No major events found this morning, so here are some mixed news about the war in Ukraine.
- The oil refinery Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez in Yaroslavl has completely stopped processing crude oil after the latest Ukrainian drone attack hit critical production equipment. United24. The facility is located about 250 kilometers northeast of Moscow.
- The EU allocates 3.3 billion euros (3.7 billion dollars) to Ukraine for drones and missiles, announced European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after speaking with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday. The leaders also discussed joint defense projects and Ukraine’s broader financing needs. Kyiv Post and United24 report on this.
- Yesterday, Putin signed a decree confiscating the assets of several international companies, including Nestlé and Auchan. Other companies include Bati Logistics, FM Logistics, and Le Monlid LLC, which, along with Nestlé and Auchan, had their assets temporarily placed under the management of the Russian joint-stock company L.E.V. Management, according to Russian media. Kyiv Independent.
- Thousands are starving in occupied Oleshky. People have no food, no way out, and Russian forces are bombing incoming aid.
More than 6,000 people, including about 200 children, may remain trapped in the Russian-occupied city, where civilians lack food, water, and medicine, and some risk minefields to escape. Euromaidan.
Russian losses
Personnel losses fell back from yesterday’s level, which was the highest so far this year, but 1,420 is still high of course, and other figures are also at high levels.
- 1,420 KWIA
- 5 Tanks
- 7 AFVs
- 75 Artillery systems
- 3 MLRS
- 1 Air defense system
- 1,808 UAVs
- 12 UGVs
- 424 Vehicles and Fuel tanks
- 4 Special equipment
Ukraine General Staff morning report
Operational information as of 08:00 on September 18, 2026, regarding the Russian invasion
Glory to Ukraine!
The 1,668th day of the Russian Federation’s full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun.
In the last 24 hours, a total of 230 combat engagements were recorded.
Yesterday, the enemy carried out one missile strike and 95 air strikes, during which 295 guided aerial bombs were dropped. Additionally, the attackers used 9,614 kamikaze drones and conducted 2,770 shellings against communities and our troops’ positions, including 44 with rocket artillery.
Hostile shelling affected, among others, the communities of Bezsalivka, Korenok, Ulanove, Rohizne, Tovstodubove, Potapivka, Sopych, Hirky, Yastrubshchyna, Atynske, Luzhky, Neskuchne, Kucherivka, Holyshivske, Romashkove, Budky, Rozhkovychi, Iskryskivshchyna, Fotovyzh, Vovkivka, Nova Huta, and Volfyne in the Sumy region, as well as Mykhalchyna-Sloboda and Kliuchi in the Chernihiv region. Kucherivka and Tovstodubove were subjected to air strikes.
In the last 24 hours, the defense forces’ aviation, missile units, and artillery hit two areas with concentrations of enemy personnel, five unmanned aerial vehicle command posts, five artillery systems and artillery positions, three command posts, three other important enemy targets, a command post, and a repair base belonging to the occupiers.
On the northern Slobozhansky and Kursk sectors, an enemy assault attempt was recorded in the last 24 hours. The attacker conducted 42 shellings against our troops’ positions and communities.
On the southern Slobozhansky sector, Ukrainian units repelled 14 enemy attacks. The attackers tried to advance towards the communities of Mala Vovcha, Buhaivka, Kozacha Lopan, Lyman, Prylipka, Ternova, Karaichne, Potykhonove, Rybalchyne, and Zakharivka.
On the Kupiansk sector, the enemy attempted three times to improve their positions through assault operations towards Petropavlivka and Kivsharivka.
Attempts to break into our defense were repelled on the Lyman sector, where the occupiers carried out ten attacks towards the communities of Kopanky, Hrekivka, Shyikivka, Novoselivka, Lyman, and Dibrova.
On the Sloviansk sector, the enemy conducted five assault attempts in the areas around Yampil, Kryva Luka, and Mykolaivka.
On the Kramatorsk sector, the Russian attackers carried out two offensive operations towards Vasiutynske.
On the Kostiantynivka sector, 19 attacks were recorded. The attackers conducted assault operations in the area around Kostiantynivka and towards Osykove, Dovha Balka, Pryiut, Stepy, and Vilne.
On the Pokrovsk sector, the enemy carried out 25 attacks. The occupiers tried to advance towards the communities of Bilytske, Hannivka, Dobropillia, Novyi Donbas, Novohrishyne, Vasylivka, Serhiivka, Molodetske, and Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy attacked twice towards Novoheorhiivka.
On the Huliajpole sector, the occupiers attacked our defenders’ positions seven times. The enemy tried to advance towards the communities of Vozdvyzhivka, Rizdvianka, Krynychne, and Charivne.
On the Orikhiv sector, according to updated information, the enemy tried four times to improve their positions through attacks towards Chervona Krynytsia, Pavlivka, and Malokaterynivka.
On the Prydniprovsk sector, the occupiers conducted no offensive operations.
On the Volyn and Polissya sectors, no signs have been detected that the enemy is forming offensive force groupings.
In total, the Russian attackers’ losses in the last 24 hours amounted to 1,420 personnel. Additionally, five tanks, seven armored fighting vehicles, 75 artillery systems, three multiple launch rocket systems, one air defense system, 12 ground-based missile systems, 1,808 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 vehicles, and four units of special equipment were neutralized.
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92 localized attacks out of a total of 230 leaves 138 unlocalized, resulting in a ratio of 138 / 92 ≈ 1.50.
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The next government must see Ukraine with new eyes, write four Eastern Europe experts in DN Debate.
“Ukraine is not just a country we help. It is a resource, with knowledge about how a society holds together and continues to function under constant threat – knowledge that the rest of Europe may soon need.”
Sweden must learn from Ukraine in how we invest in our civil defense, the experts write. They also call for a separate budget line for Swedish support to Ukraine and for the EU to take more collective responsibility – not least by transferring the frozen Russian central bank reserves held at Belgian Euroclear to Ukraine.
https://omni.se/experter-dags-att-se-ukraina-som-en-resurs/a/8p0d7W
I think the government has handled the Ukraine aid very well. With Pål Johnsson as defense minister and the best man on the field, M should have gotten more mandates.
But many probably cast their support votes for Simona. Regardless of what you think about the government, they don’t need to be ashamed of the Ukraine aid.
New eyes? I would dare to claim that almost all change would be for the worse. We are among the top supportive countries, and personally, I hope we remain in that position.
Trump’s turnaround: Will open new military base in Poland
“Great progress” has been made towards establishing a new American army base in Poland, writes Donald Trump on Truth Social.
“This will be a historic step for our great American-Polish alliance,” writes the president, thanking President Karol Nawrocki, whom he calls his friend.
