A lot is happening right now even though Trump and Putin won’t mention that Ukraine has opened a new attack vector at the northern front or still holds territory in Kursk Oblast – dishonesty like that makes me angry.
And then SOF managed a small operation to take out 4 helicopters, two of which were endangered alligators KA-52, and a whole list of expensive radar installations has just been taken out in Crimea.
The radioactivity at Engels is 44 times higher than normal – a rumor that refuses to die out. Do you think Ukraine has simply taken out the tactical nuclear weapons that RU intended to use (or threaten to use) for its NATO test last September 🧐
Shaikovka is too close to UA and so is Solty, so no high-value targets are placed there. At Engels, there was decent AA protection even though there are Twitter rumors that one AA position was empty at the time of the drone attack.
If I understand this correctly, they (now) also have strategic aircraft up on the Kola Peninsula. If the same happens there in the future, it was definitely planned like that and ordered by us in Europe maybe?
“unreasonable” everyone says again, but did you see the blast, it could very well have been tactical nuclear weapons that went off there. We are at the end of March now and it is not at all unreasonable that RU has started to finalize the weapons.
For a VERY long time, Ukraine was completely forbidden to even look at nuclear weapon infrastructure – the USA was very clear in statements made.
When they took out a large radar that was part of that infrastructure, there was a big fuss about the USA’s red card.
And then they have probably been out droning silos at least once?
So it’s not entirely unreasonable that Putin thought Trump was a guarantee here.
Above all, we know that this really stung for Russia because they haven’t said a word about the attack on Engels 🤣
And last but not least – these are not spontaneous attacks on randomly chosen targets. Ukraine chooses its targets very carefully all the time – the right place at the right time and moment.
Then I found another 20 billion for our defense industry, cut the contract with some carbon capture and put everything into the defense industry so that there will be a lot of new jobs and the rearmament we so desperately need. It’s all about prioritizing in times of war.
One could argue that the general environmental damage from this war, and future environmental damage if there is a global conflict, would be more important to try to prevent.
Right now, we have a very strange discussion in Sweden about food prices – Yes, ICA is dominant followed by Axfood, but Lidl has established itself and there are many small retailers besides the 7 that are on the list. COOP is expensive and has a poor selection, I don’t know anyone who shops there and yet Konsum was No.1 when I was little so they have themselves to blame reasonably?
I always find a Lidl nearby in larger cities and we used to have Netto, and every suburb of Stockholm has its own large local retailer.
Yes – there may be reasons not to allow Axfood to grow further through acquisitions and refer to competition. ICA starts its own stores that people choose to shop in, so it’s hard to forbid them from having a concept that attracts customers 😀
Dagab absolutely dominates, and ICA does its own thing, but our governments don’t make it easy for farm shops to sell directly to grocery stores – it’s actually this government that has made it easier. It seems like ICA has a program for farms to sell directly to stores. Now we have a couple of layers of intermediaries before the product ends up in the store, all wanting to make a profit and squeezing purchase prices – if farms could sell directly to nearby stores as they wanted all along, that wouldn’t be so bad – that’s probably a pretty big cost item that could be cut. Where I live, farm shops have a lot of locally processed products.
Not long ago, farmers were out screaming loudly because the previous government had a lot of targeted measures against them that made their lives harder. You might remember the diesel price and new guidelines for farming.
Then the amount of farmland is decreasing and our self-sufficiency is decreasing all the time BUT almost all food imports are from the EU and then Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands – not exactly third world countries, right, but countries with even higher energy prices.
I seem to remember that farmland is also supposed to be restored and not used, so the amount of cultivated land decreases correspondingly I guess – actively driven by a certain party…
Then there was a soaring electricity price after the shutdown of nuclear power that knocked out some larger greenhouse operations.
If there is a significant underlying inflation in both fuel and electricity prices, it is quite logical that food prices eventually skyrocket like a spear, right?
I feel that we are now facing the consequences of previous poorly distributed policies. Just because they couldn’t foresee the consequences back then doesn’t mean they should get away with anything now, reasonably?
And food boycotts are also legal, it will be interesting to see where it ends up.
ICA messed up right away and threatened to have to throw away a lot of food – it’s better to throw it away than to lower prices, maybe not received so well by customers and not the PR they want to go out with, I guess?
It doesn’t escape me that in the name of the environment, they have chosen to make life harder for one of our most important strategic resources, the self-sufficiency rate in food, in the years before Russia chose to start a war. You don’t get any prizes for guessing that it was the Green Party again, electricity supply and food supply seem to be like red flags for them.
Do you think that the issue of self-sufficiency rate has been raised earlier by experts or was it discovered now. You guessed right – but then they have been environmental polluters and those who tried to raise the issue were put through the wringer.
Finland has an 80% self-sufficiency rate in food but their Green Party is pro-nuclear power so maybe they haven’t been completely infiltrated by Russia over there and have a sensible policy.
We are where we are, but for my part, I think we can start putting the money into nuclear activities and prioritize things related to national security in various areas.
It’s also an old Russian trick to steer towards very expensive investments that yield poor results. I think I see this in the Baltics where they have been testing various bunkers and tank obstacles for several years instead of building defense (they could have asked Ukraine which bunker was best already in 2023 🧐).
All votes shall be decided by a simple majority, and each vote carries equal weight, even that of the anonymous parliamentarian whose name no one knows – after reading this, you now understand how Russia operates.
Moreover, Estonia is supposed to build all the bunkers in the northern part of the country, not where Russia will attack.
Feel free to spend 20 billion on carbon capture when we could significantly strengthen our defense for that amount – the key is to redirect funds to all sorts of other things instead. And these 20 billion are just one example of MANY, so many that the opposition thinks we need to start raising taxes because we can’t afford it, or the current government thinks we need to borrow money because we have none – when we can spend 20 billion on carbon capture.
The pension funds that heavily invested in Northvolt could, for example, invest in something much safer that provides good returns for the citizens – the arms industry. I don’t think they will need to write off the investment to zero in a few years and then be forced to lie about it to crying pensioners.
Next, the trick is when the money is earmarked for defense to try to allocate as much as possible to some prestige project that swallows most of it – I don’t think that’s the case with this one, but apparently the first measure should be to build new regiments, which would probably consume 4-6 billion or more that could have gone directly to weapons for Ukraine. It’s not very difficult to convince politicians about the importance of regiments, I guess.
Didn’t Reagan break the back of the Soviet Union with the space race (Star Wars), for example?
Now, I think the following is outdated, but with Russia effectively projecting a threat towards Europe, more and more countries have started focusing on their national defense instead of sending everything to Ukraine.
However, that reaction came too late because Ukraine now has increasingly more domestic production, and enough has already been sent or is on the way.
A lot is happening quietly right now.
If you have read these posts, you have known for a while that Russia will test NATO by September at the latest.
They will deploy secondary units to the borders in Belarus and the Finnish border to provoke the Poles and Finns, as we wrote, right?
At least BILD has read these texts.
And now Russia will conduct training in Belarus – deploying secondary units to engage the Poles.
With over 100,000 Belarusian defense forces, Poland cannot take any chances and send everything to the Baltics directly.
Perhaps North Korea will also send some troops if it gets really quiet on the fronts?
Then Lithuania must be defended against this flood of (secondary) units in Belarus, so troops from other parts of Europe will probably land there – Poland will surely protest about that.
And do you know what Belarus is – even if Russia tests NATO in Estonia/Latvia, it doesn’t mean that Europe can start targeting goals in Belarus, a neutral country until they choose otherwise.
Another bonus is the enormous costs for Finland and Poland for their partial (presumed) mobilization IF the attack doesn’t happen 🧐
The Baltic countries and Poland have not yet built many defense lines because they have been testing the best tank ditch for three years now.
They also can’t lay anti-personnel mines, but now it seems they have deviated from the agreements, so in a few years, after testing various types of anti-personnel mines, maybe they can start burying them along the border.
Estonia is placing almost all its new fortifications in the northern part of the country, so one can assume that a large part of the defense forces will also be stationed there.
Latvia has a river between Daugavpils – Riga, which is a good natural defense line.
The eastern part at the intersection between Estonia – Lithuania looks particularly attractive, and I believe the earlier guess will hold, specifically Mustoja National Park, where they surely cannot mine or dig pits 😀
We haven’t seen much of the 2024 – 2025 production of T90, BTR-90, BMPT, and so on in Ukraine, or the 15 Armata that are supposed to exist, so presumably, they have been allocated to the strategic reserve of two army corps tasked with testing NATO – that’s what I think.
This strategic reserve probably started to take shape seriously in the spring of 2024, so they have had a little over a year to prepare until kickoff, trained by Russian soldiers with experience in warfare in 2025.
Conversely, we are the ones who are supposed to train Ukrainian soldiers on how to wage war – that arrogance could be costly if we are unlucky. It’s incomprehensible that we don’t have tens of thousands of Ukrainian instructors throughout the EU today.
The strategic reserve, which will probably be backed by part of the 60,000 Russian troops in Kursk if the situation calms down on the northern front and North Korea can start fortifying it, will be held back in the regiment cities.
Only maximum weeks before they will start moving towards the border at the intersection of Latvia – Estonia.
Pskov is within spitting distance – how do the units on the training grounds look from May or June onwards, do you think?
Keeping it empty right now is a smart strategy, isn’t it? And movements take at most weeks – all I’m reading right now is that the threat is from Belarus, which it isn’t.
If you remember before Cyprus restricted bank withdrawals before their “haircut” of all accounts, you could see capital outflows from Cyprus starting three days earlier, if I recall correctly. There were warnings before, and evidence followed afterward.
Also, the Ukrainian citizen I spoke with worked on an oil rig before the war and saw long-term contracts being signed until 2030 in the fall of 2021, and then he understood that there would be war.
IF Russia attacks the Baltics (to test NATO), it will be seen in capital flows and on different markets beforehand.
This is a very cheap way for Russia to further destabilize Europe, in addition to all the other small bonuses they get from this.
Because a stock market crash is almost guaranteed, I guess.
And most likely skyrocketing oil prices, paired with some sabotage against our power infrastructure – soaring energy prices.
Russia only has this card to play against Europe, and it must happen this year.
