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Finnish PhD candidate @FSV_UK trying to help Ukraine with the @69thSB and by mocking disinformation. Opinions are my own
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Nov 14 5 tweets 2 min read
1/5 Getting rid of Trump would be great. But his VP JD Vance? Even worse!

Authoritarian, isolationist, pro-Russian, owned by dangerous foreign-born billionaires, and obsessed with anti-democracy ideas.

Here’s why Vance is more dangerous than Trump👇 Image 2/5 Trump is impulsive and transactional.

Vance is calculated. He said he would refuse to certify an election if he thought the media was “unfair.”

That’s not bluster. It’s a blueprint to replace rule of law with rule of bad men Image
Nov 14 7 tweets 3 min read
1/7 Something basic yet crucial to understand about the war in Ukraine: Invading and defending are not the same.

Russia, the invader, will lose. Ukraine, the defender, will win.

Here’s why👇 Image 2/7 Too many think war is like a football game with equal objectives. Wrong.

The invader loses if it fails to conquer. The defender loses if it fails to protect.

Different objectives, different stakes Image
Nov 14 5 tweets 2 min read
1/5 Time for Trump to prove he is not compromised by Russia.

How? By selling long-range missiles to Ukraine and finally pressuring Moscow.

If he does nothing, we will all know what that means Image 2/5 The Epstein emails changed everything. They show Epstein helped Russia blackmail Trump.

That means Trump may have betrayed the US and pushed Russian interests to avoid exposure.

That is traitorous. We all suspected this, but seeing proof is shocking Image
Nov 13 6 tweets 3 min read
1/6 The Russia hoax was never a hoax.

Trump was compromised by Moscow then and he is compromised now.

The Epstein emails show why Moscow was thrilled to have Trump in the White House.

This is not speculation. It is documented Image 2/6 Back in his first term, Trump’s campaign was run by Paul Manafort, a man deeply tied to Russia.

Trump’s team secretly met with Russians, accepted intel, and used it against Clinton and later Biden.

That was not a hoax. It was collusion Image
Nov 13 8 tweets 3 min read
1/8 The Epstein Emails Also Expose Musk, Thiel, and Vance.

Musk and Thiel are in the files. Vance is their ticket to stay in control.

Next they will want to rewrite history and keep power. Hold the receipts Image 2/8 Do not let the post-Trump power brokers gaslight you.

Thiel, Musk and Vance want to keep control of the White House.

They helped put Trump in power knowing what Epstein and Russia had on him.

Now they want you to forget. Do not let them! Image
Nov 13 5 tweets 2 min read
1/5 We may finally know why Trump has been betraying the United States to push Russian interests over American ones.

The newly published Epstein emails reveal something explosive Image 2/5 The emails show Trump was far more aware of and involved in Epstein’s activities than previously proven.

Many suspected this, but now there is documented evidence, which is the surprising part Image
Nov 12 9 tweets 4 min read
1/9 Europe isn’t ready for war.

@BohdanKrotevych warns the continent is playing at war instead of preparing for it.

Billions are spent on buzzwords like “AI” and the “drone revolution,” feeding an illusion of control.

Real war demands structure, discipline, and trained people Image 2/9 At a Kyiv event on the “drone wall”, Krotevych asked: Can you shift what does not exist?

Europe’s front line is imaginary.

Europe is not ready for real war. If Russia attacks the Baltics tomorrow, most European armies would collapse under their own illusions Image
Nov 11 6 tweets 2 min read
1/6 Russia’s war economy is cracking under stagflation.

Ukraine’s ongoing strike campaign could make things worse Image 2/6 Stagflation might become a word Russians know well. Growth is falling while inflation stays quite high.

Oil revenues plunged 27% YoY in October, and non-oil revenues fell by 4% Image
Nov 11 6 tweets 3 min read
1/6 How long do we want Russia’s war on Ukraine to last?

Do we actually even want to end it?

Right now Europe and the US act like they are fine with it dragging on for years.

We have the tools to end it faster Image 2/6 We keep hoping the war will end by itself. It won’t.

Every month we delay, more Ukrainians die, Russia gets bolder, and the cost to us grows.

Waiting is not strategy that works Image
Nov 10 7 tweets 3 min read
1/7 Most people both underestimate and overestimate Russia at the same time.

It is fragile yet strong. Losing in Ukraine does not make it harmless.

Here is why Russia remains a serious threat until it is properly defeated Image 2/7 Russia has always been hard to understand for analysts living far away from it.

It can lose the war in Ukraine and still be dangerous for Europe.

It is weaker than many think but also stronger in ways that matter Image
Nov 9 7 tweets 3 min read
1/7 Another Russian lie debunked:

Why Russia’s 2022 Kyiv offensive was not a feint but the main plan Image 2/7 Russia claims the Kyiv offensive was just a feint to excuse its failure.

