Russia’s attacks on Odesa and Kharkiv during the night damaged at least 25 homes, both villas and apartment buildings, as well as infrastructure including the Izmail port in Odesa according to Kyiv Independent.
The situation in Pokrovsk is becoming critical for the troops remaining in the area as they are about to be cut off. According to Kyiv Independent, Russia has the upper hand as they control the city’s taller buildings and the higher terrain on the right side of the city, as well as having a drone advantage. According to analyst Pasi Paroinen, the troops should have been withdrawn a long time ago. Read more here.
That Ukraine now controls Stepnohirsk was already reported yesterday, but good news deserves to be repeated; Kyiv Independent writes about it here.
Russian losses in Ukraine
Russian losses in terms of KWIA, artillery, and soft vehicles continue to be above this year’s average.
- 1140 KWIA
- 1 Tank
- 1 AFV
- 78 Artillery systems
- 2142 UAVs
- 11 UGVs
- 262 Vehicles and Fuel tanks
- 2 Special equipment
- 4 Cruise missiles
Russian activities
- 236 combat clashes
- 72 aviation strikes (22 missiles)
- 225 KAB/CAB
- 9 794 kamikaze drones
- 3 201 shells (48 from MLRS)
SLAVA UKRAINI
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Off-Topic, Trump and XI
So Trump wants to join forces with Xi and Putin to stop the ICC?
The likelihood that those three are thinking of forming a triumvirate and dividing the world among themselves suddenly increased.
By the way, I believe that Putin already regrets invading Ukraine.
“During last week’s meeting between the US’s Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping, Xi said that Vladimir Putin may come to regret the invasion of Ukraine. This was reported by several sources to the Financial Times.
The sources claim that Xi had ‘straightforward and honest’ talks about the war also with Joe Biden, but that he never went as far as he did now.
During the meeting, Donald Trump is also said to have suggested that the US, China, and Russia should join forces to fight against the International Criminal Court (ICC).
After Trump’s visit last week, Xi will today receive Vladimir Putin in Beijing.”
https://omni.se/xi-till-trump-putin-kan-komma-att-angra-ukrainakriget/a/8p52qE
That those three would try to get rid of the ICC in some way is not entirely unexpected. Everyone risks ending up there (and the sooner the better) for various types of war crimes and other crimes against humanity.
It is so absurd that Trump keeps trying to make Russia relevant over and over again. Russia is a developing country, at best a country in the “second” world, the country is enormous, but it is mostly wilderness with an economy comparable to a medium-sized EU member state. In Europe alone, there are four countries with a higher GDP than Russia, and that is based on the Russians’ inflated GDP figures which are based on production whose products are used to blow up kindergartens and hospitals in Ukraine. If you then say that they are relevant because of their mafia tactics to try to divide and rule, and use nuclear weapons as a threat, there are still five nuclear powers with a higher GDP than Russia. Exclude the USA and China and there are still three left.
Yes, exactly. Trump is quite disconnected. Xi must be overjoyed, China can take over the Russian bankruptcy estate and maneuver the US out, Trump is doing most of the work for the US to lose its leading position without China even needing to make an effort.
Off-Topic, Iran War
“EU is lowering this week’s growth forecast while simultaneously raising the inflation forecast due to the Iran war. This is what the union’s economic commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis told CNBC.
– We are facing a stagflation shock, he says to the channel.
According to Dombrovskis, the EU’s room for maneuver is now more limited than during the pandemic, and new support measures must be temporary and targeted.
Stagflation means that high inflation prevails while the economy stagnates. The EU’s spring forecast is expected on Thursday.”
https://omni.se/eu-sanker-tillvaxtprognosen-star-infor-stagflationschock/a/aJvAPE
The Western world has already lost the drone war. It just hasn’t realized it yet.
Here is something that should ruin your Monday. A Ukrainian AI drone engineer has publicly declared, calmly and with extensive evidence, that the Western world’s military planning is not outdated. It is not behind. It does not need reform. It is dead. Outdated. A relic propped up by expensive acronyms and men in uniform who still believe that the tank is the premier predator in land warfare.
Yaroslav Azhnyuk, founder of the AI drone company The Fourth Law, has done the math. FPV drones now account for somewhere between 70 and 80 percent of losses at the frontline in Ukraine. Not artillery. Not missiles. Not the armored columns that NATO has spent forty years and fortunes preparing to face. Small, cheap, autonomous flying machines that cost about as much as a decent restaurant meal and kill with a surgeon’s precision.
But here is where it really gets scary. China can produce four billion FPV drones per year. Ukraine, a country that has been at war for three years and builds faster than anyone in the West, manages four million. Those are the kinds of numbers that make you want to lie down on the floor and stare at the ceiling for a while.
The Western world is not losing the AI arms race because it lacks the technology. It is losing because it is still discussing procurement frameworks while the future arrives, uninvited, at 400 kilometers per hour with a shaped charge attached.
gandalv.substack.com
A bit too defeatist for my taste. Ukraine is part of the “Western world” and so is Germany, which is the world’s fourth largest economy. Europe can of course do the same as Ukraine and learn the drone warfare. Europe can also put economic power behind it, which Ukraine lacks. Win-win.
The differences are probably that both Ukraine and Russia have simultaneously learned to master drones during the course of the war. Both have had time to do so.
If we were to go to war with Russia in the near future, they already master drone warfare and have an established production apparatus for it. We might need a year or more before we reach the same level.
So I do think we need to prepare ourselves and try to catch up as quickly as possible.
At the same time, we have other strengths, things we have not given to Ukraine or have given too little of, which can also be decisive in a war against Russia.
Not everything is about drones, even if it almost is right now in the war in Ukraine.
Well, I checked his profile on X where the post was, and then saw that he was followed by several NAFO including MXT, so I thought he is at least Safe as a source. Then it is quite drastically formulated. And if the West* can be the world’s largest** producers of cars, we should quite quickly be able to adopt drone production. The ammunition used in FPV, like grenades, we have already started to scale up.
Then Johan usually goes quite hard even if it is about Biden.
*Includes in the West USA, Japan, South Korea, India, Brazil, among others.
** China + Russia + Iran approx. 33,000,000 cars/year. West approx. 44,000,000 cars/year.
2 Japan
7,873,886.00
3 Germany
5,746,808.00
4 USA
3,934,357.00
5 South Korea
3,859,991.00
6 India
3,677,605.00
7 Spain
2,354,117.00
8 Mexico
1,993,168.00
9 Brazil
1,778,464.00
10 United Kingdom
1,722,698.00
11 France
1,626,000.00
12 Czech Republic
1,344,182.00
14
15 Slovakia
1,040,000.00
16 Indonesia
968,101.00
17 Turkey
950,888.00
18 Thailand
805,033.00
19 Canada
802,057.00
20 Italy
713,182.00
21 Poland
554,600.00
22 Hungary
472,000.00
23 Malaysia
469,720.00
24 Romania
358,861.00
25 Belgium
354,003.00
26 South Africa
335,539.00
27 Taiwan
251,096.00
West* 43,986,356.00
Agree. We can if we want to.