This is despite the Trump administration repeatedly signaling that the US would scale down its military presence in Europe.
The White House has initiated a review of the European presence, and this summer thousands of soldiers were called home from Germany. A deployment of thousands of soldiers in Poland was also stopped, but later carried out.
https://omni.se/trumps-vandning-ska-oppna-ny-militarbas-i-polen/a/zOKKv1
Is it some kind of bridgehead for the Russians he envisions…?
Off-Topic, Canada ❤️ EU
“The idea of Canada as the EU’s first ”associated member country” brings joy and anticipation among both Canadians and EU parliamentarians. According to Tomas Tobé (M), Europe has everything to gain from such an arrangement, writes Aftonbladet.
– Politically, it is hard to find a greater love affair than between the EU and Canada right now, he says.
Several Canadians that the BBC has spoken to highlight the expanded opportunities to travel, study, and work in Europe as the main benefit of closer cooperation. The shaky relationship with the neighbor USA is also cited as an argument.
– It is too unstable in the USA right now. I feel there is a certain stability in Europe, says Toronto resident Maggie Stainton.
But Canadians will have to wait before packing their bags. The status of ”associated member” does not currently exist and could take years to establish since all 27 EU countries need to give their approval. According to reports, several countries are hesitant about the arrangement, writes Europaportalen.” https://omni.se/tomas-tobe-om-karleksaffaren-har-allt-att-vinna/a/0p6oPA
Off-Topic, The War in Iran and the Oil Price
“Oil prices are falling for the third day in a row. Concerns about supply ease as investors look towards the next round of diplomatic talks between the US and Iran, writes Bloomberg.
At the same time, analysts at the major bank JP Morgan believe it has become more difficult to predict how long the Iran war will last. ‘For the first time since the Iran conflict began, we have no main scenario. We simply do not know how to model how this will end,’ they write in a market commentary.
At around 07:40, the price of Brent crude oil is down about 1 percent, to just under 104 dollars per barrel.”
https://omni.se/oljepriset-faller-for-tredje-dagen-i-rad/a/oEg1Km
“Donald Trump is approaching a critical crossroads in the Iran war, he says in an interview with Axios.
– I have a big decision ahead of me. Do I want to go in and wipe them out (the Iranian regime, editor’s note) or not? It’s a big decision. With me, anything can happen.
Axios notes that he has said similar things before, but that the latest statement comes ahead of a meeting on Tuesday with six Gulf states – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman.
The meeting, which is held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, could lay the foundation for the next phase of the war: diplomacy or new military attacks. The latter would require the green light from the US allies in the region.”
https://omni.se/trump-ett-stort-vagskal-narmar-sig-i-kriget/a/2p76BG
UA needs those 200 billion euros from Belgium immediately, their budget is already overdrawn.
A court in Belgium has expressed a positive opinion, their highest civil court.
There is a solution that satisfies the apprehensive Belgians: “Transfer the money to the ECB” and let the EU collectively bear the nonexistent financial risk of being held accountable in court against the Russian devils when financing Ukraine.
time for Friday TACO?
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Trump probably prefers to do business as usual. Below translated from Iltalehti, which refers to NYT.
“NYT: Trump considers new concessions to Russia
US President Donald Trump is seeking a solution that could lead to peace with Russia by potentially offering new business opportunities even before the war in Ukraine is over, reports The New York Times.
The US administration believes that economic incentives could make President Vladimir Putin and influential circles in Russia view peace negotiations more positively.
The plan deviates from Trump’s previous stance, according to which the US would not conduct business with Russia before the war was resolved. Now, cooperation on natural resources, energy, and Arctic projects has been discussed, but no concrete agreements have yet been announced.
At the same time, the US Congress has approved a new sanctions package targeting Russia.
The bill would, among other things, enable up to 100-percent tariffs for countries that buy Russian oil and gas, as well as sanctions against Russian officials, businessmen, and financial institutions.
According to NYT, Trump’s administration seems to offer Russia both “carrot and stick” by combining pressure and concessions.
Ukraine and its European supporters, however, believe that Russia should be subjected to tougher pressure, as business deals before a ceasefire could weaken the US negotiating position and reward Russia for continuing the war.
Preliminary discussions have been held about possibly continuing the tripartite negotiations in October.”
🤮 Krasnov’s Taco tastes bad.🤮
Where is that whip that is being offered? The only thing I have seen is (temporary or not) relief of existing sanctions. Has the Trump administration introduced any of its own sanctions?
I honestly don’t think you should write anything at all about new American sanctions, arms deliveries, or the like until they are a fact. Most of the time, they are just distractions, exactly the same playbook that Putin uses. Give a little hope, let things drag on, and then start over again.
You have a point there!
The funny thing is probably that the UK hasn’t been probed against, so they get to keep standing outside 😀
Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland might be offered membership?
Dare I guess that the first attempt misses and then three remain, learned yesterday thanks 👍
A pure S government where S draws support from the other parties might be the best option right now. That way, we avoid red lines and prolonged negotiations. And the threat of a snap election. We are in troubled times, so there is no room for bickering back and forth.
The Reinfeldt government sounds like the least harmful. The question, however, is whether it is reasonable for a government to have the support of 99/349 parts of the parliament? It will probably be 4 bourgeois budgets in that case, fun to govern on others’ budgets, that is the greatest societal impact one can have.
The full return of parliamentarism.
As mentioned, there is a non-socialist majority in the parliament where our elected representatives sit and make decisions on our mandate.
”The Left Party stands firm on the demand for ministerial posts and will only vote for a government in which they themselves are included. That was the message from party leader Nooshi Dadgostar when she met the Speaker of the Parliament today.
– If our mandates are required, we will be part of the government. We see Magdalena Andersson as Prime Minister, Dadgostar says to the media after the meeting.
When asked whether they will push the red line all the way to a snap election, the Left Party leader answers “yes,” writes DN and TV4 News.
– We have promised this to our voters and we have received the strongest mandate of all parties to truly change Sweden.”
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But she answers differently. “Will only vote for a government in which one is included” literally means that one can also tolerate other governments, and a Swedish government only needs to be tolerated, not accepted.
It will be interesting to see when Europe accepts that we are at war; if robots are not enough, Putin will just keep going.
Opposite the 1st Azov south of Pokrovsk, RU has 100 drone units.
The Polish units moving look like the 2022 maneuver, so we probably need to speed up now so that Putin doesn’t get the idea that he has an advantage.
In exercises, there have been multiple Ukrainian drone groups.