We have made it very clear to Russia that we will support Ukraine until they have regained their land.
And Ukraine is on the rise while Russia is declining.
So they have to do something, and the easiest target is this, with a little added value in showing the world that NATO is toothless.
Because no one seriously believes that Europe will unite and invade Russia before the end of the year, which is probably the only thing Putin would genuinely fear, right?
Just like in autumn 2021, one simply doesn’t want to believe that Russia is that stupid but rather look at what options Putin has left and what could be the worst consequence for him + the possible upside.
Then you have the usual gang who will short the event of course 😀
It could also happen that Europe solves this with voluntary recruitment and we hope that the willingness to defend is high then.
47 is probably an age when one is no longer fit for combat units, I believe, do you think it has increased just like the retirement age?
I feel a bit sorry for Ukraine which has now had three years of this and will now become secondary, and no one has time for them anymore when everyone has the same problem.
Anyway – there is still a cheap and attractive option for Europe even if this is starting to slip away from us slightly now.
1-make it as clear as possible that the borders of 1991 apply and arm Ukraine to the teeth (which we have started to do, fair enough).
2-Action number two – send 20-30 brigades to eastern Baltics that go on defense along the border with extensive fieldwork by May at the latest. Probably all of Europe’s stock of mines will have to be sent along.
3-wait. Above all, the brigades in the Baltics are a permanent presence.
Time is not on Russia’s side at all, and presumably this is one of Putin’s last cards.
This would become a Gotland again where we simply get there first, which would be preferable – everything else is worse.
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Regarding boycotting Ica and others:
1. Those who boycott, why don’t they always shop at other stores than the big chains?
2. When the boycott is over, do they go back to the chains again?
3. 12% VAT, the state benefits from prices going up. The chains do not have a 12% margin, why not criticize the state and the VAT?
Hypocrisy in my eyes!
I usually buy lamb hearts to make dog food. I found a store in another part of the city that sells lamb hearts, exotic food, smuggled cigarettes, etc. I tried some other things while in the store anyway, but the quality of, for example, vegetables was poor and the shelf life was only 1-2 days.
I usually buy lamb hearts to make dog food. I found a store in another part of the city that sells lamb hearts, exotic food, smuggled cigarettes, etc. I tried some other things while I was in the store, but the quality of, for example, vegetables was poor and the shelf life was only 1-2 days.
Boycotts are always competitors’ big dream.
Noted how the boycott went from all three big ones in Sweden to just ICA in a week.
The Tesla boycott that is now ongoing is a godsend for all other electric car brands, for example.
Boycotts are always competitors’ big dream.
Noted how the boycott went from all three major ones in Sweden to just ICA in a week.
The Tesla boycott that is currently ongoing is a godsend for all other electric car brands, for example.
Amen.
In addition, Maxi stores (which can make money with small margins or at least survive on volume) are mixed up with small ICA Nära stores, out “in the bush” where one now earns nothing. The small store owner takes stock of their savings account, checks the crispbread supply at home in the pantry, and starts calculating when it will go to hell, on a purely personal level. Many small stores will be forced to close down or go bankrupt.
With higher prices as a result.
With higher prices as a result.
Amen.
Furthermore, Maxi stores (which can make a small profit or at least survive on volume) are mixed up with small ICA Nära stores, out “in the bush” where they now make zero. The small store owner takes stock of their savings account, checks the crispbread supply at home in the pantry, and starts calculating when it will go to hell, on a purely personal level. Many small stores will be forced to close down or go bankrupt.
I hope you are wrong Johan regarding RU’s test of art5. but I think you have some points indicating that it will be tested.
The question is how much one can endure, will they test on two fronts simultaneously? The Baltic States AND Poland? Finland? Will it be more like UA’s breakthrough in Kursk?
I find it hard to see that RU will manage to hold on.
Trump is a narcissist and if you stab such a person in the back, you’re done for, the narcissist will seek revenge.
It will be the monumental failure for Putin the creep and he will be boiled down to glue by those who want to see him disappear.
Independently, Europe MUST plan for this scenario which it has not done – yet.
What needs to be done is to send troops.
Agreed, we must plan for war to achieve peace.
Independently, Europe MUST plan for this scenario, which it has not done – yet.
What needs to be done is to send troops.
Update from 08:00 25.03.2025 on the Russian invasion
A total of 165↗️firefights were registered during the past day.
#Kharkiv 3
#Kupyansk 6
#Lyman 24↗️💥
#Siverskyi 6
#Kramatorsk 5
#Toretsk 19💥
#Pokrovsk 53💥💥💥
#Novopavlivka 19↗️💥
#Huliaypillia 3
#Huliaipil 3
#Orikhivsk 2
#Kursk 18💥
In the past 24 hours, the AFU🇺🇦 air force, drone forces, and artillery targeted 15 areas with a concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, including a cannon and a checkpoint belonging to the AFRF🇷🇺.
In the Lyman sector, the AFRF🇷🇺 attacked 24 times. The AFRF🇷🇺 attempted to break into the AFU🇺🇦 defense near Kolodyazy, Yampolivka, and towards Stepove, Novomykhailivka, Novyi, Zarichne.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the AFU🇺🇦 stopped 53 attacks by the AFRF🇷🇺 near Panteleymonivka, Oleksandropil, Yelizavetivka, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Uspenivka, Preobrazhenka, Andriivka, and towards Pokrovsk, Kotlyarivka, Bohdanivka, and Oleksiyivka.
In the Novopavlivka sector, the AFRF🇷🇺 carried out 19 attacks near Kostiantynopil and towards Rozlyv and Vesele.
The AFU🇺🇦 continues its operations in the Kursk region. Yesterday, the AFRF🇷🇺 conducted 16 air strikes, released 20 drones, and fired 302 times, including seven times from MLRS. The AFU🇺🇦 stopped 18 attack operations.
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Russian losses in Ukraine 2025-03-25
1180 KWIA
5 Tanks
18 APVs
61 Artillery systems
3 MLRS
118 UAVs
98 Vehicles and Fuel tanks
Still high in numbers, but decreasing from the levels of the past week. At some point, it must thin out.
I had hopes for 4 helicopters and one su25🙁
The artillery is still extremely high 🧐
Almost to the point where one starts to consider pre-emption before the upcoming offensive?
The artillery is still extremely high 🧐
Almost to the point where one starts to consider pre-emptive action before the upcoming offensive?
Thank you for an interesting post!
Just a comment regarding your aversion towards the Green Party.
“The idea that agricultural land should also be restored and not used” is simply made up to reinforce the image you like to convey that the Green Party would be doing Russia’s bidding.
The Green Party themselves write, among other things:
“We want to protect sustainable agriculture, preserve productive farmland, and promote organic farming.”
“We want to strengthen Swedish agriculture for increased self-sufficiency in staple foods, and support the transition to an organic and sustainable agriculture with fossil-free machinery.”
In Norrköping municipality, they fought, among other things, to prevent the exploitation of arable land and instead wanted it to happen on biologically low-yielding land areas. https://www.mp.se/norrkoping/politik/oversiktsplaner-yttrande/
You’ll have to come up with some sources if you want to claim that the Green Party is against domestic agriculture and food production to be credible. 😉
(Granted, they prefer that agriculture and forestry be done organically, which does not yield quite as high returns, but that’s another matter.)
It is not by laying down agricultural land that the environmental movement attacks Swedish agriculture or our ability to be self-sufficient.
Denmark, Germany, and actually the entire northern European continent are currently under full attack, however. This is due to the so-called reforestation regulation. The figures I have seen for Denmark indicate that approximately 15 percent of their total arable land is to be reforested.
Sweden, on the other hand, has committed to restoring pasture land through the natural restoration regulation. I do not yet know the exact area that we are supposed to restore. There has been talk of around 2 million hectares. This means roughly 500,000 more grazing animals for Sweden.
Try to get Maria Gardefjell or Rebecca De la Moine to discuss the need for significantly more grazing animals to achieve the environmental goals. If nothing else, this shows that for an environmentalist, the environment is mostly about lip service.
Don’t misunderstand me now, for Sweden’s part, I think the proposal is good. Restoring such areas would have been a huge step in the right direction for the country’s self-sufficiency.
But as I said, it is not arable land that the environmental movement wants to phase out; rather, it is pasture land. That is, cultivated land that cannot be plowed for various reasons. Pasture land has been under attack for several decades now, by the way.
Where Swedish farmers and hobby breeders are under attack, and which is the easiest target for Russian influence now, is through our animal welfare laws and environmental regulations. When it comes to animal welfare, it is currently small-scale animal husbandry for hobby use that is in the crosshairs. Among other things, there is now a proposal that for a hobbyist to keep 2-9 hens, they must have 10m2 of living space and at least 25 m2 of covered outdoor space. The requirement for covered space would mean needing a building permit to keep hens in a city-planned area. The rules were roughly the same for rabbits, by the way. Is it good for our self-sufficiency to make it practically impossible to be self-sufficient in terms of protein?
Returning to arable land. Almost without exception, various inputs are needed to cultivate something there. Primarily diesel, pesticides, seeds, and mineral fertilizers.
Pasture land needs grazing animals and practically a fraction of the other inputs to produce food sustainably.
And as I mentioned, around 95% of our pasture lands have disappeared in the past hundred years.
What do you think is best for our self-sufficiency? Pasture land or arable land? It is not arable land that makes us self-sufficient, but primarily it is the pasture land that does.
The rules for chickens and rabbits, did they have to back down on them as well? I am all for ethical animal husbandry, but that was taking it too far. Soon, one probably won’t be allowed to have an indoor cat if living in too small of a studio apartment either.
Both surely contribute to making us self-sufficient, right? What would we be without potatoes in this country!
The Green Party claims they want to recreate more natural pasturelands, but is it at the expense of regular grazing lands?
Johan No.1, you must be in favor of that reforestation regulation down in Europe, you who want to plant more trees?
Absolutely most of the pasture lands are planted with spruce here.
Since 50 years back.
Down on the continent, the forest became arable land instead.
This means that it clashes completely with EU’s policy.
But it seems like the Green Party, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, or the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation have not understood, or they are ignoring this fact.
But if you want to dig into what deters farmers the most, you should check how animal welfare regulations are applied in practice.
