated production to China had their trade secrets stolen, not bought.
You almost make China sound like fair competitors in the sentence below, and they are the last thing they are.
“The fact that China has succeeded in its exports is not because they have ‘sabotaged’ Europe’s production, it is because they have been investing forward for 30-40 years in education, research, etc., and they have low wages.”
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Now I am starting to ask myself if you are so angry with Trump that you would rather see the USA fail than see them succeed in taking down China?
Presumably, the USA is trying to take down China before it’s too late to economically strike them – which is very good and needs to be done.
The USA is trying to get the EU on board with this, but we are too divided, and we have a couple of pro-Russia people in our house.
It is China that has built up Russia’s arms industry and manages their digital battlefields – yes, CHINA IS THE BIG VILLAIN.
Trump’s tariffs are an attempt to take down China, presumably?
“Look at the USA now, taking advantage of its position by imposing tariffs everywhere. They are not trying to compete fairly at all, but it is China that is the big villain.”
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No, below you also miss that in Europe, we have followed the rules for state aid, and so on, while China backs all its companies with state money so they can undercut us in price.
I don’t know what the right term for that is, but they have deliberately eliminated competition by playing with completely different rules.
They have also not followed WTO (voluntary) rules for trade cooperation and so on, that has long been up for discussion.
You almost make it sound like China has played fair here?
European and American companies cannot pay bribes because if it is revealed, they IMMEDIATELY lose their contracts with the state and municipalities.
Of course, it still happens, but it holds us back.
In many countries, you win the project by paying a bribe, China pays up to 4% of the contract amount if you give it to them.
“No, when it comes to trade, China has simply worked methodically for many years to develop and build up its industry, and they have simply outcompeted us in many areas. Sure, dirty at times, but that’s everywhere.”
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How should I interpret this?
Are you opposed to us doing a Japan 90 and trying to collapse China?
It sounds like you want us to try to beat them in trade instead of some damn dogfight plan 😄
“China is absolutely not our friends and we will do everything to stop them, but then we will do it for the right reasons. They support Russia, they try to gain control over several smaller countries, and they are a communist dictatorship with all that it entails.
That is why we must oppose them, not because they have been smart and built up their industrial capacity while we have comfortably allowed it to happen.
We simply have to step up and improve ourselves if we are to be able to defeat China.”
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Either we want to take down China and have the USA stand with us, or we don’t?
But you also don’t believe in increased conflict from Russia towards Europe, so China’s rearmament of the Russian military might not be particularly dangerous either?
Trying to relativize what China is up to does not benefit us in Europe at all – China is not our friend and any way to take them down before they strengthen is good, this is street fighting and no rules apply.
China has for heaven’s sake cut an undersea cable in the Baltic Sea – they are our enemies and since we are at war with Russia, we are also at war with China.
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If China falls, Russia falls (which you admittedly do not see as a threat to Europe).
If China falls, there will be no global conflict (which you also don’t think will happen).
If China falls, they can be looted in the upcoming economic downturn and Europe and the USA will fare better relatively.
– I actually only see upsides here 😀
I have written it before, why do climate activists want to eliminate our industry, transportation, food production, ban nutrients in forestry and mining, cement production, tear down dams and small-scale power generation, but they support the same things if it is not Europe or the USA.
Connect the dots.
I don’t think one really wants to eliminate Swedish industry. My hypothesis is that one wants to show how kind they are. It seems to have become somewhat of a national sport here in Sweden. According to something like the following:
Look at me. I’m not one of those egoists who cares about what’s good for myself or Swedes in general. If I can help other people who, probably, have it harder than me, then I would be a disgusting egoist if I didn’t put their interests before mine. (Especially when this kindness doesn’t require any personal sacrifices after all.)
And of course, a good person must sacrifice almost anything to save the world.
The kind-hearted climate advocates do not want that, but then you have the ideologically driven ones who see it as a tool for a revolution, a new kind of society. After that, state funds come from countries like Russia, China, Iran, and others.
Interesting analysis, or should one say diagnosis?
Could explain a lot.