But what happened to Sweden?
Actually, only one passenger car factory left. Volvo Cars Torslanda has an annual capacity of 290,000 passenger cars.
There is, of course, a lot of truth in that, but at the same time, this war has turned into a pure war of attrition where cost-effectiveness and quantity have become decisive.
If Ukraine had received enough ammunition for HIMARS so they could strike hard and far with precision beyond the drones’ range, they would have had an advantage.
If they had received modern aircraft and enough of the right armament, both to take out enemy aircraft and radar installations but also Storm Shadows and Taurus in sufficient quantities, that would also have given them a significant advantage.
If the West were to face Russia, we could have deployed much more of that. Unfortunately, it has turned out that we seem to have far too small stockpiles, but of course, many countries are holding onto theirs for themselves. Just as important as it is that we embrace drone warfare, I believe it is equally important that we invest in building up stockpiles of everything that can strike at a distance with precision.
When Ukraine has had those opportunities, it has been very effective, but unfortunately, they have received too little.
We probably shouldn’t just fixate on drones and believe that they are the solution to everything. The war in Ukraine, as mentioned, has become a war of attrition.
We should probably invest much more in never having to end up there.
Now the USA has used high technology and long-range weapons against Iran but has still not managed to defeat them, and the costs are skyrocketing, but the strait has helped Iran. Without that, the USA might have gone in harder. We’ll see how that war ends, but if the fighting continues, we can probably draw some lessons from it as well.
The West is not out to invade any country but to defend ourselves. That can be achieved by inflicting so much damage on the attacker that they give up without requiring massive infantry battles.
Just as no one understood before the war in Ukraine how important drones would become, because it had not been seen before, one cannot see the war in Ukraine as a definitive answer and believe that all future wars will play out exactly like that.
At the same time, one cannot dismiss it and imagine that we do not need to care about it. We must adapt and learn both to use it, and to protect ourselves from it, but also continue to build up other capabilities.
Exactly, the war in Ukraine is a war where the air dimension is missing. The barbarians do not dare to fly too close, and Ukraine has so far had no opportunity to strike the barbarians from a distance.
Now, finally, Ukraine is beginning to gain overview through global eye, but there is still a lack of both doctrine and resources to create and maintain air superiority.
We have seen that it is possible, most recently over Iran. Imagine the thought that the Ukrainian Air Force could fly virtually wherever they want and strike whatever targets they want.
Drone warfare must and should be mastered both at the tactical and strategic level, but we should not forget artillery and other heavy systems; they still work and are also useful in Ukraine, although the tactics look different. And air power, as mentioned, there we can already sweep the floor with the barbarians. Just make sure to secure the advantage there as well.
Well written by both of you.
Thank you!
👍
Another interesting article from there 😉
“People are starting to ask whether Trump is destroying America from the inside. The evidence says they’re right.”
https://gandalv.substack.com/p/people-are-starting-to-ask-whether
Sure. There will be a very hard first strike. But consider that both Russia and Ukraine have developed this capability over the past few years. If we can remove the bottleneck China and place production in friendly countries, why couldn’t we also develop the drone weapon? Sure, we are behind, but the technology is probably quite simple (it is practically off-the-shelf goods with modifications in most cases) and should not be so difficult to technically imitate and then improve and excel.
All capabilities are needed. You don’t win a war with just one branch of the military, not even with drones.
Agree.
Drones themselves and also learning to fly them, I believe, goes quite quickly. Perhaps initially there may be problems reaching the quantities needed.
It is rather a good connection where all video streams from the surveillance drones should be gathered and then commanders who can make quick decisions and give instructions on where the suicide drones do the most good or where everyone who needs to be present should be, which needs to be built up, optimized, and trained.
From the higher overarching level down to the infantry groups.
If you just fly drones around randomly and attack the first best target without any thought, you probably miss a lot of the advantages. If you also cannot compile the information from the surveillance drones and then relay it almost down to the individual level, you are probably also lagging behind.
It is good if we can get started and not, like Ukraine, need to learn when the war has already broken out, but also not believe that only drones are needed.
About the same picture as yesterday regarding the totals, but slightly up in Donetsk and down in the north. About the same high ratio (1.05) with more unlocalized than localized attacks.
N Slobozhansky 0↘️
S Slobozhansky 7↘️
Kupyansk 5↗️
Lyman 14💥↗️
Slovyansk 3
Kramatorsk 0
Kostjantynivka 28💥💥↗️
Pokrovsk 40💥💥↗️
Oleksandrivskij 1
Huliaipole 22💥
Orikhivsk 1
Prydniprovskij 4
Sum localized 115
Unlocalized 121
Total clashes 236
Ratio unloc/loc 1.05
👍
Hope we see a trend 👍🏻.
🤩🤩🤩
**⚡️ Russia is using “education” as a trap. After promising 5,300+ scholarships to African students, Moscow is allegedly forcing recruits into its war against Ukraine through legal pressure and deception. Ukraine warns this is a covert mobilization scheme targeting African youth.**
https://bsky.app/profile/united24media.com/post/3mm6b4s5du326
The EU can help the AU to form itself. The experiment, which is less than 100 years old, has clearly borne fruit and provided Europe with security, stability, and trade. We see that now.
Africa is another lion in many ways with many unique challenges. But despite that, there may be similarities such as the challenge the EU faced in bridging ruined states from the former Warsaw Pact with modern countries in the West.
Helping in the formation of a strong AU that brings security, stability, and bears economic fruit can also lay the foundation for a partnership/an alliance both in terms of security and economy.
Yes, they are trying to form AU according to our EU model
👍🏻
Off-Topic, Kuba
Mer prat om både Kuba och Grönland på senaste tiden. Får se om de här uttalandena bara är ett sätt att öka pressen, eller om det slutar med att USA faktiskt drar i gång ett krig.
(Tidigare misstänkte många att Venezuela och senare Iran bara var ett sätt att få bort fokus från Epstein. Nu kan man misstänka att Kuba och Grönland är ett sätt att få bort fokus från Iran. 😉)
**🇨🇺🇺🇸 The Trump administration is considering military action against Cuba after months of economic pressure failed to force reforms in Havana, – Politico White House is frustrated that sanctions, fuel restrictions, and diplomatic pressure have not weakened Cuban government enough to bring change.