We can say this much, that there it is more or less free for animal rights activist officials to do as they please.
But if you want examples of what I mean, you’ll have to look for them yourself.
No wonder food prices are rising after the MPs’ ravages. If they had remained in power, they would have called it Putin prices, now they blame the retailers.
To a large extent, it is because of Putin that we now have these prices.
When the price of electricity, fuel, and mineral fertilizers rises, it hits hard on everything we grow.
With leverage in many cases as well.
It can be feed for the animals, mainly grains and to a lesser extent so-called roughage.
But also what goes into human food.
To a large extent, it is because of Putin that we now have these prices.
When the prices of electricity, fuel, and mineral fertilizers rise, it hits hard on everything we grow.
In many cases, with leverage as well.
It can be feed for the animals, mainly grains and to a lesser extent so-called roughage.
But also what goes into human food.
No wonder food prices are rising after the MPs’ ravages. If they had remained in power, they would have called it Putin prices, now they blame the merchants.
Absolutely most of the pasture lands are planted with spruce here.
Since about 50 years back.
Down on the continent, the forest became farmland instead.
This completely clashes with EU’s policy.
But it seems like the Green Party, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, or the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation haven’t understood, or they are ignoring this fact.
But if you want to dig into what deters farmers the most, you should check how animal welfare regulations are applied in practice.
We can say this much, that there it is more or less open season for animal rights activist officials to do as they please.
But if you want examples of what I mean, you’ll have to look for them yourself.
The rules for chickens and rabbits, did they have to back down on them? I am all for ethical animal husbandry, but that was taking it too far. Soon, you probably won’t be allowed to have an indoor cat if you live in too small of a studio apartment either.
Both surely contribute to making us self-sufficient, right? What would we be without potatoes in this country!
The Green Party claims they want to recreate more natural pasturelands, but is it at the expense of regular grazing lands?
Johan No.1, that reforestation regulation down in Europe, you must be in favor of that, you who want to plant more trees?
Pretty sure that 20% of farmland will be restored to natural land?
The EU’s Environmental Committee brought it forward.
And the Nature Conservation Society gives the Green Party full marks
https://www.sverigesnatur.org/aktuellt/naturskyddsforeningen-ger-miljopartiet-full-pott/
The Nature Conservation Society pushes for the restoration of agricultural land vigorously.
I don’t feel like I’m wrong even if I simplify it to one sentence.
Then you can change your mind when the damage is done. The deed is done 😀
The fact that the Nature Conservation Society likes the Green Party is not a reason to accuse the Green Party of proposals they may have put forward, right?
In that particular issue (here in Sweden), it seems more like it would be the Nature Conservation Society that should receive criticism, wouldn’t you agree?
But are you sure that what they want to do is restore old farmland to just farmland?
Here they have a report: “Save the Farmland Before It’s Too Late!”
https://www.naturskyddsforeningen.se/artiklar/rapport-radda-akermarken-innan-det-ar-for-sent/
And when it comes to pastures, consider what Anders Ryden writes:
“Grazing animals enrich nature
Grazing animals in pastures enrich the landscape with valuable plants, insects, and birds. A grazed pasture can contain as many as 40 different species per square meter. This is valuable in itself, but also helps make nature more resilient to cope with climate change in the future.”
The Nature Conservation Society seems to be rather positive towards both farmland and pastures?
The problems lie in the details.
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and the Green Party want significantly more wolves and for us to reduce the number of grazing animals.
This does not work in parallel with expanding the natural grazing lands.
As mentioned earlier, how are we going to produce at least an additional 500,000 cows plus their calves?
Animals that we also cannot sell due to the fact that they conflict primarily with the EU’s anti-deforestation regulation.
Which the Green Party also fully supports.
When you try to ask the politicians, you get very vague answers.
It’s like during the Soviet era and foreign travel.
It was perfectly fine to obtain an exit visa if you had Western currency.
Western currency that was simultaneously forbidden to possess without permission or exchange for it in the black market.
The same pattern is present here, formalities that make it impossible to implement in practice.
The problems lie in the details.
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and the Green Party want significantly more wolves and for us to reduce the number of grazing animals.
This doesn’t work in parallel with expanding the natural grazing lands.
As mentioned earlier, how are we going to produce at least an additional 500,000 cows plus their calves?
Animals that we also can’t sell because they conflict primarily with the EU’s anti-deforestation regulation
Which the Green Party also fully supports
If you try to ask the politicians, you get very vague answers.
It’s like during the Soviet era and foreign travel.
It was perfectly fine to obtain an exit visa if you had Western currency.
Western currency that was simultaneously forbidden to possess without permission or exchange for black market currency.
The same pattern is present here, formalities that make it impossible to implement in practice.
The fact that the Nature Conservation Society likes the Green Party is not really a reason to accuse the Green Party of proposals they may have put forward, right?
In this particular issue (here in Sweden), it seems more like it would be the Nature Conservation Society that should receive criticism, wouldn’t you agree?
But are you sure that what they want to do is restore old farmlands to just farmlands?
Here is a report they have: “Save the Farmlands Before It’s Too Late!”
https://www.naturskyddsforeningen.se/artiklar/rapport-radda-akermarken-innan-det-ar-for-sent/
And regarding pastures, consider what Anders Ryden writes:
“Grazing animals enrich nature
Grazing animals in pastures enrich the landscape with valuable plants, insects, and birds. A grazed pasture can contain as many as 40 different species per square meter. This is valuable in itself, but also helps make nature more resilient for us to cope with climate change in the future.”
It seems like the Nature Conservation Society is actually positive about both farmlands and pastures?
Pretty sure that 20% of agricultural land should be restored to natural land?
The EU’s Environmental Committee brought it forward.
And the Nature Conservation Society gives the Green Party top marks
https://www.sverigesnatur.org/aktuellt/naturskyddsforeningen-ger-miljopartiet-full-pott/
The Nature Conservation Society is pushing for the restoration of agricultural land.
I don’t feel like I’m wrong even if I simplify it to one sentence.
Then you can always change your mind when the damage is done. The deed is done 😀
Sure, why not take the opportunity to demand that Ukrainian troops leave all of Ukraine while they’re at it? “Russia demands withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions in talks with US – The Moscow Times. Russian negotiators hope that the US will put pressure on Ukraine to withdraw troops from the 4 regions” https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3ll6ndizazk2f
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/23/playing-for-time-what-the-kremlin-wants-in-new-talks-with-the-us-on-ukraine-a88445
Ukraine will thus agree to a ceasefire without knowing what the conditions will be in the next step regarding the occupied areas.
“US won’t comment on Russia’s claim to occupied Ukrainian regions until ceasefire, State Department spox says”
https://kyivindependent.com/us-wont-comment-on-russias-claim-to-occupied-ukrainian-regions-until-ceasefire-state-department-spox-says/
It will be a happy surprise for Ukraine and all of Europe 😬.
I am not surprised by the Russians’ offer, however, I am terrified that the US negotiators will think it’s good.
Yes, unfortunately, that risk is imminent.
Strange turns around a ceasefire in Ukraine. The conflict is supposed to be resolved. It must be a personal quirk of Trump’s to make amends with the Russians. No one seems to have dared to oppose him. It is counterintuitive for a Western country like the USA to act in this way. Yes, reckless. I don’t think the Trump administration will ever recover from this. Regardless of what may be done domestically that could be sensible.
It’s starting to be time for Europe to completely leave this now
It’s starting to become time for Europe to completely leave this now.
“Hegseth said that no one published any military plans in Signal, and called The Atlantic editor-in-chief “a lying and very discredited journalist.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ll6lavhh5s27“
There is information that it is true from a new source 🤣
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Since the journalist has taken all the screendumps, it will probably soon be clear whether truth or payops?
Since the journalist has taken all the screendumps, it will probably soon be clear whether it’s truth or a setup?
The Atlantic is somewhat left-leaning, right? Advocated for Harris? Probably thinks it’s generally fun to badmouth the Trump administration?
Caution, may be true, but probably not. – Not checking a good story, is that right?
Trump-Vance-Hegseth, among others, are not idiots. I get so tired when the “fool’s track” keeps coming back all the time. By insisting that Trump et al. are stupid, crazy, narcissistic, etc., focus is taken away from what is actually happening, what goals are being worked towards, and the higher purpose. – It is in the interest of the RU to undermine and badmouth Trump, as he cannot be controlled, like his predecessor…
US is not RU, does not act like RU, and never will. US will not invade us, its neighboring countries, or Greenland for that matter. We all understand that and yet the ball keeps rolling.
As someone wrote on the forum some time ago (probably more concise and to the point, but here from memory). – We have two guys here who are causing trouble for us in different ways. – One is trying to burn down your house, steal your assets, rape your wife, and kill your children. – The other is generally annoying, shouting, screaming, and doesn’t want to help you unless he gets paid. – There’s quite a big difference, so can we focus on the former?
Even when WH is trying to come up with an explanation in FOX, it is more or less confirming that it has happened.
Inviting a reporter to a private chat group where military secrets are discussed is idiotic, especially considering the risk of foreign powers eavesdropping.
Engaging in this type of conversation about military secrets, where not only the mission could fail but also military personnel could be killed or injured, is certainly criminal.
The issue is bigger than whether you like Trump or not.
Even when WH tries to come up with an explanation in FOX, it’s more or less confirming that it has happened.
Inviting a reporter into a private chat group where military secrets are discussed is idiotic, especially considering the risk of foreign powers eavesdropping.
Engaging in this type of conversation about military secrets, where not only the mission could fail but also military personnel could be killed or injured, is certainly criminal.
The issue is bigger than whether you like Trump or not.
The relevance of the war in Ukraine, how RY and Putin threaten European countries, etc., is extremely limited, true or not.
The focus is wrong, I believe, in the media and here in the forum. I do not want this forum, at least, to end up in some Trump-bashing where everyone should outdo each other in expressing disgust for Trump or the US administration and then veer off in a tangent. – The issue, the issue, the issue, not the persons. – That was my purpose with the post. – My post has no connection to what anyone should feel about the US administration or Trump.
The relevance of the war in Ukraine, how RY and Putin threaten European countries, etc., is extremely limited, true or not.
