Atte S., @attes.bsky.social

I wonder what's that doing here

This explains why they’ve been blocking sanctions against the Russian friendly regime

Ilmapuolustus on tärkeää, mutta pitkän kantaman iskukyky on yhtä tärkeää. Ukrainan ja Iranin sodat osoittavat miten puolustus toimii vain jos on sekä torjunta- että iskukykyä. Euroopan todellakin syytä ryhdistäytyä ja laittaa kaikki projektit jälkipoltolle. Nyt on kiire.

NEW: Swedish intelligence service Säpo has arrested a managing director from western Sweden for allegedly exporting sanctioned engineering products to Russia's military industry. He is the second arrest in the same case. Violations alleged between June 2025 and May 2026.

I tried not to touch this topic for a long time, but enough is enough. Amid the wave of Russia’s Victory Day hysteria and the hatred cultivated by Putin’s regime toward Ukraine, World War II is increasingly being turned into a propaganda weapon. Moscow’s propagandists try to portray Russia as pure and innocent, as if it almost single-handedly won the war, while Ukrainians are painted almost entirely as “Banderites” who supposedly served Germany and killed defenseless Russians. So let’s talk facts. Long before Hitler came to power, the USSR helped Weimar Germany secretly rebuild its military industry and military science despite international restrictions. And here is something many people prefer not to remember: Stalin helped create the conditions that allowed Hitler to rise. The Nazi Party did not have enough support on its own. If the Communists and Social Democrats had united against Hitler, he likely would not have succeeded. But Stalin viewed the Social Democrats as his main enemy, and the split on the left opened the road for Hitler. Ironically, many German Communists later ended up destroyed by the same Nazi regime they helped enable. At first, relations between Berlin and Moscow were tense. But after the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the USSR became one of Nazi Germany’s main suppliers of oil, grain, metals, and other raw materials — deliveries that continued right up until June 22, 1941. In other words, the Soviet Union helped feed the very Nazi war machine that it would later accuse everyone else of collaborating with. In exchange, Germany supplied the USSR with technology and industrial expertise. Britain even considered bombing the Baku oil fields because Soviet oil had become a key source fueling Germany’s military machine. At that moment, London viewed the USSR less as a future victim and more as Germany’s economic partner. And under this same cooperation, some German Communists who had fled to the USSR were deported back to Germany, where many disappeared into concentration camps. But it was not just about trade. The secret protocols of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact divided Europe into spheres of influence and allowed the USSR to invade Poland alongside Germany and later occupy Bessarabia. Then Stalin pushed even further toward the Baltics and Finland, alarming Berlin itself. Another uncomfortable fact: by June 22, 1941, the USSR had deployed around 4.5 million troops, more than 20,000 aircraft, and tens of thousands of tanks near its western borders. As a career military officer, I can say openly that even our instructors taught us that the deployment pattern, forward supply buildup, and dismantling of defensive lines suggested preparations for offensive — not defensive — operations. In the first months of the war alone, nearly two million Soviet soldiers were captured, while catastrophic losses devastated the western military districts. Now to the main point. Russian propagandists endlessly attack Ukrainians over the existence of the Ukrainian independence movement during WWII. I am not here to justify or condemn it. What interests me is the staggering hypocrisy and double standards. According to various estimates, between 1.5 and 1.7 million Soviet citizens and former subjects of the Russian Empire served in the Wehrmacht, SS, and auxiliary formations. And now pay attention: Ethnic Russians alone accounted for roughly 600,000 to 800,000 of them. Meanwhile, all other foreign volunteers in the Wehrmacht and SS combined — excluding citizens of the USSR and former Russian Empire — totaled less than 400,000. When I first studied these numbers myself, I was shocked. So before lecturing others about history, maybe Russia should first take an honest look at its own.

Yermak's a major one in anti-corruption investigations in Ukraine.

This is how the pro-Russian infection is spreading in Spain. 🚨🇪🇸

I’m reading between the lines here that there may be some issues with Trump’s big announcement on this.

Bidenin hallintoa pitää kiittää Suomen Nato-jäsenyyden voimakkaasta tukemisesta. Mutta Ukrainan tukemisen tössivät pelkäämällä Putinin tyhjäksi puheeksi osoittautuneita "punaisia viivoja".

Hey man, since you love historical parades in the Red Square involving German Nazis and Russian Commies I found this gem for you from 1941. Enjoy!

"According to St. Clair, GOP 'consulting' firms, many run by former trump White House officials, run platforms where the Billionaire donors and republican operatives put up lists' of influence campaigns, and influencers will sign on to push specific propaganda scripts...even 4/

"If we compare with Finland, which was an equivalent country [to Latvia before World War II], then we can confidently say that, due to the development retarded during the years of occupation, we have lost an amount greater than 800 billion modern euros. .. Losses also arose from the fact that a large part of our economy's added value went to the Soviet Union, says historian Gatis Krūmins. And that's just the economy. There are losses that cannot be estimated." @lsmlv

How many of you remember that Stalin and Hitler were allies who divided Europe between themselves? Russians certainly do not. They are actively trying to erase this period from history and claim that their Great Patriotic War began in 1941, immediately after their alliance with the Nazis ended.

Trump claimed that Putin agreed to a prison swap in return for Zelenskyy agreeing to a ceasefire so Putin could hold his parade in peace. Now it looks like Putin reneged on the deal. Will Trump respond? Or just rollover again?

The U.S. has spent billions to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpowe…

Putin is upset Finland is building a border fence along the Sestra River. “I would show a gesture and say something, but I come from the cultural capital.” 🇫🇮 Hey Finns, what would you show Putin back?

Russia: "You cannot claim the moral high ground on Nazism when your original plan was to help them rule Europe"

If Hitler had kept his word, the USSR would have stayed his partner. The Great Patriotic War was a forced reaction, not a crusade for human rights. You cannot claim the moral high ground on Nazism when your original plan was to help them rule Europe

P.K. Subban has fulfilled his $10 million commitment to Montreal Children’s Hospital — the largest donation by an athlete in Canadian history ❤️ A decade-long promise kept, with approximately 100,000 children helped. Respect 🫡