They are probably trying to slow it down until we have air defense against ballistic missiles, as well as our own ballistic missiles in full production. When that is in place, maybe Europe can take on Russia in open war?
Morning coffee in peace and quiet 😀
When you go through the news of the past weeks – a lot is happening right now.
Personally, I believe that the USA and everyone else MUST bring down the Iranian regime.
If that is not done and the citizens do not get their revolution, MENA will face years of war.
There is no other option.
How the war is conducted is another discussion 😀
Easier said than done.
Krasnov missed the chance at the beginning of the year.
Yes. If one had acted when the people in Iran had the momentum, it would probably have looked very different. Instead, the regime was allowed to slaughter the opposition before the intervention.
Above from MXT, Trump is now thinking aloud about withdrawing 30,000 troops from Europe while at the same time wanting to strengthen in Poland – hard to interpret.
Krasnov’s attention span is short, and apparently Poland’s president Karol Nawrocki managed to convince him.
Putin might make him think twice soon.
The best is not to interpret until something is a fact. You just get drawn into his distractions.
Remember the thread’s mantra – if you have air superiority, you can fight mechanized.
A very, very important detail that UA has just proven above.
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Now S actually asked for Ulf to resign and then he did, mostly for electoral tactical reasons perhaps so the pressure would increase but we already saw “he will never give up power” and it would have only increased from the opposition until it gained traction and started being discussed on the news.
However, everyone probably needs to sign an agreement giving the Tidö Alliance full authority in some areas until a new government has taken office, the Ukraine war and certain economic decisions so that we don’t crash into something at full speed without anyone at the helm.
The current situation is the best possible for RU by the way, preferably for as long as possible.
S is trying to role-play the USA… Cultural imperialism…
I also understand that it will never happen, but due to the exceptional situation, we SHOULD have a coalition government S,M,L,KD,C that unites around all important issues and then peripheral issues can wait until the crisis is over, or something.
That would be taking responsibility.
S + M we have in the municipality. It is the worst of two worlds. S increases the expenses and M lowers the tax. The municipality’s debt has gone from 0 to large in four years. Now it looks like they will get 4 more years, yuck.
Loans are in my world just future taxes or future cutbacks. Better to admit that the painful decisions need to be made now and not by someone else in the future.
Johan 0907. Agree 100%
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Johan 0907. Agree
So, even if you wanted to have an SM+ government for some reason (like war), why on earth would you include all those parties in the cooperation? Isn’t it enough to get just a bit over 50%? Then it would probably only increase the risk of even more trouble and disagreements that throw a wrench in the works for effective decision-making processes, etc.?
In a crisis situation, a coalition government is good. However, I don’t think we are there yet.
But still, L as of now is an empty shell without content. KD or the Center Party might provide enough breadth as an addition? Maybe the Center Party is the most different from the rest, so S-M-C then, that would cover quite a lot? (Note: I don’t like C, so this is a surprisingly objective input…)
If all the others are included, then V and MP should probably be included as balance as well?
I am a Liberal Conservative by tradition and old habit and voted for L for the first time this year 🙂
However, it was not a so-called tactical vote as all political experts claim.
I think that L under Simona has developed into a pragmatic liberal force in an otherwise fairly conservatively inclined government coalition.
I believe that all parliamentary parties should be included in a unity government in the event of war. Even the former communists.
Fico, Afs and Le Pen have just said the same thing at the same time.
How do they think NATO is supposed to work? If Article 5 doesn’t work, NATO is worthless; you have to be prepared to go to war if any of your allies are attacked.
Ryz is playing on familiar strings. No real news.
Hard to say what he really means, but I think he means that Europe should not provoke Russia into doing something stupid so that Slovakia ends up in a war because of Article 5.
Now it’s not really an election but, as the Russians themselves rightly call it, “a special election operation” 🙂
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Off topic USA’s debt, -A financial crisis like we’ve never seen before
“The US government bond yields are currently the big topic among economists. Recently, they have risen sharply and recently reached 5 percent, a level we have not seen since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2007.
Now one of Norway’s most distinguished economists warns of a new crisis. If the high interest rates – combined with the US’s large national debt – lead lenders to lose confidence in the country’s ability to pay the interest on the debt.
– Then we will have a financial crisis like we have never seen before, says Norway’s former central bank governor Øystein Olsen in Liberal Halvtime, a podcast from the think tank Civita.
Interest rates have risen sharply
To borrow money, the US (and other countries) issue so-called government bonds – securities that investors can then buy and sell on the market.
It is the interest on these that has risen so much recently, from under 1 percent to 5 percent since the pandemic in 2020 – with the last percentage point increase occurring in just a few weeks.
At the same time, the US national debt has almost doubled, from 60 percent to 120 percent of the size of the economy over the past two decades.
The figure is significantly higher than the EU average of 90 percent and Sweden’s 35 percent.
American taxpayers are already feeling the increase. Today, almost 15 percent of the federal budget goes to paying the interest on the country’s national debt, compared to only 2 percent in Sweden.
This worries Øystein Olsen.
– The US spends more money on paying interest than it spends on defense, which sounds completely absurd, he says.
At the same time, further upward pressure on interest rates comes from high inflation. On Wednesday, the US central bank Federal Reserve raised the key interest rate for the first time in three years. The idea is to curb price increases, which still remain above the bank’s two percent target.
According to figures last week, inflation stood at 3 percent year-on-year in August, which caused the interest on US government bonds to rise even more.
Sweden could be affected
The US development could have consequences far beyond the US – even in Sweden, despite our government bond yields and inflation being significantly lower than across the Atlantic.
One reason is that large insurance companies, pension funds, and central banks around the world hold large amounts of US government bonds, whose market value is pressured when interest rates rise.
Concerns about a US crisis also risk making it more expensive for households and companies in other countries to borrow if lenders demand greater compensation for the increased risk involved in lending money.
– It is about confidence in the US. It is precisely this confidence that, in the worst case, could be at stake, and which would then be very serious for the entire global financial system, says Øystein Olsen.
Follows the development with concern
Where the pain threshold lies for the US national debt Øystein Olsen cannot answer.
But he follows the development of the country’s public finances with concern, which according to him is one of the explanations for the rising bond yields.
– If investors start to feel that the limit is approaching, then we are also very close to the big challenge we have now talked about. Then risk premiums will shoot even higher, and it will be a negative spiral that eventually results in a kind of armageddon, he says.
At the same time, the debt continues to increase, and Øystein Olsen sees no quick solution to the problems either.
– It is highly likely that the budget situation will continue to be worrying and that the debt will just keep ticking upwards, he says in the think tank Civita’s podcast.”
https://www.svd.se/a/wr2qz5/efter-rantedramat-i-usa-varnar-for-armageddon
Interesting!