Military options range from limited airstrikes to broader operations aimed at destabilizing the regime. U.S. Southern Command has reportedly begun drafting contingency plans, though no decision has been made.**
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mm6sojnh222u
**Analysis: How Ukraine gained the upper hand in the drone war**
https://kyivindependent.com/analysis-how-ukraine-gained-the-upper-hand-in-the-drone-war/
Worth reading 👍🏻.
**Labor Crunch Hits Ukrainian Industry as 68% of Firms Struggle to Hire
The majority of Ukrainian industrial enterprises cited labor shortages as their primary obstacle in April 2026, according to IER’s monthly survey of 471 firms. Economists and NBU officials say the gap reflects an economy structurally reshaped by war, with skills mismatches compounded by millions of working-age Ukrainians leaving abroad and internally displaced workers lacking qualifications needed in their new locations.**
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/76378
Vad väntar de på?
**Co-owner and chief designer of Fire Point, Denis Shtilerman, stated that Ukraine is capable of blocking Russian oil exports in the Baltic and Black Seas within a single day by declaring a naval blockade. According to him, tankers would be given 15 minutes to change course, after which strikes would be carried out on their engine rooms (propulsion compartments). Any tanker that opens fire in response would be considered a military vessel. **
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mm6tab7eok2z
In the Baltic Sea probably sensitive due to the risk of accidents and the difficulty of operating without violating other countries’ territory.
Sweden and Germany/Poland should each donate a sector of their respective countries’ Baltic Sea territory to Ukraine as thanks for the defense of Europe. In this way, Ukraine can build a naval base and have control from both sides against the international part and thus enforce sanctions against passing shadow fleets.
Interesting idea!
**❗️Satellite imagery reveals extensive damage from the May 15 strike on 🇷🇺Russia’s Ryazan refinery. Key processing units were hit, including the racks at ELOU-AVT-3, ELOU-AVT-6, and AVT-1, along with one completely destroyed storage tank and a technical rack near the thermal power plant (TPP).
According to preliminary assessments, over half of the refinery’s throughput capacity has been disabled. Given the scale of the destruction across multiple critical sections, the facility will likely require a full shutdown for repairs.**
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mm6shz3eq22z
💥🔥✊👍 Ännu ett raffinaderi!
**Drones Strike Major Yaroslavl Oil Facility as Perm Turns to Prayer for Protection Against UAVs
Drones attacked a major oil refinery in Russia’s Yaroslavl region early Tuesday, with officials confirming a hit on an industrial site and no casualties. At the same time, Russian Orthodox clergy in Perm conducted prayer processions after a series of UAV strikes on oil infrastructure, including refineries and pumping stations. Russian authorities reported widespread drone activity overnight, while Ukraine has not commented on the latest incident.**
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/76409
**💥 Yaroslavl, YANOS Oil Refinery Locals reported a successful attack.**
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mm6rinqlqc2u
There you go 👍🏻!
**❗️The 🇷🇺Russians have probably lost a rare EW Mi-8MTPR-1 helicopter as a result of friendly fire.**
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mm6tjumxg22z
Sweden is purchasing four new frigates from the French company Naval Group, announces Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) at a press conference.
Kristersson describes the purchase of the warships as a “very large international defense industrial deal” that meets Sweden’s requirements.
– This is one of the largest Swedish defense investments since the Gripen was introduced in the 1980s. It is a tripling of the Swedish air defense capability compared to today, and that says something about the scale of this decision, he says.
Through the purchase, Sweden contributes to making the Baltic Sea significantly safer, the prime minister concludes.
The first delivery is expected in 2030, says Defense Minister Pål Jonson (M) when he takes the floor.
I believed in Spain – the wine opener was part of the basic equipment in the package 😳.
Complete with hook mustache, beret, and baguette!
Equipment package “Montmartre”.
Damn!
Smells like the 60s and 70s. Frigates, destroyers, missile cruisers, aircraft carriers belong to the past, not the future. If I were the Supreme Commander, I would have invested in more submarines and mobile air defense, reinstated the Coastal Artillery regiments with mobile anti-ship missiles. No need for floating air defense platforms. Strange that they didn’t take the opportunity to order a third submarine from Kockums today. That would have been appropriate now that Saab has been sidelined. Which country besides respectable Sweden would have placed the order abroad when the shipyard in Karlskrona could have gained 500 new jobs? France? They would rather have waited 20 years than placed the order abroad. We should always be the best in class.
Good that they are wasting resources on that.
“Russia’s defense forces will hold a three-day nuclear weapons exercise starting today, the Ministry of Defense reports according to Reuters. The exercise includes both ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.
According to the ministry, over 64,000 soldiers and 7,800 military units are participating in the exercise. The purpose is to train operations with nuclear forces in the event of a potential attack threat.
The exercise takes place as Ukraine intensifies its drone attacks and President Vladimir Putin is on his way to China, writes AFP.”
https://omni.se/ryssland-inleder-tredagars-karnvapenovning/a/y5gPJ2
Yawn, as I said. 64,000 men spread across 7,800 military units, yeah sure 😂.
**☠️ Cases have become much more frequent when Russian soldiers do not try to escape from drones in any way, but simply wait for defeat to end their suffering. Work of drone operators of the 475th separate assault regiment “CODE 9.2″**
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mm6udlvgu22c
Putin has arrived in Beijing and, together with Xi, has inspected the Chinese honor guard at the airport. Pictures from China are now on YouTube.
Can Xi succeed in persuading Putin to end the war? I am convinced that Xi will make attempts in that direction while Putin, for his part, will want help from China and Xi with the war. It is unclear with what, but Putin is grasping at every straw. Hope is the last thing to leave him, street-smart as he is. To be continued.
I see that Putin is arriving first tonight in China and will meet Xi tomorrow Wednesday for talks. I was misled by YouTube. Sorry about that.
In a rotating Kerr black hole, it might possibly have been correct after all.
The present and the past condition each other mutually. 🤔🤔
💔😡
**At least 6 killed, 37 injured in Russian attacks as Naftogaz facilities hit for 3rd day
Russia launched 209 drones overnight, Ukraine’s Air Force said on the morning of May 19, most of them Shahed-type deep-strike drones.**
https://kyivindependent.com/at-least-6-killed-37-injured-in-russian-attacks-as-naftogaz-facilities-hit-for-3rd-day/
USA and Russia are the big winners in the Iran war so far.
“The oil crisis has strengthened the Russian ruble, which is now the currency that has performed best against the dollar during the second quarter, writes Bloomberg.
Russia’s oil sales in the wake of the Iran war have significantly increased the inflow of foreign currency. This has strengthened the ruble by about 12 percent since the beginning of April to about 72.60 rubles per dollar.
It is the strongest level for the Russian currency since February 2023, writes the news agency.”
https://omni.se/ryska-rubeln-gar-bast-av-alla-valutor-efter-kriget/a/Pd5Mgp
Trump is not only doing what is best for the USA, he is also doing what is best for Russia! 😉
WARNING!