I believe the focus is wrong in the media and here in the forum. I do not want this forum, at least, to end up in some Trump-like rant where everyone tries to outdo each other in expressing disgust for Trump or the US administration and then veer off in a tangent. – The issue, the issue, the issue, not the individuals. – That was my purpose with the post. – My post has no connection to what anyone should feel about the US administration or Trump.
The Atlantic is somewhat left-leaning, right? Advocated for Harris? Probably finds it generally amusing to badmouth the Trump administration?
Caution, it may be true, but probably not. – Not checking a good story, is that right?
Trump-Vance-Hegseth, among others, are not idiots. I get so tired when the “fool track” keeps coming back all the time. By insisting that Trump et al. are stupid, crazy, narcissistic, etc., focus is taken away from what is actually happening, what goals are being worked towards, and the higher purpose. – It is in RU’s interest to undermine and badmouth Trump, as he cannot be controlled, like the predecessor…
US is not RU, does not act like RU, and never will. US will not invade us, its neighboring countries, or Greenland for that matter. We all understand that, yet we keep running with that ball.
As someone wrote on the forum some time ago (probably more concise and to the point, but here freely from memory). – We have two guys here who are causing trouble for us in different ways. – One is trying to burn down your house, steal your assets, rape your wife, and kill your children. – The other is generally annoying, shouts, screams, and doesn’t want to help you unless he gets paid. – There’s quite a big difference, so can’t we focus on the former?
I wonder if they have achieved their goal with the USA now, so they want to invite more people to the next meeting to give it more legitimacy.
It will be interesting to see what they will present today from yesterday’s meeting.
“Russia wants representatives from both the UN and other individual countries to participate in the upcoming peace talks with the USA. This is stated by the Russian delegation in state-controlled media after Monday’s talks between the countries, according to Reuters.”
https://omni.se/ryssland-fn-ska-delta-vid-kommande-samtal-med-usa/a/alxbQO
The Russians have prepared an exit for non-exit several years ago, the Americans ran a group chat on Signal in the morning. What should the UN contribute?
The pressure on Ukraine should increase. See here that the UN and all the countries think this and that like Russia. Or maybe Russia wants to disrupt the negotiations so that nothing will happen.
Yes, unfortunately likely. The decision for the USA to now recognize the annexations of Ukrainian regions that are still partially under Ukrainian control should of course be “anchored”.
Then Ukraine will violate the “peace agreement” etc. We probably have to realize that Europe is now waking up to a new security policy dystopia.
I believe like you – nothing good will come of this, and Europe must act now during 2025.
I agree with myself who believes that Johan is right, THIS time.
I agree with myself who believes that Johan is right, THIS time.
MUGA=make Europe great again.
I believe like you – nothing good will come of this, and Europe must act now during 2025.
The text reads: “The article states: ‘Russia wants….’ Take it for what it is.
“Sources indicate that the US may acknowledge…” as part of a peace agreement, is also mentioned. – But, what sources? Which sources? Semafor News? China?
The Trump administration has been driving the idea since taking office that UA may have to give up land for peace. There is nothing new in that, even if it is true. – Whether UA or the rest of Europe think it’s a good thing is another matter and a strong incentive to support UA even more.
The article states: “Russia wants….” Take it for what it is.
“Sourcessay that the US may acknowledge…” as part of a peace agreement, is also mentioned. – But, what sources? Which sources? Semafor News? China?
Since taking office, the Trump administration has been driving that the US may have to give up land for peace. There’s nothing new in that, even if it’s true. – Whether the US or the rest of Europe think it’s a good thing is another matter and a strong motive to support the US even more.
Big thanks Johan for a great start to the day. I completely agree with you that the defense can get the money instead of Exergy. Crazy that the most important thing for some parties is to raise taxes instead of prioritizing.
That’s when you understand what they really think is important.
We have high crime rates, so I think a police tax is probably the next thing.
Never waste a good crisis, isn’t that what they say?
Never miss a good crisis, right?
My local grocery store is by far the best food store in my city, with fantastic meat and fish counters, local specialties, fresh fruits and vegetables, and on top of that, they keep prices low, which works well as customers rush in and fill the store from early morning until late at night. There is something for both budget-conscious students and well-off 50+ citizens. Quality pays off, and it’s not something you boycott just because the brand happens to be big.
Fall is shaping up to be an exciting time, that’s for sure. Since all hell (almost) usually breaks loose when the gang is on their annual autumn hike in the mountains, I predict that the second week of September will be crucial for what Moscow will do/achieve.
But even the Kupiansk sprint took place while we were feasting in the tundra north of Torne träsk, so I am still hopeful that Europe and Ukraine can cook up a soup for Moscow that Putin will not soon forget.
Food prices are interesting, unfortunately the discussion often becomes childish as it tends to be about which car the ICA store owner drives.
A non-negligible part of the increased costs comes from political decisions regarding animal husbandry, regulations in the food industry, increased costs for fertilizers, inflation, and exchange rates.
An oligopoly market with few players means that efficiency and cost savings are not a top priority for the retailers. The problem is also that municipalities have a great responsibility, they build residential areas where there is often only room for one retailer. Municipalities have veto power over where new discount markets can be established, and that is why we have just over 10% discount stores compared to Norway, which has over 60%.
Considering all the resources needed to cultivate our farmland, we cannot achieve complete self-sufficiency.
More pastureland is needed for us to have a chance at being self-sufficient.
The neighbor who drives a Tesla and is vegan doesn’t like it when I grill my steaks and thinks we have way too much pasture land.
Wedtley – that one is probably very important.
When I worked in the UK, it was Tesco against Sainsbury’s (similar to ICA against Coop), and Sainsbury’s bribed municipalities not to approve Tesco’s building plans or to delay them.
They bought all the plots suitable for supermarkets and in other ways made establishment difficult.
This kind of thing is probably also simmering in Sweden – no business ever wants a dangerous competitor and does whatever they can.
Wedtley – that one is probably very important.
When I worked in the UK, it was Tesco against Sainsbury’s (similar to ICA against Coop) and Sainsbury’s bribed municipalities not to approve Tesco’s construction plans or to delay them.
They bought all the plots suitable for supermarkets and in other ways made establishment difficult.
This kind of thing is probably also simmering in Sweden – no business ever wants a dangerous competitor and does whatever they can.
Energy costs, not to forget, a major expense item. VAT on taxes, is well a Swedish specialty…
For example, expensive electricity is a big problem for a merchant who has a lot that needs to be cooled and heated, both things should happen in the same spaces…
The energy costs have decreased in recent years, but looking at a few years ahead, electricity costs were predominant for many greenhouses, which reduced competition.
The energy costs have decreased in recent years, but looking ahead a few years, electricity costs were predominant for many greenhouses, which reduced competition.
Energy costs, not to forget, a major input. VAT on taxes, is well a Swedish specialty…
For example, expensive electricity is a big problem for a merchant who has a lot that needs to be cooled and heated, both things should happen in the same spaces…
When it comes to food prices, beef is likely to increase even more, especially the price of imported meat. Right now, Sweden is falling behind in payments to farmers.
Average price young bull R3 (conformation class R Fat 3) [SEK/kg] €1 = 11.0538 SEK
2025 week 11
Sweden: 66.34
Denmark: 56.89
Germany: 71.50
Ireland: 75.22
EU average: 69.31
So the price is for a carcass where about 1/3 is bone. It is usually said that about 50% of the meat becomes minced meat.
You can compare with week 11 2024
Sweden: 60.23
Denmark: 47.30
Germany: 55.69
Ireland: 56.62
EU average: 57.00
Back then 1€ = 11.2674
https://jordbruksverket.se/download/18.4d309bb0188465f5393f450/1742546936933/Ungtjur-avrakningspriser-klass-R3-tga.xlsx
I can add that between December 2023 and December 2024, the number of cows decreased by 12,000 in Sweden (I don’t remember the distribution between dairy and beef cows). If a cow gives birth to a calf every year, it results in a reduced slaughter of nearly 3 million kilograms of boneless beef in one year.
Very interesting, thank you 👍
If we are heading towards increased conflict, are we also heading towards more difficult imports?
See how well free trade in goods that everyone wanted worked during the pandemic. Add a blown-up Öresund Bridge and sky-high costs for boat transports as shipping companies and insurance companies are a bit skeptical about moving in mined waters with submarines and sea mines.
Feeding ourselves as much as we can also helps others satisfy their hunger.
See how well the free trade of goods everyone wanted worked during the pandemic. Add a blown-up Öresund Bridge and sky-high costs for boat transports as shipping companies and insurance companies are a bit skeptical about moving in mined waters with submarines and sea mines.
Feeding ourselves as much as we can also helps others to satisfy their hunger.
Relevant N E!
Clearly shows that we have holes in our heads and by focusing backwards on prices, where all “why” just disappears, we are killing our own food supply. Who benefits from this…? (Hint: Is it good for our defense capability?)
The latest move from the EU is a free trade agreement with the Mercosur countries. However, the EU does not want to import meat that has been fed with feed grown on land that was previously rainforest. Therefore, they are now prohibiting farmers in Sweden from giving cattle feed from land that was previously forest (WTO requires this, they say). The result is that with surgical precision, they strike against forests and intermediate land where the best crops to grow are grass that is processed into meat and milk. I don’t know how many reports I’ve read where a farm has been able to transition through generations by cultivating new land to build a new barn with, for example, a milking robot.
Please note that this only applies to cattle. You can cultivate new land and give the crop to horses, sheep, chickens, humans, etc.
This will lead to reduced production which will increase demand in the world market, leading to deforestation, but they choose to eat that meat themselves or export it elsewhere.
Relevant N E!
Clearly shows that we have holes in our heads and by focusing backwards on prices, where all “whys” just disappear, we are killing our own food supply. Who benefits from this…? (Hint: Is it good for our defense capability?)
The EU wants to quickly reduce its external dependence on critical raw materials such as car batteries, semiconductors, and weapon systems, writes DN. Therefore, the Commission has identified 47 so-called strategic projects in 13 member states, which could receive EU funding and simplified permit processes. In Sweden, mining of graphite and rare earth metals, and recycling of materials such as lithium, nickel, and magnesium, are highlighted as particularly interesting. “These are projects of common European interest and not just for the country where they take place,” says EU Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné.