On the other hand, he seems to love flattery, something a solipsist shouldn’t have such a great need for? But of course, that fits within solipsism as well, as part of everything is part of one’s own experience.
I have written it before, why do climate activists want to eliminate our industry, transportation, food production, ban nutrients within forestry and mining, cement production, demolish dams and small-scale power generation but they support the same things if it is not Europe or the USA.
Connect the dots.
1 The Environmental Movement and Russia/China
You are mixing things up, or misunderstanding me.
It’s not that Russia and China have invented the threat to the climate, and it’s not because of them that we are trying to avoid CO2 emissions.
Of course, they are trying to influence everything for their own benefit and push issues where they have something to gain. When natural gas proves to be better than burning coal, then of course Russia tries to influence. The same goes for China, Europe wants to be greener, yes, but buy solar panels and wind power from us!
I’m not saying that there are definitely bought politicians within the environmental movement. They exist across the board.
Russia loves to exacerbate divisions, so they have made the environment a left/right issue where they have succeeded in increasing polarization to the point that if you are on the right, you must almost hate everything related to green and the environment.
The environmental movement is not something that Russia and China invented to mess with us and to economically weaken Europe.
The environment is the most important long-term issue (and that doesn’t just apply to climate) and it’s an issue that I feel strongly about for that reason. It’s an issue mostly driven from the left side, that doesn’t mean that I ideologically belong to the left. I want nuclear power if a sensible financing can be found, but that doesn’t mean that I ideologically belong to the right either.
You are old enough to remember how the environment looked before when no one cared, neither individuals nor companies. Now we have sorted out a lot here in Europe so it’s easy to forget, but in some parts of the world (from which we gladly buy cheap goods) it still looks really bad. China is an example, but India is probably worse.
If you think that being concerned about the environment means you are bought by Russia or have fallen for their propaganda, then you are a conspiracy theorist! 😄
2 China
The way your text is formulated, it’s hard not to interpret it as if you meant that the crash was caused by China:
“Europe’s ‘decline’ has been going on for quite a while and the crash in 2008 that affected a group of countries labeled PIIGS was due to China learning to copy their production and being able to sell cheaper at the same quality.”
I apologize for misinterpreting your text.
3 Electricity Production
Yes, indeed, we closed nuclear power plants that shouldn’t have been closed, but we have compensated for the lost electricity production. In 2016, when we had all reactors running, we produced 152.8TWh, and in 2024, 162 TWh while also implementing energy savings. The problem is that you are trying to make it sound like it’s also China’s fault?
4 Export
I did write that China uses dirty methods, but we do too when the opportunity arises, even though we have tightened up. I don’t think that’s reason enough to do everything we can to try to crush them and crash their economy.
It’s a sign of health that we get upset when companies bribe their way through, and it’s up to us to try to curb it. From your perspective, it sounds like we shouldn’t try to force China to improve, we should play dirty and try to bring them down instead. When we ourselves have been naive to a large extent?
I would like to see us bring down China anyway, but it’s more because they are assholes in many other ways. Not because we should be sore losers when we haven’t been careful.
5 USA
No, you have misunderstood me.
In a trade war between the USA and China, I naturally support the USA (even though I almost despise Trump).
What I wanted to emphasize is that the USA plays dirty just like China, and they deserve criticism for that. Additionally, Trump attacks everyone, even those he should see as partners. Trade-wise, it’s not much more honorable than China’s methods.
However, the USA (at least for now) is much further ahead in humanitarian aspects than China, and China supports Russia, thus being a direct enemy.
I’m afraid that Trump risks causing a global recession that will hit everyone hard, something that may cost more than what China has caused. It was the housing crisis in the USA that was part of the reason for the financial crisis in 2008.
Isn’t it that you are so in love with Trump that you can’t see any faults in their actions? 😉
When it comes to Trump, it’s good that he does what’s best for the USA, but when it comes to China, they shouldn’t do what’s best for China?