Now it’s a bit of domestic politics on the theme of corruption and dishonesty among our politicians.
Here we have four Social Democrats who couldn’t keep their hands to themselves.
At the same time, a total of twelve politicians were involved; I wonder what party affiliation the other eight had, or if they were all Social Democrats but only four have chosen to resign.
“Four Social Democrats suspected of crimes are leaving their positions within the Stadsbacken group in Sundsvall, reports Sundsvalls Tidning.
The group is the parent company for the municipal limited companies in Sundsvall. Among those leaving their positions are the chairman of the Stadsbacken group and the chairman of Sundsvall’s Port.
The Economic Crime Authority conducted a raid in January at the municipal building in Sundsvall, where several people were arrested suspected of serious fraud and serious accounting crimes.
A total of 16 people are suspected of crimes in connection with the case. Twelve of them are politicians who have held board positions in Sundsvall’s logistics park or the Stadsbacken group.”
https://omni.se/fyra-brottsmisstankta-politiker-lamnar-uppdrag/a/j0OWG9
Environmentalists like the colleagues in the Social Democrats dragged into the mess?
Not entirely impossible, or left-wingers who have been paid by HAMAS.
Doesn’t matter, I want to see as much as possible exposed, unfortunately it may not be punishable but if it is noticed and it turns out that it is not so easy to hide the traces as they think, it would be a good first step to stop the misery.
Completely agree.
REGARDLESS of political party, it must be uprooted.
If I have understood this correctly, it is about having exaggerated the value of various assets in order to hide poor investments of the municipality’s money. It is unclear if there is other corruption in the background besides trying to avoid being honest with their voters that the bosses’ prestige projects are failing… of course, there may be embezzlement that they have tried to conceal, but nothing seems to have emerged so far.
Above all, Trump does what is best for the corrupt clan of which he is the leader.
Ja, jag tycker ju egentligen inte att han gör vad som bäst för USA i första hand utan det handlar mest om att gynna honom själv. Hans insideraffärer är ju bara ett exempel på det:
“Trump just got exposed for running the biggest insider trading operation in American history.
Nancy Pelosi traded $5 million in stocks and Congress lost its mind.
Trump literally executed $750 MILLION worth of stock trades in ONE quarter while being President.
His ethics filing just dropped and the numbers are genuinely unprecedented in history:
Between January and March 2026, Donald Trump personally executed 3,700 individual stock transactions worth between $220 million and $750 million.
That’s roughly 60 trades PER DAY.
While signing executive orders, meeting foreign leaders, and making policy decisions that directly impact the companies he’s buying and selling.
Now here’s where it gets really insane:
On February 10, Trump bought between $1 million and $5 million worth of Dell stock.
Three months later, on May 8, he stood at a Mother’s Day event at the White House, thanked Michael Dell by name, and told Americans to “go out and buy a Dell.”
Dell stock surged 14.6% that day to an all-time high of $263.99.
Since Trump’s February purchase, Dell is up 96%.
And 5 months BEFORE Trump bought Dell stock, Michael and Susan Dell donated $6.25 billion to Trump Accounts, one of the largest philanthropic commitments to a sitting president’s signature program in modern history.
So the timeline goes: Dell donates $6.25 billion to Trump’s program -> Trump buys Dell stock ->Trump tells America to buy Dell from the White House podium -> Stock hits all-time high
And that’s just ONE stock…
The same filing shows Trump bought Nvidia stock on February 10. One week later, Nvidia announced a massive chip deal with Meta.
He bought more Nvidia stock one week BEFORE his own Commerce Department approved the sale of Nvidia chips to Saudi Arabia. He bought Intel stock starting in March 2026. The US government already owned a 9.9% stake in Intel worth over $41 billion. On April 30, Trump posted on Truth Social praising Intel, writing that “Intel Stock continues to rise.”
Intel jumped 3% in after-hours and is now up 140% year-to-date.
He bought Palantir stock while his administration was actively handing them billion-dollar government contracts for immigration enforcement and defense.
He bought Robinhood stock while his own Trump Accounts program uses Robinhood as the broker.
He’s currently sitting on over 100% profit on AMD, Intel, Bloom Energy, Marvell Technology, and at least 10 other positions.
Every single president since Lyndon B. Johnson has used a blind trust to avoid exactly this situation. But Trump didn’t.
His assets sit in a trust controlled by his own children, and the filings show a broker acted as agent on several trades.
The White House says the portfolio is “independently managed.”
But here’s what independently managed looks like:
Buy Dell stock. Three months later, publicly endorse Dell from the White House. Stock hits all-time high.
Buy Nvidia stock. One week later, your own government approves their chip sales. Stock rips.
Buy Intel stock. Post about Intel on Truth Social. Stock jumps. The government you run already owns a 10% stake.
Buy Palantir. Hand them contracts. Buy Robinhood. Route a federal program through their platform.
Nancy Pelosi got absolutely destroyed for her husband’s stock trades.
Her husband’s total disclosed trades in his most controversial year were worth roughly $5 million.
Trump just disclosed up to $750 MILLION in a single quarter.
While making the actual policy decisions that move these stocks.
This isn’t a left or right issue.
We’re talking about the President of the United States averaging 60 stock trades per day in companies his own administration regulates, contracts with, and publicly endorses. What do you think?”
https://x.com/Ric_RTP/status/2056000508452651512
Reuters tar upp samma sak (så det ovan är alltså inte bara påhittat):
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-ethics-filing-reveals-thousands-trades-tied-us-corporate-securities-2026-05-14/
He can do as he pleases. Didn’t the Supreme Court give the president free rein to do whatever he wants?
https://www.dn.se/direkt/2026-05-19/trump-slipper-skattegranskningar-efter-uppgorelse/
The American government commits to never again investigate tax matters related to Donald Trump.
Now he also has carte blanche from the Tax Agency.
It goes without saying that a president who has as much power as the US should not be allowed to trade on the stock market while he is president.
At the same time, it is also quite obvious that when you are as money and power-hungry as Trump, you exploit your position to the fullest.
Trump equates himself with the state, in the same way that he equates other countries with their leaders; if he likes the leader, he likes the country, and vice versa.
**The Ryazan footage spread fast because it was impossible to ignore. The real point: Ukraine reached one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, about 200 km southeast of Moscow. The footage gets attention. The range is what Moscow has to calculate now.**
https://bsky.app/profile/meanwhileua.bsky.social/post/3mm7652uf3q2a
Har väl redan varit upp, men vi kör en till.