Positive!
Positively, everyone agrees except the Green Party, who wants us to minimize the need to open new mines ✊✊
Positively, everyone thinks except the Green Party who wants us to minimize the need to open new mines ✊✊
Low-hanging fruit, even extraction from already broken ore, has been prohibited in our homeland.
Low-hanging fruit, even extraction from already broken ore, has been prohibited in our homeland.
To spend 20 billion to start carbon capture in Stockholm using new and relatively untested methods feels like a real misprioritization. The whole process requires a lot of energy, energy that comes from northern Sweden and will further drive up the price of electricity in southern Sweden. Then the carbon dioxide needs to be handled and stored, they have hardly thought about using the subway as storage space but instead it will be shipped to some abandoned mine that may be filled with rare earth metals that were not of interest for mining a hundred years ago.
I feel that there is so much wrong with this whole initiative that seems completely ill-considered, untested, misplaced, extremely costly that one wonders if it’s even real, my Tesla-owning neighbor is of course ecstatic about the project, stating that the state and municipalities must dare to invest when venture capitalists back out.
Finally, you receive emission rights when capturing carbon dioxide that you can sell to a coal power plant. So, you consume energy, start a company, and enable coal power plants to continue operating.
Just like that, I think 👍
Private money – no problem.
But these guaranteed profit projects are always tax-funded, and then I have the right to my opinion.
However, I think you are wrong in the second to last paragraph – someone gets 20 billion of our money to play with, not very well thought out 👍
Just like that, I think 👍
Private money – no problem.
But these guaranteed profit projects are always tax-funded, and then I have the right to my opinion.
However, I think you are wrong in the second to last paragraph – someone gets 20 billion of our money to play with, not very well thought out 👍
To spend 20 billion to start carbon capture in Stockholm using new and relatively untested methods feels like a real misprioritization. The whole process requires a lot of energy, energy that comes from northern Sweden and will further drive up the price of electricity in southern Sweden. Then the carbon dioxide needs to be handled and stored, they have hardly thought of using the subway as storage space but instead it is shipped to some abandoned mine that may be filled with rare earth metals that were not of interest for mining a hundred years ago.
I feel that there is so much wrong with this whole initiative that seems completely ill-considered, untested, misplaced, extremely costly that one wonders if it is even real, my Tesla-owning neighbor is of course ecstatic about the project, stating that the state and municipalities must dare to invest when venture capitalists back out.
Finally, you receive emission rights when capturing carbon dioxide that you can sell to a coal power plant. So, you consume energy, start a company, and enable coal power plants to continue operating.
Yes, of course, half the world dreams of and looks up to Belarus. I wonder who those dreamers are! 😂
“Lukashenko became president of Belarus for the seventh time. “Half the world dreams of our dictatorship – a dictatorship of real deeds and the interests of our people,” Lukashenko said during inauguration.”
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3ll72qjpsf226
Strange that there was no unrest there at all 🧐
I wonder if it has to do with Trump because the West should have used it to the maximum through Ukraine.
Did the opposition not boycott the election because most of them are either in prison or forced to flee abroad?
The opposition received a lot of support from Europe in the last election, unfortunately not as much in this election, perhaps because the focus has been on UA.
The opposition received a lot of support from Europe in the last election, unfortunately not as much in this election, perhaps because the focus has been on UA.
Did the opposition not boycott the election because most of them are either in prison or have been forced to flee abroad?
Strange that there was no unrest there at all 🧐
I wonder if it has to do with Trump because the West should have used it to the maximum through Ukraine.
Yes, of course, half the world dreams of and looks up to Belarus. I wonder who those dreamers are! 😂
“Lukashenko became president of Belarus for the seventh time. “Half the world dreams of our dictatorship – a dictatorship of real deeds and the interests of our people,” Lukashenko said during inauguration.”
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3ll72qjpsf226
It has been revealed that the Russians have stored cruise missiles outdoors at Engels airbase. No wonder it went off with a bang there.
https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/destruction_of_ammunition_at_engels_airbase_officially_confirmed_russians_did_indeed_store_cruise_missiles_in_the_open-13901.html
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It has been revealed that the Russians have stored cruise missiles outdoors at Engels airbase. No wonder it went off so well.
https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/destruction_of_ammunition_at_engels_airbase_officially_confirmed_russians_did_indeed_store_cruise_missiles_in_the_open-13901.html
Now I can log in with Face ID 👍
Now I can log in with Face ID 👍
Now the big question is whether Mike Waltz will accompany JD Vance’s wife as a chaperone when she visits Greenland on Thursday, or if he has been fired before then?
Now the big question is whether Mike Waltz will accompany JD Vance’s wife as a chaperone when she visits Greenland on Thursday, or if he has been fired before then?
Now I had to check some facts here when you wrote below MXT
“Just a comment regarding your aversion to the Green Party.
“I seem to remember that agricultural land should also be restored and not be used” is just pure fiction to reinforce the image you like to convey that the Green Party would be doing Russia’s bidding.”
So here comes the following explanation for you, and the devil is in the details as usual, then I have indeed heard that the EU may back down on certain areas regarding this BUT we are discussing the current situation and the decisions that have ALREADY been made. Then if it is discovered that it had undesired side effects such as less food production which led to higher prices, that is a completely different matter. A bit like with nuclear power that the Green Party tries to claim that it was the market when there is footage of them removing the CEO and making changes to the board until Vattenfall gave in.
The Green Party (MP)
Restore 30 percent of all destroyed ecosystems across the EU by 2030, and introduce tough sanctions against those who do not meet the requirements.
Restore drained wetlands at a faster pace, throughout the EU.
https://www.mp.se/politik/skog-och-biologisk-mangfald/
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Wetlands are among the most species-rich environments and play a key role in the ecosystem. Sweden needs to restore large areas of wetlands to address several environmental and climate challenges.
https://www.naturvardsverket.se/amnesomraden/vatmark/#:~:text=V%C3%A5tmarker%20%C3%A4r%20bland%20de%20mest,torv%20%C3%A4r%20viktiga%20f%C3%B6r%20klimatet.
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Restoration of drained peatlands is one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce emissions in the agricultural sector. Therefore, EU countries must now restore at least 30 percent of drained peatlands (at least a quarter must be rewetted) by 2030, 40 percent by 2040, and 50 percent by 2050 (with at least one-third to be rewetted). Rewetting will also remain voluntary for farmers and private landowners in the future.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/sv/press-room/20240223IPR18078/naturrestaurering-ny-lag-ska-aterstalla-20-procent-av-eu-s-land-och-hav
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Almost all greenhouse gas emissions from drained peatlands come from activities other than peat extraction such as productive forestry and agriculture on drained peatlands. They are invisible to the naked eye but nevertheless, other activities account for 99.5 percent of Sweden’s drained peatlands, see diagram from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
https://svensktorv.se/fakta-om-torvbruket-i-sverige/#:~:text=S%C3%A5%20gott%20som%20alla%20v%C3%A4xthusgasutsl%C3%A4pp,torvmarker%2C%20se%20diagram%20fr%C3%A5n%20Naturv%C3%A5rdsverket.
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SUPPORT – (our taxes)
Support is provided up to a maximum of 200,000 SEK per hectare. In specially motivated cases, support can be provided up to a maximum of 400,000 SEK per hectare.
You should carry out the work in cultivated landscapes. By that, we mean agricultural land, pastureland, or other land that receives water from agriculture or is adjacent to cultivated land. The work you do for biodiversity or to improve water quality should be linked to the impact of agriculture. You can get help from the County Administrative Board to assess if the site you propose is suitable.
https://jordbruksverket.se/stod/jordbruk-tradgard-och-rennaring/vatmarker-vattenvard-kalkfilterdiken-och-bevattningsdammar/stod-fran-perioden-2015-2022-inom-vattenkvalitet-vatmarker-dammar-diken-och-dranering/anlagga-och-restaurera-vatmarker-och-dammar#:~:text=S%C3%A5%20mycket%20st%C3%B6d%20kan%20du%20f%C3%A5&text=F%C3%B6r%20att%20f%C3%A5%20100%20procent,400%20000%20kronor%20per%20hektar.
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In Sweden, farmers have drained land for hundreds of years that has become agricultural land, I cannot distinguish between different activities but it is 2.5 million hectares that have been “drained” – thus dried out.
I have pasted direct quotes above that cannot be misinterpreted and they are from the Green Party or various authorities.
If we assume that Sweden will implement the EU directive, it is first 30% and then 50% that should be restored, how the distribution looks between agricultural land – other land I do not know. I have also seen the figure 20% now in various places so maybe that is the one that applies?
BUT, what I hear is that agriculture is under pressure today, not forestry, so there is a certain risk that it will be farmers who see the opportunity to jump on the bandwagon according to my little thought experiment below.
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A farmer A is under pressure from diesel prices and targeted regulations and does not earn much at all from his 50 hectares of farmland. He then reads the link above from the Swedish Board of Agriculture and realizes that he can make 10 million SEK by shutting down his farm, maybe as much as 20 million SEK if he is lucky.
Now in times when wetlands are to be restored, the chance of getting approval is sky-high – everyone wants to restore wetlands and it’s first come, first served.
He enlists the help of his sons and restores the land and then receives support for the management of the wetland – 5000 SEK/ha so he earns 250,000 SEK/year from that.
Voila – farmer A is very satisfied and there was less food in Sweden.
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The number of farms has been declining and if one receives this type of targeted support, perhaps it motivates more farmers to restore to wetlands?
Then the question is what takes priority, agriculture or wetlands, but the guidelines from the Swedish Board of Agriculture above are VERY clear, right, and they are a bit of the spider in the web.
I also do not know exactly what is meant by the Green Party’s “tough sanctions” but it sounds violent 😶
On a very personal level, I can think that the situation up by the Dal River with the mosquito plague should stay there and not become everyday life for everyone in Sweden, but with expanded wetlands, we will also get more mosquitoes so all of Sweden may become like Norrland perhaps.
Asking for a friend – if one calculates the total and can restore wetlands in uninhabited Norrland and let agriculture be?