That is false.

Evidence shows it was the centerpiece of Putin’s invasion strategy, not a diversion Image
Oct 30 8 tweets 3 min read
1/8 Ukraine will mourn Pokrovsk, but Russia will never recover from this war.

It is losing strategically, and the cost grows by the day.

Russia deserves its pathetic fate.

Maps: @TheStudyofWar Image 2/8 Ukraine is about to lose Pokrovsk after well over a year of brutal fighting.

Every city lost is a tragedy for Ukraine, but also a catastrophe for Russia.

Russia pays many times the acceptable military and human cost for every square kilometer it takes Image
Oct 29 8 tweets 3 min read
1/8 What if I told you the greatest threat to American power isn’t China or Russia, but Donald Trump?

Trump and his team are dismantling everything that made the US a global power Image 2/8 As Michael McFaul writes in The Atlantic, the US became a superpower by building alliances, defending democracy, promoting open markets, and leading global institutions.

Trump is actively destroying all four pillars, and much more Image
Oct 29 5 tweets 2 min read
1/5 Read this before you praise Musk again.

DOGE was sold as a patriotic plan to cut US spending and debt, but public debt keeps climbing.

So what was the real goal?

Either Musk lied or failed completely. I think this was the heist of the century Image 2/5 DOGE didn’t cut public debt. It’s still rising. Some of the fired staff had to be rehired.

The mission was a total failure, and Musk’s supporters would rage if Democrats did the same. But that was likely never the point.

DOGE was built for one thing: Musk’s personal gain Image
Oct 26 5 tweets 2 min read
1/5 Russia's war on Ukraine is as black and white as it gets.

It is not morally complicated. It is one of the clearest cases of good vs evil in recent history.

Russia is the aggressor. Ukraine is the victim. No gray area. No equivalence.

Just a criminal invasion Image 2/5 Russia lied to the world and said it would not attack because it knew it had no legitimate reason.

Since then, it has changed its story a dozen times.

The real reason is imperialism and genocide.

Russia denies Ukraine’s right to exist as a state, a culture, a people Image
Oct 24 5 tweets 2 min read
1/5 I keep repeating myself and will until Europe understands.

The faster Ukraine scales up drone and missile production, the faster this war ends.

Europe is doing a lot, but not nearly enough. It is time to go all in Image 2/5 Ukraine needs volume.

Drones and missiles in numbers that overwhelm Russia’s air defense and choke its economy.

That is how you shorten this war Image
Oct 23 6 tweets 2 min read
1/6 Better late than never!

Credit where it's due: Donald Trump has finally imposed sanctions on Russia.

This is the first time he has done so since returning to the White House.

Let’s hope he doesn’t lift them after Putin’s next call Image 2/6 Trump's record on Ukraine has been appalling.

Throughout 2025, he refused to pressure Russia and instead blamed Ukraine, the only side that accepted his demands and the victim of the war Image
Oct 21 9 tweets 4 min read
1/9 Putin cannot afford to end the war in Ukraine. Stopping now would mean accepting a strategic defeat.

Ukraine’s allies have not pressured him enough to give a real incentive to stop.

Europe must act by seizing Russia’s frozen assets and stepping up aid. It’s our duty Image 2/9 Trump keeps falling for Putin’s games to buy time, likely on purpose. We may never know why.

The war isn’t ending because Russia refuses any ceasefire or compromise, and the West has failed to pressure Putin.

Ukraine isn’t the problem. Russia is Image
Oct 20 5 tweets 2 min read
1/5 The only way to get lasting peace in Europe is to properly defeat Russia in Ukraine.

That means destroying Putin’s regime.

Nothing short of that will lead to long-term peace Image 2/5 Russia is by far the biggest threat to Europe.

Most other threats are linked to it, financed by it, or backed by it and its allies.

Russia is one of the last imperialist regimes that sees genocide and land conquest as legitimate tools of statecraft Image
Oct 20 7 tweets 3 min read
1/7 Trump continues to buy time for Putin.

Every time he blames Ukraine and refuses to pressure Russia, he buys Putin a few more months to bleed out.

Ironically, he’s not saving Russia by doing so but signing its downfall Image 2/7 Trump sides with Putin. Always has.

He pressures Ukraine, never Russia.

Maybe it’s blackmail. Maybe it’s ideology. Maybe it's because Putin is his idol.

Either way, Europe must expect nothing from him Image
Oct 20 10 tweets 4 min read
1/10 Underrated but urgent:

Europe needs its own social media platforms and better regulation of existing ones.

This is not just a tech issue. It is strategic and existential.

We cannot talk about strategic autonomy without including social media Image 2/10 If we talk about strategic autonomy, we must include social media.

Europe’s enemies and their allies use these platforms to divide and weaken us.

They have a near monopoly over what we use, and we barely respond Image