**Ukraine declared its first domestically built guided glide bomb after 17 months of development, named “Vyrivniuvach” or Equalizer Until now, Ukraine has had no domestic precision glide bomb, relying on Western donations, such as JDAM-ER kits**
https://x.com/EuromaidanPress/status/2056678252765139097
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮
**Russian propagandist Simonyan, who in 2022 claimed that Russia would defeat Ukraine in two days, is now saying that her children are sleeping in the hallway. What happened?**
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/2056677365988589887
RU threatens Latvia
https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2056662644946358284?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
They are taking advantage now since they don’t have a government..
It’s quite clear that it is Russia itself that is jamming, possibly controlling the Ukrainian drones. Ukraine warns when they notice they are losing control, as was the case today with the drone they shot down over southern Estonia, and also when a drone was on its way over to Finland last Friday.
It is speculated that the drone that came over the Gulf of Finland was on its way to Neste’s refinery in Porvoo, hijacked by Russia.
The Russian bastards are so predictable.
“The Russian UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia claims that Ukraine has sent drone forces to Latvia to attack Russia from Latvian territory, writes Reuters.
The Russian intelligence service knows exactly where Latvia’s decision-makers are located, he says, adding:
– NATO membership does not protect you from revenge.
Latvia’s UN envoy Sanita Pavluta-Deslandes dismisses it as ‘pure fabrication.’
US Deputy UN Ambassador Tammy Bruce says that the UN ‘is not a place for threats against other members’ and adds that the US will uphold all its NATO commitments.”
https://omni.se/a/ExJ69G
You are right about the drone weapon 205.
UA has said this several times.
Our arms industry has probably held it back for a long time – they want to sell expensive platforms, not 300 euro drones that they also cannot manufacture themselves, so someone else gets paid.
Will have to be a separate post
It is rumored that China is trying to get Russia to leave Ukraine completely, that is what the meeting is about.
I will believe it when we have statements after the Putin-Xi meeting
Doubtful, but we shall see.
Maybe it will end up, as someone wrote a long time ago (who that might have been?), that China eventually throws Russia under the bus.
If one may guess – disinformation.
That’s why I haven’t posted.
Yes, until 2023 China stayed away, then they probably felt it was risk-free.
If the USA hadn’t destroyed, we would never have gotten here.
Ah, so it’s Biden’s fault!
Who said that?
However, historical revisionism is not appropriate at all when one has followed the entire war.
I wrote it a moment ago.
Hm, it was speculated earlier that China wants a moderately weak Russia from which they can buy cheap oil and raw materials.
They have helped Russia with a bit of everything to keep them afloat. Maybe they now sense that Russia is about to collapse and want to try to minimize the damage by getting Putin to step back.
That would in that case be sacrificing Putin to save Russia
Massive Russian NOTAMs
https://x.com/the_lookout_n/status/2056643667511681147?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
**Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov, in an interview with Maxim Tucker for The Times, on the probability of a nuclear strike from Russia: I have not seen any indicators of preparation for a nuclear strike.**
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3mm76wzwjj224
They are probably practicing it from Friday?
Liten varning!
**💥 A kamikaze drone, masterfully controlled by pilots of the 25th separate assault battalion, blows the pipe with Russian occupier.**
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mm76k56vxc2g
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**The AFU liberated Stavky (Lyman direction) from the grey zone**
https://x.com/FreudGreyskull/status/2056671705523954164?s=20
The grayling is on the way.
Rödkallen.
** Ukraine’s defense company Fire Point has achieved nearly full domestic production for its brand-new anti-ballistic interceptor missile designed to shoot down Russian threats. **
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraines-new-fp-7x-interceptor-missile-is-almost-fully-domestically-produced-18950
Now we are building rockets too 🤩🤩🤩
after the robots and drones
Soon there will be no need for any other military industry than Ukraine’s.
They may lack modern production of fighter jets, but you never know, soon there might be a prototype that beats both the Gripen and the F-35, which is also produced at a fifth of the cost.
They are probably going to build nuclear weapons here next, they said 🤩🤩🤩
They can well test explode somewhere in the taiga in Siberia. Next, they land on the Kremlin.
Development moves fast during war.
The USA’s military-industrial complex is nervous, so they are eager to come to Ukraine and learn.
The USA is considering how to make money from this, China is thinking about how to mass-produce, and the EU about how to regulate.
**❗️A NATO military jet shot down a drone of apparent Ukrainian origin over Estonia, Reuters reported, citing Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur. The incident follows several Ukrainian military drones straying into NATO airspace in Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia since March. **
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3mm7argktwk2o
Why would anyone even report that?
Because NATO is very pleased to be able to show that they can indeed shoot down drones! 😄
By plane – we should be ASHAMED.
Då har vi en officiell bekräftelse.
**The General Staff confirmed that the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the “Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez” oil refinery in Kstovo and the “Yaroslavl-3” oil pumping station.**
https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3mm7apnyfec2e
“Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez” is so-so!
Russian exercise MXT.
You asked and then something about a wettex cloth you never explained
https://x.com/visionergeo/status/2056679202452107371?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
As I wrote already around nine o’clock this morning, it’s only good that they devote themselves to that kind of completely unnecessary exercises.
It will never be a question of deploying nuclear weapons and it’s probably only Svenska Freds that lets itself be scared by that.
By the way, I realized my ignorance when it comes to ZAPAD, it is apparently only held every other year so there probably won’t be a ZAPAD 2026.
But it makes it all the more interesting if it turns out that Russia and Belarus still decide to carry out some larger exercise this year.
Nuclear weapons in Belarus are probably a guarantee that no one attacks Belarus – Lex the nuclear weapons discussion.
Yes, morning here now.
Or Kaliningrad, we are going to drive over it in the event of a conflict.
A couple of tactical nuclear weapons there to make a decision harder.
If it is indeed the case that these are “real” nuclear weapons. It could also be that the “nuclear weapons” are deployed to ensure they have control over Belarus.
I’m quite sure that there are Russian military personnel on site to take care of the nuclear weapons, and that more soldiers will quickly cross the border to protect them if there should be unrest inside Belarus.
I also don’t believe that it is Belarus that has control over them (if they even exist).
If they exist, as said. It has never been confirmed by either Ukraine or anyone in the West.
Went through their exercises the other day but will come in a post.
60,000 are then not just the nuclear troops, we must assume.
Hard to say. It could be that 50,000 of them are training to decontaminate themselves and vehicles, etc., while trying to avoid sweating to death in protective gear and gas masks. 😄
Probably not likely, of course, it’s probably not handled by their nuclear forces.
However, there are probably many involved around the edges, logistics, air bases and ports, communications, but certainly also those with protective duties and even CBRN personnel who have to run around in gas masks.
Then it is Russia itself that has communicated those 60,000. Most of what concerns their nuclear weapons is about acting as a deterrent, it’s propaganda we’re talking about, so it would be strange if they didn’t take the opportunity to greatly exaggerate the numbers.
Don’t they usually report the numbers, I thought?