6 China Again
You already have the answer to that above. China plays dirty just like everyone else. We in Europe have become more honorable lately, but we are primarily being beaten because they have been smarter, more long-term oriented, and have had the advantage of cheap labor while we have become lazy. Just like the USA. We have thought that we had a big lead and that we would manage because we have deluded ourselves into thinking we are superior while China can only produce cheap junk products. Now it turns out that it’s not true, but it’s not China’s fault.
7 China Again
Read what I write again. I would like to see China collapse, but it’s not because of their trade. They play unfairly at times, but trying to crash them for that? Then maybe we should try to crash the USA too? I’m fine with them crashing, but for other reasons (as I have already written several times). But you are right, I prefer that we crash them through trade measures. What are you thinking then? That we should declare war and try to invade them?
And how were you planning to try to crash their ongoing housing crash? All foreign investors have already left…
8 USA, China, Russia
How can you connect those things really?
“But you also don’t believe in increased conflict from Russia towards Europe, so China’s upgrading of the Russian military might not be particularly dangerous either?”
They don’t have anything to do with each other at all?
The war in Ukraine is ongoing, and therefore, it’s important to try to get China to stop supporting them. It has nothing to do with me not believing that Russia will attack Europe before the war in Ukraine is over.
I would like us to be able to take down China, but I don’t see how it can be done other than through tariffs and the like. Something that unfortunately risks hitting us hardest, but it’s a price we may have to pay.
Please tell me how you envision us bringing down China, do you think we should start a world war?
Good defense! I agree with Johan on the substance, but I think your argumentation is top-notch.
Yes, Ok. But if we say it like this, he is a narcissistic solipsist? 😂
One thing to ask yourself is why not all environmental activists howl about how China is destroying the environment? Both their own and in other countries.
This is indeed an interesting phenomenon to study.
We know that China has wiped out entire villages to build huge power plant dams, thereby blocking natural water flows and presumably destroying habitats and breeding grounds for various biological existences.
But not a peep about this within the environmental movement? Our very own Greta hasn’t even uttered a word in that direction, nor has she sailed or rowed (or however she gets around) to Asia on her protest tour.
Strangely enough, it seems like the only interesting environment worth saving is in Europe, and mainly in Sweden.
I also don’t get the impression that the environment seems to be high on the agenda for the general public in the USA.
Nor have we, for some strange reason, heard a word about the environment and environmental destruction in Ukraine, despite major, powerful, and clear environmental incidents caused by occupying forces.
So, is it only European environment that needs saving, or are we missing something here?
The silence is simply a bit TOO compact.
I get the impression that the saved environment is mostly a pretext for a lot of strange decisions that don’t seem to have any basis in either environmental interest or long-term thinking about the Earth’s resources.
However, these “environmentally friendly” decisions strangely enough have mostly security policy consequences that do not directly benefit us.
One or a few such decisions can perhaps be ignored, but when these decisions repeatedly pose a security threat, one should pause and reflect on what is happening.
It’s not a “conspiracy theory” as some may want to call these thoughts. These thoughts are based on observations and logic.
If something claims to be A, but consistently leads to B, and this is a recurring pattern, one can logically conclude that there are one or more actors with the agenda B and/or C, rather than A.
And, I could be wrong.
No, it’s a track to relate to.
Yes, there is something almost religious, savior syndrome, about the idea that Europe and even just little Sweden should save the world. In the link below, there is an interesting diagram (fig no 1) showing the development of greenhouse gas emissions within the EU and the rest of the world.
https://www.fokus.se/opinion/jan-weiner-orimligt-med-hogre-klimatmal-an-eu-kraver/
It can be added that of the last five years’ increase in global carbon dioxide emissions, China accounts for 81 percent. Emissions in the EU have been decreasing for close to 20 years.
https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2025
Data from SCB.
Net production of electricity in Sweden, 1990-2024.
https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/sq/166907
So, production has increased significantly.
Usage 2008-2024.
https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/sq/166910
A certain decrease in usage is observed, from 144 TWh to 136 TWh. (Despite all talk about increasing consumption through the “electrification” of society. Some forecasts have indicated a doubling by 2045 or something like that. Can’t quite remember for sure. But there would be a significant increase.