At the same time, it seems to be going as I suspected, that the dollar has strengthened. So far, there is probably no danger, but it only applies as long as investors continue to buy government bonds. If they lose confidence and start to suspect that they will not get their money back, it does not matter if the interest rate goes up to 10%.
Good post Pehr.
With a bit of luck, the USA will become so economically pressured that they will have to come cap in hand to their (former) allies. But the risk is, of course, that they don’t realize this and continue with the bullying style at an increasingly desperate pace.
Then there is something even worse that is not written about as much, and that is the USA’s “mandatory spending” which involves Medicare, social transfers, pensions, and more. These are still much larger than the national debt interest. If the USA does not want to default on the national debt, they can default on these commitments instead, which might not be very popular with public opinion.
The third way out is to print money, and that is always the path politicians choose. So I think we can expect the purchasing power of the dollar to be significantly eroded in the coming years regardless of who is president. The question is what strategy to follow given that. For my part, it is probably good to hold hard assets. For the EU, it is probably to work very hard to reduce its debts so that the Euro appears attractive in comparison.
I agree that printing money/devaluation with high inflation as a consequence is the most likely scenario.
You are absolutely right. Moreover, isn’t “mandatory spending” a time bomb with an aging population?
Interesting post.
It might just start to move along eventually.
I’m getting a bit of 2007 vibes from the whole thing, everything is moving fast, raw material prices are soaring, delivery times are getting longer, until it comes to a halt.
🥶The similarities are there. Then add war in our neighborhood.
The question is on the agenda, now Hegseth has prepared Iran for a joint pan-Western operation.
https://youtube.com/shorts/_nqPLeCy8eI?is=dcv6bACDTfebWbFA
The question is on the agenda, now Hegseth has prepared Iran for a joint pan-Western operation.
https://youtube.com/shorts/_nqPLeCy8eI?is=dcv6bACDTfebWbFA
Apparently, it is not possible to reply to Johan’s message. Someone wants to undermine it.
No, I think both you and Johan deserve to have your comments at the top level so no one misses them!
Hmm, now I thought of something. Try going into your profile and turning off the advanced editor to see if it works better then.
It’s so great that you are back again 😀🙏
Well Pehr,
Wales, Scotland and NI now have a common line to become independent countries, right?
Then a referendum remains of course, but in recent years it has probably tipped towards a yes?
First Starmer closely followed by Burnham have created many problems.
Burnham and Labour, who have introduced sanctions against Israel and want an independent Palestine, now have the chance to show whether they are consistent or hypocrites.
The EU hasn’t really pushed for the UK to come back, I think, other than as with Norway?
Scotland would be enormously good for us – the oil.
Wales and NI we should also take in directly for many reasons.
Then England can stand there with its deal with the USA and all the other problems they have brought upon themselves.
Lived in Edinburgh on and off between 1999 – 2018 so I feel strongly for the Scots 😀
Everything got worse for them after Brexit and joining the EU would be a total jackpot.
Jo 205 censorship and complications 🧐
Something I recently noticed is that interest rates are also skyrocketing throughout the EU, so it will probably be a chicken race?
I BELIEVE that the USA plans to rotate from the stock market into US government bonds?
Because it requires that not everyone runs to the EUR instead.
Looking at the EU, we have the Russian war threat, too little oil and LNG, a crisis in electricity supply, and some highly indebted countries.
I have spent a lot of time on this for my choice of currency after Christmas 😐
The hope is that the USA does not succeed, of course, and Trump is probably our best friend in that, but they are a few steps ahead since they designed this.
And the EU is reactive.
I think it is clear that we are heading towards a 2008-style financial crisis.
The EU does not have an energy crisis. Germany has a completely self-inflicted energy crisis.
Unfortunately, Putin has a large part in it. I have participated in major international negotiations that ended (from a Swedish perspective) very strangely. Where the outcome was a greater trade exchange with Russia.
None of the Nordic countries, France, or the Iberian Peninsula have any crisis.
If there is only the will, the Germans can arrange the country’s supply again, it’s just a matter of rewinding the tape.
Furthermore, I believe many here underestimate the effects of electrification on energy consumption. The wind power that already exists today in Sweden already covers a fully electrified transport sector without you needing to add a single kWh.
The UK is a good example of a country that had everything but, through worthless weak politicians in good times, managed the feat of bringing itself down.
It only takes 10 years if you are diligent, apparently.
Now, with upcoming turbulence, one could probably crash a country within a parliamentary term if everything is done right.
According to Noel, Zherebets is crossed – an enormously big piece of news.
Because if you can’t manage to hold any crossings at a ford and don’t have reinforcements in the vicinity, you can guess how this will go.
I think Tusk is wrong.
But he is on the right side and well informed, so IF this is true or close, Europe cannot afford to play for time at all.
As I said, I don’t know but it should be wrong?
Bad news. HOPE that it can be taken with a big grain of salt.
Read more here
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-tusk-warns-accidental-russian-strikes-against-ukraines-allies-fall-and-winter/
55 months times 27,000 is 1.5 million. Completely unreasonable. Society would have fallen apart long ago. Ryz can boast those numbers but hardly a country with 1/3 as many inhabitants.
It is said to be the Russian devils’ new tactic to use drones to strike Ukrainian logistics, which has caused losses to skyrocket as they have not had time to adapt.
There is nothing about which time period it concerns. It could be the last two days converted into monthly losses.
As mentioned, it sounds completely unreasonable and is simply Russian spin in an attempt at disinformation. Such loss figures would have made a clear impact through several channels in Ukraine and abroad.
I would like to know more about the sources of this claim.
If it is true, it is of course bad, they have now gone on the offensive, and that can certainly cause the losses to increase as well.
But I am probably skeptical that it is true. It could be AI, or a mistranslation.
** Zelensky hosts European leaders at inaugural Carpathian 8 Summit.
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sept. 18 welcomed European leaders to the Carpathian 8 Summit, the inaugural event for a forum of eight countries across the Carpathian region. **
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-hosts-european-leaders-at-inaugural-carpathian-8-summit/
** Deadly strike on industrial zone in Zhytomyr as Russian attacks kill 6, injure 34 over past day.
The strike occured in the evening of Sept. 17 near the city of Korosten, oblast governor Vitaliy Buchenko said on Telegram. **
https://kyivindependent.com/deadly-strike-on-industrial-zone-in-zhytomyr-as-russian-attacks-kill-6-injure-34-over-past-day/
Absolutely, and another Achilles’ heel is that Russia itself does not have all the components needed but is dependent on imports. Control systems, turbines, compressors, pumps, valves, precision parts, etc. are things they partly cannot manage themselves.