Stickler for order – over 11,000, so observers or NPT must be involved, the magic limit?
Zapad 25 was exactly that
But hardly in this case when it is a matter of trying to scare us?
But sure, if they are going to come up with something, it could be exactly the opposite.
It is the Vienna Convention from 2011. It is possible that it only applies to exercises in Europe, uncertain.
Ural oil retreated a bit for a while so it ended up about 10% below Crude but now it seems to have gone up again.
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
https://x.com/girkingirkin/status/2056628066508534001?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
👍👍👍 It has been a while since anyone was seen last!
Thought it was about tower throwing, that was also a long time ago.
See also Girkin’s comment and comments on this about ratio on October 19, 0.91, close to today’s high.
https://x.com/girkingirkin/status/1979792092693143988?s=46
This one:
https://x.com/_georggi/status/1979812416352645422?s=46
The discussion about our capability in the event of war is becoming worrying.
After Aurora, half of the armed forces are out on their social media arguing. Yes, the Supreme Commander and Pålson say the right things, but everyone in the organization seems to be behind and stuck in the last war they prepared for.
Until we have our own drone weapon + anti-drone weapons, shooting in defense is the only thing that works – Lex Ukraine.
Sitting and watching videos from Aurora and it doesn’t look good at all, here comes a post.
Our old constant movement is second best but at a focus point that doesn’t work because there are too many drones in the air so it’s not possible to move.
Shooting in defense is preferably placed in an area you think RU will attack in the event of war in time so they have time to dig in.
From what I can see, we put great focus on Gotland and northern Finland.
Our submarines + heavy attack + corvettes hidden in the archipelago + coastal rangers with anti-ship missiles who dig in + home guard and some battalion = enough.
Bornholm is even less risk – every air force in Europe can reach there and RU has no umbrella to hide under.
Åland one must assume Finland solves?
Yes, the RU consulate is probably just operators now but the Nyland brigade is a stone’s throw away.
Baltic islands – should probably be strengthened.
Not a single Russian fishing boat over the territorial water border or traffic flight.
We board the shadow fleet preventively already, right?
I think the focus is wrong – we should strengthen the Baltics immediately instead.
Yes, Aurora was probably exactly the brutal wake-up call that we (and the other participants) needed.
Have a loooooong post in progress.
whip but also carrot and solution
make me a commanding officer so we win
We should be able to fix that. From an industrial perspective, it is easy for us to mass-produce simple drones; it should be enough with setup time at any industry that makes components for cars and machines. From memory, Scania and Volvo manufactured about 10,000 visors per week with their lines at the beginning of the pandemic, for example. There were none in stock in our just-in-time healthcare system. It took a few weeks to get started.
UA seems to have okay information from inside RU decision circles – Zelensky says from time to time that he forwards it to the Balts.
Belarus just closed many forest areas near UA, Poland, and Lithuania.
Did you see that Azov wrote that RU losses from drones have decreased significantly.
It probably has to do with camouflage from vegetation.
That bodes well for the Baltic forests until the leaves have fallen.
As a proportion or in absolute numbers? Although the losses have been fairly stable, what has increased?
The UA supplement can work more with artillery and armored vehicles when they have anti-drone capability + EW in place.
They also have their own drones that constantly hunt RU drone groups – then one can revert to traditional warfare.
If they don’t have that, it’s about hiding and keeping vehicles outside the 30km-50km line.
Large quantities of GMLRS with cluster munitions would be needed for HIMARS so they can reach the Russians outside their drone range. Unfortunately, they probably won’t get any more deliveries.
Hopefully Ukraine is figuring out how to develop some of their own alternatives. They do have access to the platform, so it shouldn’t be impossible (though expensive, of course).
Have seen something about them building their own, flew past but didn’t save 😭
Yeah, those steel anchors were really effective.
Then UA’s own napalm drones that disappeared…
Right, those who effectively spilled thermite over Russian fortifications.
I wonder if it turned out to be ineffective or if complaints came from the West.
Since I get angry at Russia when they use thermite, I can’t exactly advocate for Ukraine to use it either. Disgusting, just like Napalm.
But warm 🤩🤩🤩
I think you would feel better with a bit of termite, so maybe you wouldn’t be such a strong advocate for it.😄
I can make some for you if you want to try?
Guess it’s just time to start nibbling on the rusty Volvo and filing the aluminum pot and mixing it all together, And a sparkler to light it with. 🙂
About that, I do drive an old Ford that hasn’t started to rust yet, so it might take a few years.😄
If the Russian bastards don’t appreciate the warmth, they can stop terrorizing their neighbors and go home instead.
Wasn’t it tungsten? Or tungsten as it is called in English.
Saw a movie maybe about a year into the war where a Russian was whining about a truck that was full of small holes, even the intake and exhaust manifold were perforated. 😀
We haven’t seen Russian termite or tos-1 in a long time either
tos-1 I understand but they should be able to be classified as FAB
FAB probably has enough explosive power that adding termite doesn’t make much of a difference, so it’s mostly about the lack of Tos, or perhaps rather that they have such a short range that it’s no longer possible to send them forward without them being droned.
Everything is now in place for UA
https://x.com/jayinkyiv/status/2056700342587261439?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
Has the Old Man arrived?
Road to Hell, yeah it must be him
😍😍😍
Thumbs up x 5
WARNING again! (some connection to domestic politics even if that is not the main point).
If Hungary can both get a Swedish journalist to spread propaganda and pay as much as 40,000 a month for a few occasional articles, you can understand how many might be paid by Russia. I find it a bit hard to believe it only concerns a few articles.
Then I think it is a bit strange of the Sweden Democrats (SD) that they do not see it as a problem that the person they hire has a mission from another country. On the other hand, they have long praised Hungary just like MAGA in the USA, so maybe it is natural that they do not find this case strange.
Regardless, it is rare that evidence emerges of foreign influence where people are paid to spread propaganda, even if it is understood to happen. Hopefully, this will lead to further investigations.
“An SD employee has been paid by the Hungarian, right-conservative Danube Institute to spread a positive image of the country abroad, reports Aftonbladet.
The institute claims that it works to ‘support democratic public life in Hungary,’ but the expenses clearly reflect Viktor Orbán’s and the Fidesz party’s agenda, writes the Hungarian news site Atlatszo. The site has reviewed the contracts that the Danube Institute signed with foreign collaborators ahead of the spring 2026 election. Among other things, it emerges that Markus Johansson-Martis received 4,000 euros per month from September 2025 and six months forward to write articles, participate in panel discussions and podcasts. During the same period, he has written columns for Riks and worked as a political secretary for SD in Huddinge.
In an email response to Aftonbladet, Johansson-Martis writes that it is clear what his assignment has been and that everything is available online to read.
‘Then you notice how my work has revolved around everything except Hungarian politics.’