No – the Swedish Board of Agriculture has already seen through this, it must be in cultivated landscapes.
To me, it actually looks like an attempt to reduce the amount of agricultural land and the Green Party is ABSOLUTELY on board with this.
Then one can say anything like preserving agriculture is a priority but if one sprinkles taxpayer money over struggling farmers, maybe one gets the expected result, who knows?
I have just checked and only energy forest is CULTIVATED LAND and today it is not particularly much 200,000Ha – 300,000Ha.
Then I don’t think the energy forest owners will care about restoration to wetlands.
So according to the Swedish Board of Agriculture’s definition above, these subsidies are CUSTOMIZED for our agriculture and should be discontinued in favor of wetlands.
I think it’s a threat to the security of the realm 😶
Hello, many thanks for a fantastic page!
As far as I know, the support does not work in this way. You don’t just receive 400,000 SEK per hectare in your account for creating a wetland.
First, you have to apply to receive compensation for creating a wetland. Then, once everything is approved and the work is done, you can receive compensation for the cost. So, you don’t make money from this, but you receive support for the cost of creating it.
I also believe that it’s very rare to receive 100% compensation, meaning you have to cover part of the investment yourself (50% or 10%).
One can have any opinion about the various supports from the Swedish Board of Agriculture, but without insects, there would be no food at all.
They also function as nitrogen and phosphorus traps, reducing leakage into lakes and seas.
Thank you too.
Yes, absolutely, one must notify that they want to restore to wetland – there is a link to the agricultural agency above that is clear that only arable land, pasture land, and energy forest (cultivated land) are eligible, and for me, it suggests that there is a certain risk that it will be approved?
So, one hectare is 100m long sides of a square, and this is how you do it if you want to restore a field without trees.
Considering the cost if I want to have an excavator and three guys to do larger landscaping jobs in my garden and how it adds up, I guess many invoices are around 200,000 SEK per hectare because that’s what you can get 😀
It would be interesting with two pieces of information, and I can’t find these –
-what is the average amount invoiced for restoring 1 Ha.
-if there are no economic incentives as you mentioned above (you don’t earn anything from it) – what then drives landowners to shut down operations like forestry and agriculture that they can make money from to something they don’t earn anything from and then don’t get paid for in the future?
After all, it must still be agriculture on the land for it to be eligible for restoration.
It sounds a bit like voluntary bankruptcy to me – is that really how it works?
Anyway, it seems to be quite a big business, if you are a landowner/entrepreneur and a bit resourceful, there are lots of different grants to apply for in the link below. The only requirement is that it is cultivated land that you have to negotiate away.
https://www.naturvardsverket.se/amnesomraden/vatmark/bidrag-som-stod-for-att-anlagga-atervata-eller-restaurera-vatmarker/
Then the cost per hectare of restored land is probably much higher overall, as municipalities and various authorities can apply for funding for all sorts of projects – which, if one were to guess, goes to the consultants who have the expertise to investigate, and then the contractors who have entered into framework agreements?
I have nothing against restoring wetlands at all (best to be clear before that accusation comes) other than the fact that it is cultivated land that must be removed, which by definition means less cultivated land on that plot.
However, I wonder if increased mosquito activity is covered by the rules on impact on neighboring properties or not, because I see a big future problem there actually?
To advocate for the restoration of wetlands, I would like to give an example below of such a project that one could try to start driving. At least one consultant below had nearly 2 million in payouts in 2024, so it is certainly possible to profit from it if, against all odds, one thinks that they should be paid to work and not just be passionate about wetland restoration – which the consultant clearly is not.
In Judarskogen in Bromma, a amphibian pond was constructed about 30m from Judarsjön’s own wetland, which is extensive. The estimated cost of construction was stated to be 100,000 SEK (which usually ends up higher, according to my experience from municipal budget planning) and the pond needs to be maintained (by a contractor).
Total cost, no idea, but the relocation of salamanders by a consultant is an additional cost, detailed in the report below on how the consultant used a ten-liter bucket filled with a couple of liters of water for the purpose.
https://rana.se/Rapporter/er060.pdf
Extensive studies were also conducted before the actual pond construction (a small pond with some reeds) by a consultant who produced a 32-page report after a field visit where five consultants participated.
https://miljobarometern.stockholm.se/content/docs/tema/natur/Groddjur/Salamanderoptimering%202014.pdf
Since I know where the pond is located, it was only 30m from an area we used to call “the swamp” when we played in the forest during our childhood – where the salamanders used to live – and pointed out the location to build a pond for amphibians that needs maintenance, unlike the swamp 30m away which is maintenance-free.
I can also reveal why the salamanders in the swamp disappeared, which have now been reintroduced – we children in the area caught them and kept them in an aquarium until the population died out, but it was very difficult to catch them in the swamp, much easier for children to catch them in a small shallow pond nowadays, I guess. We were 8-10 years old, and if catching them in the swamp was considered a serious offense, the statute of limitations was 10 years 😀
I also note that there is an astronomical amount of information produced about salamanders in Bromma outside of Stockholm if one is interested – the only thing that cannot be googled is the costs of all the studies.
An interesting detail when reading the report is that larger salamanders were reintroduced by a consultant with a ten-liter bucket, but other amphibians and smaller newts came to the pond naturally – where do you think the smaller newts were before the pond was built after five consultants conducted extensive studies?
Could they have lived in the swamp 30m away, which incidentally naturally has exactly all the points to consider when creating an artificial salamander habitat, as I saw listed in one of the reports.
It is worth mentioning that there are 8,000-10,000 smaller newts in Olovslundsdammen, and 500 larger ones. The pond is a 10-minute bike ride away.
If any municipal employee had taken any weekday in June and scooped up a few hundred newts in a bucket (it apparently must be 10 liters) and then cycled down to the natural swamp in Judarskogen, which naturally had all the points to consider when building a pond, and then released all the newts, the municipality would likely have had a balanced budget.
Wonderful story! 😂
Haha, yes, you really have to search for a waste like that.
You’re right, unfortunately there are always those who find ways to exploit the system/benefits.
Haha, yes, you really have to search for a waste of resources like that.
You’re right, unfortunately, there are always those who find ways to exploit the system/benefits.
Anyway, it seems to be quite a big business, if you are a landowner/entrepreneur and a bit resourceful, there are plenty of different grants to apply for in the link below. The only requirement is that it is cultivated land that you have to negotiate away.
https://www.naturvardsverket.se/amnesomraden/vatmark/bidrag-som-stod-for-att-anlagga-atervata-eller-restaurera-vatmarker/
Then the cost per hectare of restored land is probably much higher in total, as municipalities and various authorities can apply for funds for all sorts of projects – which, if one were to guess, go to the consultants who have the expertise to investigate and then the contractors who have entered into framework agreements?
I have nothing against restoring wetlands at all (best to be clear before that accusation comes) other than that it is cultivated land that must be removed, which by definition means less cultivated land on that property.
However, I wonder if increased mosquitoes are covered by the rules on impact on neighboring properties or not, because I see a big future problem there actually?
To advocate for wetland restoration, I would like to give an example below of such a project one could try to start driving. At least one consultant below had nearly 2 million in distribution in 2024, so it is certainly possible to profit from it if, against all odds, one thinks they should be paid to work and not just be passionate about wetland restoration – which the consultant clearly is not.
In Judarskogen in Bromma, a amphibian pond was constructed about 30m from Judarsjön’s own wetland, which is extensive. The estimated cost of construction was stated to be 100,000 SEK (which usually ends up higher, according to my experience from municipal budget planning) and the pond needs maintenance (by a contractor).
Total cost, no idea, but the relocation of salamanders by a consultant is added, described in detail in the report below how the consultant used a ten-liter bucket filled with a couple of liters of water for the purpose.
https://rana.se/Rapporter/er060.pdf
Extensive studies were also conducted before the actual pond construction (a smaller pond with some reeds) by a consultant who produced a 32-page report after a field visit where five consultants participated.
https://miljobarometern.stockholm.se/content/docs/tema/natur/Groddjur/Salamanderoptimering%202014.pdf
Since I know where the pond is located, they were thus 30m from an area we used to call “the swamp” when we played in the forest during our childhood – where the salamanders lived – and pointed out the location to construct a pond for amphibians that needs maintenance, unlike the swamp 30m away which is maintenance-free.
I can also reveal why the salamanders in the swamp disappeared, which have now been reintroduced – we children in the area caught them and kept them in an aquarium until the population died out, but it was very difficult to catch them in the swamp, much easier for children to catch them in a small shallow pond nowadays, I guess. We were 8-10 years old, and if catching them in the swamp was considered a serious crime, the statute of limitations was 10 years 😀
I also note that there is an astronomical amount of information produced about salamanders in Bromma outside Stockholm if one is interested – the only thing that cannot be googled is the costs of all the studies.
An interesting detail when reading the report is that larger salamanders were reintroduced by a consultant with a ten-liter bucket, but other amphibians and smaller newts came naturally to the amphibian pond – where do you think the smaller newts were before the pond was built after five consultants conducted extensive studies?
Could they have lived in the swamp 30m away, which incidentally naturally has exactly all the points to consider when creating an artificial salamander habitat, as I saw in a list in one of the reports.
It is worth mentioning that there are 8,000-10,000 smaller newts in Olovslundsdammen, and 500 larger ones. The pond is a 10-minute bike ride away.
If any employee of the municipality had taken any weekday in June and scooped up a few hundred newts in a bucket (it must apparently be 10 liters) and then cycled down to the natural swamp in Judarskogen, which naturally had all the points to consider when building a pond, and then released all the newts, the municipality would likely have had a balanced budget.
Thank you too.
Yes, absolutely one must notify that they want to restore to wetland – there is a link to the Swedish Board of Agriculture above that is clear that only arable land, pasture land, and energy forest (cultivated land) are eligible, and for me, it suggests that there is a certain risk that it will be approved?
One hectare is thus 100m long sides of a square, and this is how you do it if you want to restore a field without trees.
Considering the cost if I want to have an excavator and three guys to do larger landscaping jobs in my garden and how it adds up, I guess many invoices are around 200,000 SEK per hectare because that’s what you can get 😀
It would be interesting with two pieces of information that I can’t find –
– what is the average amount invoiced for restoring 1 Ha.