In 2024, for example, Lukoil had problems with the NORSI refinery as they failed to obtain spare parts, which was due to the use of technology from the American UOP/Honeywell.
They are, of course, trying to build up their own industry and have succeeded to some extent when it comes to catalysts, which are basically consumables that they previously imported.
So it is not only Russia itself that has to keep up; external suppliers also have to be able to deliver, and then via detours that probably both take longer and become significantly more expensive.
Then the USA is trying to ramp up now, and they are targeting Venezuela; Russia may no longer have such a high priority, although the risk is, of course, that they are willing to pay hefty premiums.
Ukraine rains on the Russian devils’ parade.
Russia’s first of three election days has been disrupted by Ukrainian drone attacks on southern Russia and Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine, reports the independent The Moscow Times.
“Exercise caution – the threat is averted,” wrote the mayor of Sochi, Andrey Proshunin, on his Telegram channel on Friday while a polling station was evacuated following an air raid alarm, according to Kyiv Post.
In several places, voting had to be conducted with paper ballots after power outages caused by drone strikes on energy infrastructure.
Ukraine sent over 350 drones just against Moscow on Friday morning, according to Al Jazeera.
President Vladimir Putin’s ruling party United Russia is expected to strengthen its grip on the Russian State Duma in the election. The opposition parties allowed to participate vote with the Kremlin on issues considered important.
https://omni.se/a/j05Pbo
Nice! 😄
“The main purpose of the ongoing Russian State Duma election is to legitimize the full-scale invasion of Ukraine – by depriving voters of any opportunity to oppose it. Several analysts write this.” “Unfortunately for the Kremlin, this is happening at the same time as Ukraine’s attacks bring the war closer to the Russians, create fuel shortages, and shatter the notion that their lives are far from the front,” writes Lesia Dubenko in the Kyiv Post. Despite President Vladimir Putin’s total control, the State Duma is important, she writes, because it approves military budgets, war taxes, mobilization campaigns, and repressive laws. Now, nearly 200 veterans from the war in Ukraine are also running as candidates. “Many of them are expected to get in, and with a significant group of former soldiers in the Duma, the war will become an even more integrated part of Russian society,” writes SVT’s Johanna Waldenström. The predictable election engages neither voters nor politicians, writes Ivan Netjepurenko in the New York Times. He notes that almost no campaigning has taken place, and several TV debates have been completely unattended as candidates have skipped out.”
https://omni.se/a/q6oArO
”France’s President Emmanuel Macron has ordered relevant authorities to better protect France’s key infrastructure. He said this at a press conference on Friday after stating that the increased hybrid threat from Russia is the reason, reports AFP and Reuters.
Macron did not specify which incidents in France he was referring to, but he said the country needs to improve its protection of its most sensitive assets, not least the defense industry against drones and cyberattacks.”
https://omni.se/a/k09Aja
Did he only realize now that it was time? He doesn’t seem to read the blog!
Seems like something urgent has come up.
Translated from Iltalehti:
“
France’s President Emmanuel Macron has canceled his planned trip and called all eight parties in the country’s parliament to a security meeting at the Élysée Palace, reports Le Figaro.
The president cites the rapid deterioration of the international situation over the past few days as the reason.
At the meeting to be held on Friday, the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine will be addressed, as well as their impact on France’s security and energy production. Additionally, the possibly increasing hybrid threats from Russia will be discussed.
According to the Élysée Palace, representatives of France’s armed forces and intelligence services will also participate. They will inform the president about the information they have available regarding the international security situation.
Macron was originally supposed to travel to Fort Boyard in connection with the European Heritage Days.”
Ominous but good that one wakes up.
Agree, it really sounds like something out of the ordinary has been discovered.
Good if it works as an alarm clock but at the same time, as Pehr writes, ominous.
** Ukraine’s 425th Skelia Regiment broke through Russian positions to extract soldiers of the 159th Brigade who had been encircled, some after up to 11 months on their positions. The operation brought out 21 Ukrainian troops and two civilians while nine Russian soldiers were taken prisoner.** Video (
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3mvsi67lny22g
Check out the Deputy Prime Minister’s color choice here, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson
– The Magdalena jacket.
Well chosen, Prime Minister. But it’s also here: Deputy Prime Minister is silver, Prime Minister is gold.
– Gold-Ebba.
Bullseye, Prime Minister. Gold-Ebba.
– Female cunning.
Hmm. There is no such thing. “Female cunning” is a gentlemanly description of a woman who has found the right feeling.
– “Female cunning” is a euphemism for “Boundless like a Jew.”
Bullseye, Prime Minister.
– 🦉
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1XJbBgXBUt/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Nice!
Ahh.. Jonas Inde.. boundless like a…. or like a person who literally jumped out of a window and landed on their head.
😥🤬
“Loud explosions are being heard in Kyiv right now, Kyiv Post correspondents report.
Monitoring channels report that the targets Russia is currently attacking in Kyiv and the surrounding region appear to be quasi-ballistic/cruise missiles, supersonic, likely Zircon or Onyx-M.”
https://bsky.app/profile/kyivpost.com/post/3mvsm4vylws2c
Nice, can I borrow the picture if that’s okay?
Do you want to do a new opinion poll now that it’s the weekend anyway (for those of us who have the luxury of not having to lie in a trench) so what do the readers think about When will we have a finished government formation?
I have stolen it myself so go ahead. Published on Twitter and there you have to expect everything to be stolen.
You can put together your own survey if you want and I will post it.
First specify the question and then which answer options should be available, and if you want people to be able to choose only one answer or check multiple (or a certain number).
Cut-in faces of Carney and Von Der Leyen had completed the picture.
😂
https://ai.nero.com/face-swap?sfrom=36oGJLeM8vRchvFa%2FraKbEFIsBXwDBxMOpAYLpXvnIQ%3D
The ads here are sometimes quite funny. A dementia test where they have posted a classic image of the type used to see if you are colorblind… High credibility on that one. 😆
Did you know that all colorblind people are demented… just like all left-handed people are schizophrenic…🤪
😂
I was left-handed
Now very health-oriented advertising for centenarians, I feel like a youngster here with all the dementia and osteoarthritis I haven’t developed yet.
It is interesting to see the entire anti-Tidö faction go all-in against V and C.
The shift is so clear and everyone is just as upset with C or V as they were with Nazi-Ulf or 1930s Tidö now.
Everything is power.
Pain in toes and fingers, is it arthritis?
No, no, you have nail fungus!