Felix Byström (SD), opposition councilor in Huddinge, sees no problem with Johansson-Martis having other employers.
‘I am convinced that there is only one country Markus puts first, Sweden,’ he writes to Aftonbladet.”
https://omni.se/sd-anstalld-fick-lon-av-orban-kopplat-institut/a/y5gWkR
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/8p546x/sd-anstalld-riks-skribent-avlonad-av-orban
That is so common that my question to dog MXT – how do we get such a contract.
Sticking to the truth and being independent doesn’t make you overweight directly.
Even though it should be the most important thing right now
You seem to have good international contacts, don’t you know any Chinese person you could ask? 😂
Bribes, like how you think 👍
will get back to you
Russian military hospitals are overwhelmed with wounded soldiers. Increasingly, civilian hospitals and healthcare facilities are being taken over by the Ministry of Defense, and civilian patients are being denied care beds, according to an investigation by Novaja Gazeta Europa.
At the end of 2025, a women’s clinic in Siberian Omsk was closed, renovated for millions of rubles, and converted into a clinic for war veterans. A maternity hospital in the city had already been transformed into a military hospital painted in the colors of the Russian flag.
Many hospitals have also been forced to open military wards that consume the resources of civilian healthcare. At the Dzjanelidze Hospital in Saint Petersburg, soldiers had to be relocated after almost all antibiotics were used up.
According to a nurse, the staff then breathed a sigh of relief.
– They bought alcohol, the trash heaps were full of bottles, they did not listen to the healthcare staff. The entire ward reeked of cannabis, she says.
The Russian society is heading towards a bright future…. They will have lots of problems after being kicked out of Ukraine and the sadistic drug addicts will return disillusioned from the front.
After Finland’s war against the Soviet Union, quite a few came back from the front and had problems. Some turned to alcohol, and some started taking painkillers; there was a type that contained a small amount of amphetamine until the 1950s.
But they also returned with a determination to get Finland back on its feet and leave the difficult period behind. Even though the society they returned to was dominated by the Soviet Union, and the veterans did not receive the recognition they deserved until the 1980s, that generation succeeded in what few thought possible. To build a Western-oriented high-tech welfare society in the shadow of the Soviet Union. The war reparations were paid off in 8 years, and by then the industry was built up and could start generating income immediately.
My grandfather, who was the eldest of his brothers, was drafted both in the Winter War and the Continuation War. His two younger brothers “didn’t make it” to the Winter War, but when they were drafted in the Continuation War, they went straight into the fire on the Karelian Isthmus as machine gunners.
Neither my grandfather nor his brothers talked about the war, and they were kind and good-natured; they had both been fully occupied after the war with farming and house building, and that was surely important to get away from the experiences.
I don’t think the Russians returning from Ukraine will have the same drive to rebuild the country because it is their own country and leaders who have deceived them into an unjust offensive war against their neighbor. They will be bitter and vengeful, and society will have nothing to offer them. The outside world has turned its back on them and there is not much help to expect from abroad either. It will take a couple of generations, if they behave, before they are back to the pre-war level.
On the other hand, the Ukrainians returning from the front will be more like the Finns. They have fought a defensive war and managed to maintain their independence. They also have the support of the outside world, unlike the Russians, and will rebuild their society in a significantly shorter time.
Well said.
👍
That is why it is important that the Ukrainian soldiers feel after the war that it was all worth it.
✊✊✊✊😀👍
The Swedish decision to purchase four frigates from France stems from a desire to adapt to NATO, rather than what works best in the Baltic Sea. This is stated by Hans Liwång, professor of defense systems at the Swedish Defence University, in an interview with TV4 Nyheterna.
– They are a high-value target for an opponent, something they would want to take out early in a war. This presents major challenges in defending the ships, says Liwång.
According to him, it would have been better if Sweden had bought more – but smaller – ships, as well as a land-based air defense system with long range.
In a debate article in Svenska Dagbladet, debaters Rutger Brattström and Martin Boldt-Christmas also criticize the purchase. They point out that technological development means that expensive warships face an increasing risk of being taken out by cheap drones.
“Advanced platforms and technological superiority do not go far in an industrial war. Then cost-effectiveness wins,” write Brattström and Boldt-Christmas.
https://omni.se/kritiken-mot-fregattkopet-innebar-stora-utmaningar/a/Ok6vJw
In the first article Omni published about the deal, it was stated that the reason for choosing France was SAAB’s notorious slowness – and that they now prioritized fast deliveries. This has now been removed, but the text remains on Omni if you scroll back.
It seems to be true that the time aspect was decisive.
Then it also seems that this Johan is satisfied that the USA is not involved.
“The French frigates that Sweden is going to buy have an advantage from a European perspective: They are independent of American technology. That says Johan Granholm at the Swedish Defence University to DN. – You are not dependent on the USA saying yes or no to using or building these ships. I think that matters, he says. Another advantage, according to Johan Granholm, is that Swedish crew members can immediately start learning the systems instead of waiting for a new ship to be built. – It is possible to install competent Swedish systems, but will we do that? Taking the French configuration without changing anything would be ideal from a time perspective.”
https://omni.se/a/QJ5GaP
It is not fair to Saab/Kockums. From the beginning, that is before NATO, the navy wanted a somewhat larger Visby corvette. So not a frigate. Then we joined NATO and the navy wanted to make the corvette larger. But still not a frigate. Then NATO came with their wishes for an even slightly larger ship, which was now called a frigate. It was not easy for the designers at Saab to keep up with this indecision, which was not the shipyard’s fault. Hardly the government’s either. It happened at the time of NATO entry. The problem is that the hull hall in Karlskrona was not big enough, so they wanted to cooperate with Babcock.
Keep in mind that all larger Swedish warships in the past were not built in Karlskrona but at Kockums (Malmö), Eriksberg, and Götaverken. As far as I know, Karlskrona has only built two larger ships: the destroyer Öland and the mine ship Carlskrona.
A couple of worthwhile posts on the Royal Naval Officers’ Society blog.
“The reserve officer in the amphibious corps Olle Neckman writes about the choices for the Swedish Navy. The author wants to point out that his background as a coastal ranger may influence some of the views in the post.”
https://blogkoms3.wordpress.com/2026/05/16/marinens-vagval-i-ett-forandrat-sakerhetslage/
“Half a year in Ukraine – a civilian seaman in the shadow of war Erik Froste tells about the mission to analyze the Ukrainian maritime sector, to see how compatible it is with the EU’s. The post describes his impressions of visiting a country struggling to function despite war, but also testifies to the great similarities that connect seafarers, regardless of where in the world they are.”
https://blogkoms3.wordpress.com/2026/05/03/ett-halvar-i-ukraina-en-civil-sjoman-i-krigets-skugga/
“Frigates are not obsolete, but a necessary core resource in modern naval warfare”
https://blogkoms3.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/fregatter-ar-inte-forlegade-utan-en-nodvandig-karnresurs-i-modern-sjokrigforing/
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Kanebrott in eastern Latvia
https://x.com/goldenr_fella/status/2056684669886738495?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
“At 12:06 today, a technological disturbance was detected in the transmission network, resulting in disruptions to the electricity supply in Latgale. At 12:33, the disturbance was promptly resolved and power supply was restored at all 12 affected substations,” informed JSC “Augstsprieguma tīkls.”