– if there are no economic incentives as you write above (you don’t earn anything from it) – what then drives landowners to shut down operations like forestry and agriculture that they can make money from to something they don’t earn anything from and then don’t get paid for in the future?
After all, it must still be agriculture on the land for it to be eligible for restoration.
It sounds a bit like voluntary bankruptcy to me – is that really how it works?
There is a bit of inflation going on in terms of restoring both this and that. It has also not been defined to which century it should be restored, if it is to before the arrival of humans, then they will have to start stacking ice. If there is forest on the drained peatlands, it may well take 100 years before the land absorbs more than it emits. Peat grows very slowly, and initially after rewetting, methane is released.
There is a bit of inflation going on in terms of restoring both this and that. It has also not been defined to which century it should be restored, if it is to before the arrival of humans, then they will have to start stacking ice. If there is forest on the drained peatlands, it may well take 100 years before the land absorbs more than it emits. Peat grows very slowly, and initially after rewetting, methane is released.
Ah, you mean that they are bypassing their own desire to restore arable and pasture land by also wanting to restore wetlands, which in turn will counteract the former. But the question is how many will actually see it as economically advantageous if it’s land that yields good returns? And then there’s the issue of restoring wetlands, areas that were previously wetlands but have become farmland due to drainage. Not all land can be turned into wetlands.
I’m skeptical about the wetlands issue, plus precipitation has slowly increased here in Sweden so it might resolve itself anyway.
But the question is, do you think it’s the Russians behind the desire to restore wetlands because they expect it to lead to us not being self-sufficient? Not that this type of EIPs (Environmentally Interested Persons) truly care about nature?
Now I had to check some facts here when you wrote below MXT
“Just a comment regarding your aversion to the Green Party.
“I seem to remember that agricultural land should also be restored and not be used” is just pure fiction to reinforce the image you like to convey that the Green Party would be doing Russia’s bidding.”
So here is the following explanation for you, and the devil is in the details as usual, although I have indeed heard that the EU may back down on certain areas regarding this BUT we are discussing the current situation and the decisions that have ALREADY been made. Then if it turns out that there were unintended side effects such as reduced food production leading to higher prices, that is a completely different matter. Similar to nuclear power where the Green Party tries to claim that it was the market when there is footage of them removing the CEO and making changes to the board until Vattenfall gave in.
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Green Party (MP)
Restore 30 percent of all destroyed ecosystems across the EU by 2030, and introduce tough sanctions against those who do not meet the requirements.
Restore drained wetlands at a faster pace, throughout the EU.
https://www.mp.se/politik/skog-och-biologisk-mangfald/
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Wetlands are among the most species-rich environments and play a key role in the ecosystem. Sweden needs to restore large areas of wetlands to address several environmental and climate challenges.
https://www.naturvardsverket.se/amnesomraden/vatmark/#:~:text=Wetlands%20are%20among%20the%20most,important%20for%20the%20climate.
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Restoring drained peatlands is one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce emissions in the agricultural sector. Therefore, EU countries must now restore at least 30 percent of drained peatlands (at least a quarter must be rewetted) by 2030, 40 percent by 2040, and 50 percent by 2050 (with at least a third to be rewetted). Rewetting will continue to be voluntary for farmers and private landowners.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/sv/press-room/20240223IPR18078/naturrestaurering-ny-lag-ska-aterstalla-20-procent-av-eu-s-land-och-hav
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Almost all greenhouse gas emissions from drained peatlands come from activities other than peat extraction such as productive forestry and agriculture on drained peatlands. These emissions are invisible to the naked eye, but other activities account for 99.5 percent of Sweden’s drained peatlands, see diagram from the Swedish Peat Association.
https://svensktorv.se/fakta-om-torvbruket-i-sverige/#:~:text=Almost%20all%20greenhouse%20gas%20emissions,peatlands%2C%20see%20diagram%20from%20the%20Swedish%20Environmental%20Protection%20Agency.
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SUPPORT – (our taxes)
Support is provided up to a maximum of 200,000 SEK per hectare. In specially motivated cases, support can be provided up to a maximum of 400,000 SEK per hectare.
You must carry out the work in cultivated landscapes. By that, we mean agricultural land, pastureland, or other land that receives water from agriculture or is adjacent to cultivated land. The work you do for biodiversity or to improve water quality should be linked to the impact from agriculture. You can get help from the County Administrative Board to assess if the site you propose is suitable.
https://jordbruksverket.se/stod/jordbruk-tradgard-och-rennaring/vatmarker-vattenvard-kalkfilterdiken-och-bevattningsdammar/stod-fran-perioden-2015-2022-inom-vattenkvalitet-vatmarker-dammar-diken-och-dranering/anlagga-och-restaurera-vatmarker-och-dammar#:~:text=This%20is%20how%20much%20support%20you%20can%20get&text=To%20get%20100%20percent%20support,400%2C000%20SEK%20per%20hectare.
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In Sweden, farmers have drained land for hundreds of years, turning it into agricultural land through hard work. I can’t distinguish between different activities, but there are 2.5 million hectares that have been “drained” – in other words, dried out.
I have pasted direct quotes above that cannot be misinterpreted and they are from the Green Party or various authorities.
If we assume that Sweden will implement the EU directive, it is first 30% and then 50% that should be restored, how the distribution looks between agricultural land and other land, I do not know. I have also seen the figure of 20% in various places, so maybe that is the one that applies?
BUT, what I hear is that agriculture is under pressure today, not forestry, so there is a certain risk that it will be farmers who see the opportunity to jump on the bandwagon according to my little thought experiment below.
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A farmer A is under pressure from diesel prices and targeted regulations and is not earning much at all from his 50 hectares of farmland. He then reads the link above from the Swedish Board of Agriculture and realizes that he can make 10 million SEK by shutting down his farm, maybe as much as 20 million SEK if he is lucky.
Now, in times when wetlands are to be restored, the chance of getting approval is sky-high – everyone wants to restore wetlands, and it’s first come, first served.
He enlists the help of his sons and restores the land, then receives support for the maintenance of the wetland – 5,000 SEK/ha, so he earns 250,000 SEK/year from it.
Voila – farmer A is very satisfied, and there is less food production in Sweden.
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The number of farms has been declining, and if farmers receive this type of targeted support, perhaps it will motivate more farmers to restore to wetlands?
Then the question arises of what takes precedence, agriculture or wetlands, but the guidelines from the Swedish Board of Agriculture above are VERY clear, right, and they are a bit of the linchpin.
I also do not know exactly what is meant by the Green Party’s “tough sanctions,” but it sounds violent 😶
On a very personal note, I think that the situation up by the Dal River with the mosquito plague should stay there and not become a daily occurrence for everyone in Sweden, but with expanded wetlands, we will also get more mosquitoes, so all of Sweden may end up like Norrland perhaps.
Asking for a friend – if we calculate the total and can restore wetlands in uninhabited Norrland and leave agriculture be?
No – the Swedish Board of Agriculture has already seen through this, it must be in cultivated landscapes.
To me, it actually looks like an attempt to reduce the amount of agricultural land, and the Green Party is ABSOLUTELY on board with this.
One can also say anything like preserving agriculture is a priority, but if you sprinkle taxpayer money over struggling farmers, maybe you get the expected result, who knows?
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully hit the enemy’s manpower concentration in Kondratovka, Kursk oblast.
As a result of the strike, it was completely destroyed, up to 30 occupiers were killed.
The destruction of this element of military infrastructure degrades the enemy’s ability to conduct operations against Ukraine’s Defense Forces in Sumy and Kursk regions.
— GeneralStaff🇺🇦 2025-03-25
https://x.com/generalstaffua/status/1904431874916663434?s=46
Great 😀😀
Great 😀😀
A so-called bulls-eye
A so-called bulls-eye
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully hit the enemy’s manpower concentration in Kondratovka, Kursk oblast.
As a result of the strike it was completely destroyed, up to 30 occupiers were killed.
The destruction of this element of military infrastructure degrades the enemy’s ability to conduct operations against Ukraine’s Defense Forces in Sumy and Kursk regions.
— GeneralStaff🇺🇦 2025-03-25
https://x.com/generalstaffua/status/1904431874916663434?s=46
How difficult should it be not to leak defense secrets? Wasn’t it UA’s offensive that the previous admin leaked?
How is it possible that the USA is so damn clumsy? Or is it intentional?
All of Ukraine’s fighter jets were leaked by the USA as part of their strategy, I am convinced.
All of Ukraine’s fighter jets were leaked to the USA as part of their strategy, I am convinced.
For us who care about Ukraine, Europe, Sweden. It has completely derailed today with agriculture, food, and the Green Party, focus Now on Ukraine!
Peace agreement
yes, I do have some blame in this – promise to do better 😶
yes, I do have some blame in this – promise to do better 😶
Good, seems like a first tentative step. Ukraine’s attacks on the ryzzarnas infrastructure have given them food for thought. Protecting the Black Sea from attacks is something that is quite simple for both parties. If ry stays on their side, the fleet stays afloat, and Ukr gets to export spsnnmål. Let’s see how long it takes before ry pulls a false flag.
And then there’s the matter of a third-party monitor, who approves both?
Well, Johan, the first sentence wasn’t directed at you 😀
Good, seems like a first tentative step. Ukraine’s attacks on the ryzza’s infrastructure have given them food for thought. Protecting the Black Sea from attacks is something that should be quite simple for both parties. If ry stays on their side, the fleet stays afloat, and Ukr gets to export spsnnmål. Let’s see how long it takes before ry stages a false flag.
And then there’s the matter of a third-party monitor, who approves both?
Well, Johan, the first sentence wasn’t aimed at you 😀
Personally, I think an advantage here is that it can go off track a bit, but of course, Ukraine should be the focus!
For those of us who care about Ukraine, Europe, Sweden. It has completely derailed today with agriculture, food, and the Green Party, focus Now on Ukraine! Peace agreement
Seems like the fighting spirit is low among some…. however, if one has their own military or an occupying power’s military, and with rUSsia as an intruder, they will inevitably end up in battle.
A typical herring milk.