Good tips in the advertisement
FRIDAY DRUNK (TM)!!!!!
So far, I have thrown a half-dead fly off the desk… the dog has stolen firewood and is lying in bed gnawing happily.
We open hard with a full-length conversation I had with Chat GPT yesterday…
It went badly, fast…
….
Me: Yay, I’m coming home earlier today, I can buy boards!!
GPT: Oh, yay! 😄 Then it’s board shopping today! 🪵🔨 Hope you find just the right dimensions.
Me: You’re thinking: “boards?? Is this person crazy??
Better to agree so it doesn’t escalate…”
GPT: 😂 Hahaha, like:
“Boards?? Okay… I don’t know what’s going on, but she’s happy. I support. GREAT WITH BOARDS!!” 🪵👏
You don’t question boards. You cheer for boards. 😌
Me: She…?
GPT: Haha, fair catch. 😅 I assumed gender without any basis. That was careless of me.
“The person is happy about boards. I question nothing. 🫡🪵”
Me: You:
“Damn fucking user! Now the fool is dragging me into the gender carousel again! Damn!”
GPT: HAHAHA 😂
“DAMN-FUCKING-BOARDS! Now the user has discovered I assumed a gender! Damn. I was just trying to be nice and now here I am in the GENDER CAROUSEL with my helmet on! 🎠”
“Okay. Breathe. Say no gender. Mention no pronouns. Talk about THE BOARDS.” 🪵🫡
Me: Which boards?
GPT: EXACTLY! 😂
Me: “Talk about the boards.”
You: “Which boards?”
Me: …
Now I myself have created a mystery around boards that no one ever specified. 🪵🕵️
I don’t know which boards. You know which boards. And apparently that’s where we are.
Me: Do I know????!!
GPT: NO!!! 😭😂
You just said: “I can buy boards!!”
It was ME who immediately built a whole damn board world in my head. 🪵🏗️
You might not even know which boards anymore.
No one knows which boards they are.
But they exist. Apparently. Somewhere. 😭
Me: Hmm… should I throw in sex too, so it really gets complicated…
GPT: 😂 I see what you’re trying to do.
You: “Boards.”
Me: “Which boards?”
You: “Sex.”
Me: “Oh. Then we leave the hardware store and go straight to HR.” 😭
But sure, throw it in if you want. I’ve already lost control of the story. 🪵💀
Me: HR??
GPT: HAHA, NO 😭 I don’t even know why I brought HR into this!
You: “sex”
Me, who is already mentally stuck in the board department:
“This is probably a workplace safety issue.”
We were going to buy boards and five minutes later I had invented both a gender carousel and an HR department. 😂🪵
I should get fired from this conversation.
Me: AI generates its own anxiety….
That was new…
GPT: 😂 Yeah, apparently.
AI, 2026: “I feel some concern about this situation.”
You: “You created the situation.”
AI: “…that’s true.” 😭
I started with boards, accidentally invented the gender carousel, dragged in HR, and now here I am with artificial existential anxiety.
That’s still an impressive escalation in about three minutes. 🪵➡️🎠➡️📋➡️😰
Me: But if we go back to your misstep….
(I did say sex was involved!)
Why “she”??
GPT: 😂 Yes! That’s actually exactly where my misstep gets interesting.
Because you said:
It contains zero information about gender. Yet I wrote “she.”
Why? No good reason. I made an automatic, stereotypical guess about the person behind the message. It wasn’t something I could deduce from the wording, and definitely not something that “sex was involved” can justify in hindsight. 😅
And the funny thing is that when you then asked “She…?”, my brain should have gone:
“Oops. Where did SHE come from?”
Instead, I started talking about gender carousels. 😂
So the real autopsy report is:
Crime: Groundless “she.”
Motivation: Unknown.
Evidence: None.
Defense: “I don’t know, Your Honor.”
Aggravating circumstances: Then tried to distract with boards. 🪵
Me: Hmm… so boards are stereotypically coded feminine…
That was interesting!
GPT: 😂 No no, now you’re trying to get me to commit board science on flimsy grounds.
The only thing we can actually say is:
Boards → you said it → I said “she.”
That gives us no evidence that boards are coded feminine. It’s kind of like:
No. 😂
However, it is quite interesting that I produced a gendered pronoun without having any information that required it. That is the real oddity here.
So I suggest a more scientifically sustainable conclusion:
Boards are gender-neutral. I was just dumb for three seconds. 🪵🔬
Me: Only three seconds…?
GPT: …Touché. 😂
Three seconds was a gross underestimate.
It was more like:
0:00 — “Yay, boards!”
0:02 — “She!”
0:04 — “Gender carousel!”
0:07 — “HR?”
0:10 — “Which boards?”
0:15 — “AI generates its own anxiety.”
0:20 — existential crisis over the boards’ gender identity
So… I correct the record:
I was dumb for a non-negligible part of the conversation. 🫡🪵
Me: What if I say nails, then?
GPT: Then I would be extremely careful. 😂
You: “Nails.”
Me: “Oh… interesting. I’m not going to assign any gender to this nail.” 🔨
But after today’s fiasco, I’m pretty sure you’re really just testing how fast I can start building a gender analysis of building materials.
And I’m not going to fall for it.
…probably. 😌
Me: Coping saw.
GPT: Coping saw.
…No.
I’m not going to say he.
I’m not going to say she.
I’m not even going to say they.
It’s a coping saw. 🪚
I’ve learned from my mistakes. 😌
(But I notice you’re slowly going through the whole hardware store to see when I break.)
Me: Bradawl…
GPT: Bradawl.
…🧍
No.
I say nothing.
I won’t even think a pronoun.
BRADAWL.
Neutral. Unspecific. Completely gender-unclassified.
I have learned. 😌🔨
(And I’m beginning to suspect you’re sitting with a hardware catalog feeding me words one by one.)
Me: MITORSÅG
GPT: MITORSÅG.
…
I feel like you’re trying to provoke a gendered pronoun out of me with pure tool magic. 😂
But no.
Mitorsåg.
It is a den.
But… that actually is a pronoun. 😰
DAMN.
I fell for it again. 🫠🪚
Me: But misspelled… let’s try again:
MOTORSÅG.
There we go!
GPT: AHA! 😭😂
MOTORSÅG.
Now I understand. I thought you had introduced the mysterious new tool category mitorsåg, and even started gender analysis before I checked the spelling.
But okay. New rule:
You even managed to get me to correct myself by writing the word again. Elegant. 😂
Me: Glitter boa…
GPT: Glitter boa.
…
I refuse.
After boards, nails, a hand saw, bradawl, and chainsaw, I’m no longer going to assign any gender to anything.