The cause of the technological disturbance is currently being investigated. At this time, there are no indications that the disruption was caused by third-party interference.”
We absolutely need the frigates and they are of course part of the offset agreements with France.
However, maybe not right now – I don’t know if they are already budgeted for?
We need drone weapons and air defense first.
Let’s hope we have money left over for that as well.
They are already budgeted.
10,000,000,000 Swedish kronor each is estimated to cost.
One hundred million fewer drones
Off-Topic
The war in Iran is apparently very popular. I wonder who he has talked to then?
“Donald Trump had a chat with reporters during a tour of the ballroom construction at the White House, writes Reuters. He brought up a number of topics, including the Iran war. – Everyone tells me that it is unpopular, but I think it is very popular, says the president. He also says that today he was an hour away from ordering new attacks on Iran, and opens up for it possibly happening soon. – I mean, two or three days, maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday, something, maybe early next week, because we cannot let them have a new nuclear weapon.”
https://omni.se/a/5pb1RK
Off topic,
In 1807, Denmark suffered a crushing defeat in a naval battle against Great Britain. The Danish navy was practically wiped out, and Denmark initiated a program to plant oaks for future shipbuilding. These oaks were called flådeege (“the navy’s oaks”). About 90,000 trees were planted. In 2008, the Ministry of the Environment sent an official letter to the Ministry of Defense, announcing that the oaks had grown to a sufficient size and that it was now possible to build ships.
https://x.com/georgshilin/status/2056607810645836114?s=46
In Sweden, the Ministry of the Environment had written that the biodiversity had become so great that the oaks must not be cut down.
It was probably fortunate that the Danes planted oaks at that time. Because then came the war over Schleswig-Holstein in 1848 and another war over these provinces in the 1860s. I don’t know if an oak can be used for shipbuilding after 40 years. Possible.
reminds a bit of this:
“The oaks on Visingsö began to be planted early in the 1830s to secure the Swedish Navy’s need for timber for shipbuilding. In 1975, it was assessed that the oaks were mature enough to be harvested, and it is said that the Director General of the National Board of Forestry, the authority that managed the oak plantations before SFV, then called the head of the Navy and offered him the trees – just as had been agreed from the start. But the Navy chief was, unsurprisingly, indifferent and declined. It had been almost 100 years since the Navy launched its last large oak ship. The oaks on Visingsö remained standing for another 43 years.”
https://www.sfv.se/kulturvarden/artiklar/kulturvarden-2-2018/kronans-ekar
Thank you. A very nice story about the oaks on Visingsö. Fits well now that it is dusk.
Rubio is coming to Helsingborg, a NATO meeting for foreign ministers will be held there.
It was rumored that the location was chosen because you can see ships from the Russian shadow fleet passing by outside the window.
The meeting will be held at Marina Plaza. The hotel is located 50m from the Öresund, so there is nothing wrong with the view.
We warmly welcome Rubio to Sundets Pärla, Skåne, and Sweden💐
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
A few thoughts here in the evening.
China is going to meet Putin and there are rumors swirling that China wants/can/shall (???) bring an end to the war in Ukraine.
What we have seen so far is that the war has mostly benefited China – they get field testing of equipment and personnel, they can evaluate tactics on site, and they sell equipment to Russia.
My assumption – which may be wrong – is that China in the long run profits on several levels from the war continuing.
My thoughts regarding these rumors are, what plans China has up its sleeve.
One theory is that China is discussing rotating out Russian troops and now bringing in the “elite,” i.e. China’s troops.
As we know, China has a high production rate especially of drones and also in AI, combined with a total lack of ethics and morals.
That combination might be something neither we nor Ukraine have the capacity (?) to face, above all I don’t think the rest of Europe has it. Ukraine has shown that they can adapt much faster.
Those who watched the YouTube video I posted the other evening might consider whether that scenario could be something? That is, Russia “making noise” while China takes Taiwan.
The USA is completely out of the game.
Your thoughts??
And I am aware that I might be wrong.
I don’t think China intends to pick out the Russians to sacrifice their own. Rather, they feel that they have field-tested their own products and that they are satisfied with that. Now it’s time for peace and quiet, so they can continue with business as usual.
China will never step in to help Russia just to help a friend. China always puts itself first, and in a way, they have refined the America first ideology, except they are not stupid enough to cut and destroy ties with those who give them money and moral support (like the USA). China helps Russia because they benefit monetarily and strategically. Period. When they no longer do, they will throw Russia so far under the bus that they will almost come out the other side.
I completely agree with that analysis.
Check this out 🤩🤩🤩
https://x.com/ralee85/status/2056778137615090134?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
There is movement – literally!
🇨🇦💪🏼🤍
A bit late in the evening, so I’ll repost tomorrow.
You were a group arguing against 205 when the UA offensive went up against a ratio of 1 that it was not accepted that it was a UA offensive.
He probably spent quite a lot of time on it, I guess, defending himself because there were long posts.
And he was completely right the whole time.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4125167-ukrainian-offensive-actions-surpass-russian-attacks-for-first-time-syrskyi-says.html
Nice 205 – that also means that this year we managed to time the UA offensive to May 8-12, was that correct?
Believe that lately there has probably been a consensus that it has been correct. As someone speculated (it was not 205, but concerned the reported numbers), if it is Ukraine reporting the figures, they should probably actually know what the “unknown” numbers stand for.
Off topic Banana Republic United States of America
The American state commits not to investigate any current tax issues related to Donald Trump.
Published: May 19, 2026 21:43
This is part of a settlement where the president agrees to withdraw his lawsuit against the tax authority IRS and the Treasury Department, which was aimed at the leak of his tax returns to the media.
According to the document, published on Tuesday, the USA is “forever barred” from reviewing or prosecuting Trump, his sons, and the family company Trump Organization regarding previous federal tax returns.
On Monday, it was announced, as another part of the settlement, that the Department of Justice is establishing a fund of nearly 1.8 billion dollars. The money is to go to allies of Trump who believe they have been subjected to wrongful investigations and prosecutions under Joe Biden’s administration.
Critics describe the arrangement as “corrupt.”
https://www.svd.se/a/16qmkK/trump-slipper-skattegranskningar-efter-uppgorelse