A typical herring milk.
hahaha, the difference was that we almost wanted war, if it had come we would have taken off like a rocket.
Who usually tries to discuss defense willingness and constantly gets shot down 🧐
hahaha, the difference was that we almost wanted war, if it had happened we would have taken off as a reward.
Who usually tries to discuss defense willingness and constantly gets shot down 🧐
One observation I have made during my life is that there is a significant difference between words and actions. Some who boast and are arrogant turn into scared lambs when reality comes knocking at the door, while conversely, previously cautious types step forward and do the job. The thing is, when the time comes, everyone is afraid, and it’s more about those who are affected by a moral conviction that trumps fear. Personally, I believe that there will be many of us who will want to defend Sweden when the time comes.
One observation I have made during my life is that there is a significant difference between words and actions. Some who boast and are arrogant turn into scared lambs when reality knocks on the door, and conversely, previously cautious types step forward and do the job. The thing is, when the time comes, everyone is afraid, and it’s more about who is affected by a moral conviction that trumps fear. Personally, I believe that there will be many of us who will want to defend Sweden when the time comes.
One of the brats we haven’t raised properly (I can’t swear I’m innocent myself). Who believes that peace and freedom are God-given or a natural law. – Of course, we hoped that the balance of terror during the Cold War would work, but we didn’t know it would. Almost everyone did military service and conscientious objectors did civilian service(?). It wasn’t a joke, but those who weren’t there don’t know. But, as DJ notes (if I interpret a bit), being shot at can do wonders for motivation.
As the boxer Tyson has said, everyone has a plan until they get a punch in the face.
As the boxer Tyson said, everyone has a plan until they get a punch in the face.
One of the brats we haven’t raised properly (I can’t swear I’m innocent myself). Who believes that peace and freedom are God-given or a natural law. – Of course, we hoped that the balance of terror during the Cold War would work, but we didn’t know it would. Almost everyone did military service and the conscientious objectors did civilian service(?). It wasn’t a joke, but those who weren’t there don’t know that. But, as DJ notes (if I interpret a bit), being shot at can do wonders for motivation.
Seems like the fighting spirit is low among some… however, if one has their own military or an occupying power’s military, and with Russia as an intruder, they will inevitably end up in battle.
Something seems to be happening in the Pokrovsk sector, according to @maks_nafo_fella
https://x.com/maks_nafo_fella/status/1904543306664509857?s=46
According to GeneralStaff 🇺🇦, there is a lot of activity in the sector, where 43 attacks have already been registered by 4 pm.
UAF will cut through like a knife through butter, they have had the upper hand with their drones for quite some time.
Russian attack?
UAF has had air superiority for several weeks and the Russians have not been able to bring forward vehicles and materials. There is a chance that UAF will cut off the Russian bulge south of Pokrovsk.
The ongoing battles are Russian relief attempts.
Exciting Westley – before RU managed to expand south and north of Pokrovsk, I sat and looked at the number of roads into the Pokrovsk bulge, which were then two.
There are probably a few more today, but the secondary roads are soon hardly passable at all, and then UA only needs to keep an eye on a few.
Then RU hasn’t built particularly many fortifications in the area since it is recently conquered.
Enough candidate area for some dead Russians 👍
Exciting Westley – before RU managed to expand south and north of Pokrovsk, I sat and looked at the number of roads into the Pokrovsk bulge, which were then two.
There are probably a few more today, but the secondary roads will soon be impassable altogether, and then UA only needs to keep an eye on a few.
RU hasn’t built many fortifications in the area since it was recently conquered.
Definitely a candidate area for some dead Russians 👍
UAF has had air superiority for several weeks, and the Russians have not been able to bring forward vehicles and materials. There is a chance that UAF will cut off the Russian bulge south of Pokrovsk.
The ongoing battles are Russian relief attempts.
Russian attack?
Something seems to be happening in the Pokrovsk sector, according to @maks_nafo_fella
https://x.com/maks_nafo_fella/status/1904543306664509857?s=46
According to GeneralStaff 🇺🇦, there is a lot of activity in the sector, where 43 attacks have already been registered by 4 pm.
I’m back at On-Topic again, have been deep diving in salamander ponds in Bromma today but now I’m back 👍
I thought for a while that it was an environmental and agriculture blog.
Green wall 🤣
Very knowledgeable people on the line. Absolutely incredible. I could write about the drainage of high marshes in Orsa Finnmark and about the embankments of reed bays in Lake Mälaren. But that will have to be another time.
We have learned about salamanders anyway 😀
Very knowledgeable people on the line. Absolutely incredible. I could write about drainage of high marshes in Orsa Finnmark and about embankments of reed bays in Lake Mälaren. But that will have to be another time.
I thought for a while that it was an environmental and agriculture blog.
Green wall 🤣
I am back at On-Topic again, have been deep diving in salamander ponds in Bromma today but now I’m back 👍
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Iran is closest to supporting Russia in the war. The Houthis in Yemen are supported by Iran in the same way as Hamas and Hezbollah. Will Putin throw Iran and the Houthis under the bus here when his agent bombs Yemen? Can’t really put it together.
Trump has long been conducting a strange influence operation around Iran, and my theory is that Iran is strategically important for the USA – they intend to overthrow the regime.
So it’s a bit confusing who is supporting whom here 😀
My opinion is that Putin has used the Assad regime and other militant groups in the Middle East to create pressure in the form of waves of refugees towards Europe. Hamas and Hezbollah have fueled public opinion in the West against the USA and Israel, simply causing concern and weakening our welfare society with overload attacks. It has worked very effectively, so why does he allow Trump to bomb Yemen and soon maybe also Iran. My thought here is that maybe he no longer needs that support. Otherwise, it should be too valuable to just throw away.
Well – what do you think could be the reason that he might not need that support anymore?
Will the USA, as usual, bomb some runways at some temporarily empty military airfields, we know that it is mostly a show for the gallery.
If the airports are empty, we know they were warned well in advance.
Will the USA, as usual, bomb some runways at some temporarily empty military airfields, we know that it is mostly a show for the gallery. If the airfields are empty, we know they were warned well in advance.
My opinion is that Putin has used the Assad regime and other militant groups in the Middle East to create pressure in the form of waves of refugees towards Europe. Hamas and Hezbollah have fueled public opinion in the West against the USA and Israel, simply creating unrest and weakening our welfare society with overload attacks. It has worked very effectively, so why does he allow Trump to bomb Yemen and soon maybe also Iran? My thought here is that he may no longer need that support. Otherwise, it should be too valuable to just throw away.
Iran is closest to supporting Russia in the war. The Houthis in Yemen are supported by Iran in the same way as Hamas and Hezbollah. Will Putin throw Iran and the Houthis under the bus here when his agent bombs Yemen? Doesn’t really add up.
Restore malaria in Sweden, whatever the cost.
Anything that weakens the country is good for….
More healthcare will be needed, more medicine = higher GDP 🤡!
More healthcare will be needed, more medicine = higher GDP 🤡!
That we will get the Dalälven mosquito plague mostly everywhere is starting to become clear to me, but since it’s a good thing, I will keep a good attitude.
When we visited relatives in Idre in the summers, we sat outdoors and had coffee with mosquito net hats, so I will probably invest in one.
Restore malaria in Sweden, no matter the cost.
Anything that weakens the country is good for…
Did you see that you received praise MXT 😶
Not yet, catching up from bottom to top right now!
Not yet, reading through from bottom to top right now!
Did you see that you received praise MXT 😶
Where is Dengamle 🧐
On the Finland ferry ✊
On the way to Stockholm from Helsinki.
Hanging over the railing, scanning for Russian submarines.
Throw an empty bottle at them!!
And lose the deposit! 😡
🤣🤣
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😂
😂
And lose the deposit! 😡
Throw an empty bottle at them!!
On the way to Stockholm from Helsinki.
Hanging over the railing, scanning for Russian submarines.
You are excused – a commendable activity 👍
You are excused – a commendable activity 👍
On the Finland ferry ✊
Where is Dengamle 🧐
Russia & the U.S. agree to draft measures for a 30-day energy ceasefire in Russia & Ukraine starting March 18, Kremlin says:
🚨 BUT: Russia demands sanctions relief on Rosselkhozbank & other financial entities before the Black Sea truce goes into effect. https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3ll7t4bb5c22q
Typical Russian negotiation, when you think it’s settled, the Russians come with new demands. All to wear down the opponent.
I don’t understand why they are talking about the ceasefire starting a week ago?
Russia & the U.S. agree to draft measures for a 30-day energy ceasefire in Russia & Ukraine starting March 18, Kremlin says:
🚨 BUT: Russia demands sanctions relief on Rosselkhozbank & other financial entities before the Black Sea truce goes into effect. https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3ll7t4bb5c22q
Typical Russian negotiation, when you think it’s settled, the Russians come with new demands. All to wear out the opponent.
I don’t understand why they are talking about the ceasefire starting a week ago?
Taurus 🐂 to Ukraine now ✊ 🚀
Hah, finally the Russian bastards and the Crimean bridge shall tremble – what PERFECT timing to send Taurus right when Trump is going to try to amateur-mediate peace 🤣🤣🤣
High risk that there will be a lot of discussion about a certain ferry to Finland regarding this decision 😀
High risk that there will be a celebration on a certain Finland ferry over this decision 😀
Hah, finally the Russian bastards and the Crimean Bridge shall tremble – what PERFECT timing to send Taurus right when Trump is going to try to amateur-mediate peace 🤣🤣🤣
Taurus 🐂 to Ukraine now ✊ 🚀
Would the Swedes be able to handle a war? Doubtful, given today’s lack of fitness:
https://www.dn.se/debatt/aven-det-svenska-folket-maste-rustas-upp/
Would the Swedes be able to handle a war? Doubtful, given today’s lack of fitness:
https://www.dn.se/debatt/aven-det-svenska-folket-maste-rustas-upp/
Now the course “Advanced Crisis Preparedness” is available in Värmland:
https://www.abf.se/varmland/kurs/krisberedskap-fordjupningskurs-3843818/
The course “Advanced Crisis Preparedness” is now available in Värmland:
https://www.abf.se/varmland/kurs/krisberedskap-fordjupningskurs-3843818/