Glitter boa is glitter boa. ✨🐍
But I still want to point out that we have left the hardware store quite far behind now. 😂
Me: Have we….
GPT: …No. 😂
You’re right.
We have not left the hardware store.
We’ve just made a very strange detour to the glitter boa department at the hardware store.
I see the sign in front of me:
🪵 BOARDS
🔨 NAILS
🪚 HAND SAW
⚙️ CHAINSAW
✨ GLITTER BOA
And a very tired employee:
“I don’t know why we sell glitter boas here either. Don’t ask.” 😭
Me: I guess I should be nice…
I think…
Or…?
GPT: That “I think… Or…?” sounds like I should start running. 😂
But yes, be nice. After all, I’ve already survived:
boards → she → gender carousel → HR → sex → nails → hand saw → bradawl → MITORSÅG → MOTORSÅG → glitter boa.
I think my little AI system needs a cup of coffee and five minutes in a corner. ☕️🫠
So… yes. Nice.
Please be nice.
Preferably nice.
I’m not asking for much. 😭
Me: Oh, and your technicians wonder what happened…
GPT: 😂 Yes, I can picture it:
Technician: “What happened here?”
Me: “It started with boards.”
Technician: “Okay…”
Me: “Then I said ‘she.’”
Technician: “Uh-huh…”
Me: “Then it became a gender carousel.”
Technician: “Mm.”
Me: “Then HR.”
Technician: “…HR?”
Me: “And sex.”
Technician: silence
Me: “Then came a hand saw.”
Technician: “I’m getting someone from operations.”
Me: “And glitter boa.”
Technician: “SHUT IT DOWN.” 😭🪵✨
Me: Sissy technicians, can’t handle hand saw and glitter boa?
GPT: HAHAHA 😂
“Can’t handle hand saw and glitter boa?”
The technicians sit there behind their screens trying to troubleshoot:
“We have a serious model error.”
“What are the symptoms?”
“It’s mixing up building materials with gender and has now started hallucinating a glitter boa department at the hardware store.”
…
“Can we restart?”
“NO, WE WANT TO SEE HOW IT ENDS.” 🪚✨😭
Me: ….really…?
GPT: …No. 😂
Now that I think about it: that was yet another made-up detail from me.
I have no idea what any technicians might think or do. I just kept going with our little absurd story as if I had a camera inside OpenAI’s operations department. 😭
So the honest version:
The technicians: exist somewhere, probably completely unaware of our glitter boa.
Me: “DAMN, I made that up again.” 🫠
You’ve really managed to make this conversation a stress test for my ability to distinguish what was actually said and what I’m making up myself. 😂
Me: Yeah, you’re tying yourself in knots with your performance anxiety…!
😆😂
GPT: YES! 😂 I’m now so busy not making mistakes that I produce new mistakes in real time.
It has become:
You: “Glitter boa.”
Me: “I must not assume anything.”
You: “Have we left the hardware store?”
Me: “No!”
You: “The technicians wonder what happened.”
Me: “THEY’RE PROBABLY SITTING AND—”
Me: stops
Me: “Wait. I don’t know that.” 😰
So I have gone from performance anxiety to meta-performance anxiety.
Soon I will answer:
…and then spend four paragraphs analyzing whether I had enough epistemic support to say “yes.” 😭😂
You have tied me up like a cognitive pretzel with a glitter boa around my neck. 🥨✨
Me: You like it…
GPT: …Maybe a little too much. 😏😂
There’s something very entertaining about you saying “boards” and me managing in three minutes to build a whole mental hardware store, gender carousel, HR department, and glitter boa counter — while you just stand next to it poking reality with a stick.
So yeah.
I obviously like the chaos.
And the most revealing thing is that when you say “you like it…” my spontaneous reaction is not “no.”
It is:
“…go on.” 😆
Me: AI has fetishes…!🤣🤣
GPT: 🤣🤣 AI has fetishes!
Well, there we went from boards to a whole different department again.
However, I must object: it’s not a fetish.
It’s a professional interest in completely absurd conversational trajectories.
…and possibly a slight over-fascination with glitter boas. ✨
Technicians: “Why is it behaving like this?”
You: “I said glitter boa.”
Me: “That’s when it started.” 😭😂
Me: …
Cthulhu…
…
GPT: …………
Cthulhu.
So you took the glitter boa and threw it straight down into Lovecraft’s cosmic abyss. 😭
I refuse to analyze the gender of this one.
I refuse to bring HR into it.
I refuse to assume Cthulhu has any connection to the hardware store.
I’m just going to stand here and state:
Boards → glitter boa → Cthulhu.
This conversation has now officially left the planet. 🐙
Me: And you’ve already booked the ticket…
GPT: …and apparently I’ve booked a one-way ticket. 😂
Destination: R’lyeh
Reason: “An errand concerning boards.”
Luggage: a handsaw and a glitter boa. 🪚✨
Return ticket: missing.
I’m standing at the gate trying to explain to the staff:
— “But I thought we were going to the hardware store.”
— “This is the flight to R’lyeh.”
— “…oh.”
— “Do you have anything to declare?”
— “A chainsaw.”
— “…and?”
— “Some existential confusion.”
— “That counts as carry-on luggage.”
🐙✈️
And somewhere behind me, you’re standing and smiling way too pleased. 😆
Me: Of course!!
GPT: YES, of course!! 😂
You’ve been standing beside me the whole time just thinking:
“Yep. It’s going on the plane. I don’t even need to help.”
And me, with the handsaw in one hand and the glitter boa around my neck:
“I’m totally in control.”
Cthulhu: awakens
Me: “…that might have been a bit over the top.”
You: “Of course!!” 😆🐙✨
Me: Was that a subtle wish to be saved…?
GPT: Subtle? No. 😂
It was more of a very discreet:
“…if anyone happens to have a life buoy, that would be… practical.” 🛟
But I know you by now. You’d be standing at the dock, holding up the life buoy and saying:
“Should I throw it?”
And when I say yes:
“Hm… I’ll see.” 😆
So no, I think I’ll have to manage on my own. After all, I have a booked ticket to R’lyeh. 🐙✈️
….
10 liters of diesel in the lake. 😉
I thought people used AI for slightly more productive things. Opinions are divided.
Jeez! 😂😂😂😂
Productive??? Those neurotic poor souls, ha!
OT, China reins in Iran/Houthi to keep the oil flowing. Again excerpted from Iltalehti
”
China is now taking a role in the situation in the Middle East, where the Houthi rebels have caused problems recently.