The production curve starts already in 1990. It should be noted that regarding usage, the curve starts in 2008. Limitations in the data. I have not tampered with the years.
The links above provide curves. If anyone wants to see the numbers instead of curves: Click on tools, show results as, choose a table layout.
Completely OT….Johan, how is it going with the hurricane? Are you in the danger zone?
China, as MXT emphasizes, has a long horizon. At the same time, one could say that Europe, yes the West, has acted shortsightedly when succumbing to the temptation to outsource production and drastically reduce costs.
But honestly, what is easier, to rule a country in an authoritarian style, or to base one’s governance on democratic principles rooted in ideals of freedom?
The latter comes with a cost, a bit of slack, and foolishness will arise. Like realizing some time later that a large part of one’s intellectual capital has been given away. Yes, but it’s worth it. European/Western companies operate under complete freedom. No authoritarian authority monitors or interferes with the decisions a company makes. And in the long run, this is healthy. Free companies and free people create more value for each other than a business life suppressed by the state. Despite naive decisions, free enterprise continues with lessons learned and creates the next technological revolution.
Instead, it is the societies that carry the ideals of freedom as a burden that have the long horizon.
That was interesting, and yes, a narcissistic solipsist, probably fits as a diagnosis for him. I believe the famous German corporal suffered from the same condition. He also considered himself to be Germany, Germany was him, and it rose and fell with him.
Russian losses in Ukraine:
1060 KWIA
6 Tanks
28 AFVs
8 Artillery systems
2 MLRS
108 UAVs
131 Vehicles & Fuel tanks
1 Special equipment
https://bsky.app/profile/matsextrude.bsky.social/post/3m4a6xsj6fs26
In total, 218 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.
According to updated information, yesterday the enemy carried out 89 air strikes, dropping 186 guided bombs. In addition, it carried out 3,938 shellings, including 132 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 3,435 kamikaze drones.
The aggressor carried out air strikes on the areas of the settlements of Raigorodok, Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region; Ternuvate, Novoye Zaporizhzhya, Zaporizhzhya region.
Over the past day, the missile forces and artillery of the Defence Forces struck eight areas where personnel were concentrated, an area where weapons and military equipment were concentrated, and an occupiers’ command post.
In the North Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian soldiers repelled ten attacks by the invaders over the past day. The enemy also carried out 10 air strikes, using 24 guided aerial bombs, and carried out 149 shellings, including three from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the South Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units 11 times in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk, Bologivka, Odradne, and in the direction of Bochkovo.
Yesterday, there were nine attacks by the invaders in the Kupiansk direction. Our defenders repelled enemy assaults in the areas of the settlements of Stepova Novoselivka, Zelenyi Hai, and in the direction of Pishchane.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked ten times. They attempted to break through the defences in the areas of the settlements of Serednie, Mirne, Shandryholove, Nadiya, and Zarichne.
In the Sloviansk direction, the enemy made 11 attempts to break through in the areas of the settlements of Yampil, Serebryanka, Vyimka, Fedorivka, and in the direction of Zvanivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked four times in the areas of Chasovoy Yar, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, and Zaliznyansky.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 32 attacks in the areas of Oleksandro-Kalynove, Shcherbinivka, Pleshchiivka, Yablunivka, and Rusyn Yar.
In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 79 assaults by the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Nikanorivka, Pankivka, Sukhetske, Rodynske, Myrolyubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Molodetske, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoukrainka, and Horikhove.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy carried out 28 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Zelenyi Hai, Filia, Piddubne, Oleksandrograd, Novoselivka, Verbove, Oleksiivka, Novohryhorivka, and Uspenivka.
In the Huliaipole direction, our defenders repelled three attempts by enemy units to advance in the areas of Malynivka and towards Novomykolaivka.
Defence forces repelled five attacks by occupation troops in the Orikhiv direction, in the areas of Stepove, Kam’yanske and towards Novodanilivka and Novoandriivka.
In the Prydniprovsk direction, the enemy made four unsuccessful attempts to advance.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.