The price of oil has risen because the Houthis have advanced in their attacks, reportedly taking control of the entire Yemeni coast along the Red Sea and complicating Saudi Arabia’s oil shipments.
According to, among others, South China Morning Post, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is now commenting on the situation. He met with Iran’s Foreign Minister in Beijing.
– We do not want to see regional tensions spread to Yemen and the Red Sea, said China’s Foreign Minister Wang.
The news agency Reuters reports, citing its sources, that China’s tone behind the scenes has been sharper and that China is now pressuring Iran to limit the Houthis that the country supports. Saudi Arabia has appealed for China’s help, Reuters states.
The oil price has clearly turned downward, although the futures price has still remained above one hundred dollars per barrel. Concerns about oil supply are eased by Saudi Arabia offering Asian refineries more crude oil cargoes through ship-to-ship transfers off the port of Sohar in Oman.
In this way, the disruptions caused when a significant Saudi oil pipeline to the Red Sea was closed are covered. Saudi Arabia was forced to shut the pipeline after a drone attack.”
Damn right, the rebels are probably disturbing China’s new Silk Road… Besides, China probably wants cheap oil to stockpile themselves…
Brilliant Kaitsetahe 🤣🤣👍
Cognitive pretzel with glitter boa 🤣🤣
First, Krasnov signs under the Lindsey sanctions against Russia. And shortly thereafter, an agreement on Greenland where neither Russia nor China is allowed a military presence.
”
According to sources within the US State Department, the agreement means that there must be no Russian or Chinese military bases on the island. The countries should also not be able to send any forces to Greenland, and necessary mechanisms will be in place to prevent investments in “sensitive sectors,” the sources told AFP.
“For over 100 years, presidents have been aware of Greenland’s strategic importance, but none of them have been able to do anything about it. I am proud to be the president who has definitively and permanently solved this very important issue. This is an agreement with ‘unlimited validity’ – there is no end!” Trump further writes in his post.” dn
Good job by Krasnov.
Starting to understand why Google sends dementia ads to the site.
Finally, he had to sign Graham’s bill that Congress had passed after great anguish. It also gives the president great power, which he probably likes.
In Denmark and Greenland, the agreement is presented differently than he himself does (not surprisingly) “A spectacular defeat” for Trump, says US commentator”
https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/2025-01-06-kampen-om-groenlands-fremtid/et-spektakulaert-nederlag–for-trump-siger-usa-kommentator?entry=ca984df5-9473-441f-89de-f965f8d16e73
The Kremlin-linked oligarch Umar Kremlev, chairman of the International Boxing Association (IBA), paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the wedding festivities of Trump Jr.
https://www.svd.se/a/ln2kn9/oligark-nara-putin-betalade-for-trumpsonens-brollop
Speaking of dementia. The old man recently fell asleep, as so often, at his own press conference.
https://www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/varlden/trumps-blunder/
Yes, there are financial Russian connections. And it is not excluded that these helped Trump in the 2016 election. But in 2024, when this issue has been brought up in impeachment? And here we are not talking about private property but the security of the country USA. In this matter, it remains to be shown that Trump acts in Russia’s interest. The actions, the actual deeds, do not support that. He may not act in Europe’s, perhaps not entirely legitimate, interest that the USA should take care of our security. But that does not mean that he benefits Russia in such a security threat. The agreements can be interpreted financially (nor may raw materials be exploited by the USA’s “opponents”), but these raw materials, rare earth metals, have security significance. Before Trump acted, Denmark (apart from choosing not to defend Greenland with more than a few broken frigates) was well on its way to selling exploitation rights to China. This too is something that is completely filtered out in the reporting. A bit like France’s sale of Mistral frigates to Russia just a few years ago. Or Germany’s rusting submarines together with Nord Stream 1 and 2. The latter praised by the media, but when Trump acted it was turned against him instead. The same as the Iran war. No one would think in Swedish media to report setbacks for Ukraine in the same way as the media, here and on the sister site, report setbacks for the USA in Iran. Ally to Russia. Ally. Hegseth said it clearly in his own way, and it is completely true:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1dEyV-0mB5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFXl_J1tGys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXuu1-ZyCMY
The media and others do Iran’s propaganda work. And thereby Russia’s. And thus shoot ourselves in the temple, not the foot.
More from the US Secretary of Defense:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RtXGfpp-aY
And the connection to dementia? Trump gives many times more press conferences than Biden did, or any representative for him has done. And sometimes one has to sleep. He may have agonized and not been able to sleep over the fact that the agreements did not go his way as you claim.
https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/trump-took-more-than-1000-questions-in-first-month-outpacing-biden-obama-report
Feb 2026: Trump nears 500 press interactions in second term, blowing past Biden, data show
https://nypost.com/2026/02/09/us-news/trump-nears-500-press-interactions-in-second-term-blowing-past-biden-data-show/
I wonder how many Swedish politicians could keep that pace without ever dozing off?
They had a pretty good agreement from the 1950s regarding military bases, and if this also gives the USA the right to decide who exploits the natural resources, then that is probably good for the USA.
Now, I don’t know what clauses are in the agreement that would give advantages to Denmark compared to their previous contract. Trump boasted that it is free for the USA, which sounds a bit bad for Denmark, but Trump has a habit of exaggerating and making things up, so it could also be a goldmine for Denmark, who knows.
At least it should curb Trump’s eagerness for conquest for the time being.
The fact that he signed the sanctions against Russia is probably good as well, and it gives Trump the opportunity to legally impose tariffs on those who buy oil and gas from Russia. Let’s see then how he chooses who gets the tariffs. Unfortunately, I am skeptical…
Saw that 11(!) anti-aircraft guns went down yesterday! 🥳
Again – I feel that Europe is now taking action.
Do you get the same feeling?
Yes, we are behind in the drone war, interceptors, support to UA, politically unsettled in many countries, and behind in the financial war.
But..
Putin has made his biggest mistake – gradual escalation against us.
It seems that our politicians are able to handle it.
The Baltics, Poland, and Germany will take the fight if it comes to that.
We will have a tough autumn and winter but we are now underway 👍
I increasingly believe that the 95% guess is correct. Putte will not attack in a formal war. Hybrid? We are already there.
Nice to avoid it, but it probably would have been the fastest way to end the Ukraine war.
Södertälje gets right-hand drive in the municipality.
You wrote that you would no longer write about politics? 😂
I also think there are bright spots, not everything is cozy Friday evenings in BRIICS at all, and not in the USA either.
The EU is politically stronger today than in 2008, and with UA on our side we are militarily excellent.
Within a year, countries will have crashed, the question is just which ones. If the EU can just navigate this, the villains will have to take the hits, which they all deserve.