Ina Holst-Pedersen Kvam
@inahpkvam.bsky.social
Researcher at Norwegian Defence University College / Royal Norwegian Naval Academy. Specialising on Russian military and maritime strategy. All views my own
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Russian Propaganda Narratives in The New York Times - Why?
On July 12, The New York Times published a report from Russia’s Kursk region titled:
“A Landscape of Death: What’s Left Where Ukraine Invaded Russia.”
This article plays directly into Moscow’s hands.
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On July 12, The New York Times published a report from Russia’s Kursk region titled:
“A Landscape of Death: What’s Left Where Ukraine Invaded Russia.”
This article plays directly into Moscow’s hands.
1/5
July 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Russian Propaganda Narratives in The New York Times - Why?
On July 12, The New York Times published a report from Russia’s Kursk region titled:
“A Landscape of Death: What’s Left Where Ukraine Invaded Russia.”
This article plays directly into Moscow’s hands.
1/5
On July 12, The New York Times published a report from Russia’s Kursk region titled:
“A Landscape of Death: What’s Left Where Ukraine Invaded Russia.”
This article plays directly into Moscow’s hands.
1/5
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Who the fuck is john
REPORTER: Ukraine has asked the international court to go after Russia for using toxic chemicals in the fight
TRUMP WHISPERING TO HEGSETH: What do you know about this?
HEGSETH WHISPERING: John might know
TRUMP: Well, I'd ask John to discuss it
TRUMP WHISPERING TO HEGSETH: What do you know about this?
HEGSETH WHISPERING: John might know
TRUMP: Well, I'd ask John to discuss it
July 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Who the fuck is john
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What happens to a child taken from Ukraine?
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July 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
What happens to a child taken from Ukraine?
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“Ships with Russian crews zigzagging over pipelines”
If only someone had warned about this…. since forever
If only someone had warned about this…. since forever
www.bt.no/nyheter/okon...
På tide med handling. Langt på overtid
På tide med handling. Langt på overtid
Skip med russisk mannskap seiler sikksakk over rørledninger. – Situasjonen er bekymringsfull.
Politiet har avdekket uvanlige seilingsmønstre utenfor Mongstad, Sture og Kollsnes. Bare én prosent av skipene utenfor Vestland blir kontrollert.
www.bt.no
July 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
“Ships with Russian crews zigzagging over pipelines”
If only someone had warned about this…. since forever
If only someone had warned about this…. since forever
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Project 22010-class oceanographic research vessel Almaz at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad.
She's the second ship of a ship class where Yantar is a member of. Her deployment would mirror her sister in that she would be supporting activities of the Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI).
She's the second ship of a ship class where Yantar is a member of. Her deployment would mirror her sister in that she would be supporting activities of the Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI).
July 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Project 22010-class oceanographic research vessel Almaz at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad.
She's the second ship of a ship class where Yantar is a member of. Her deployment would mirror her sister in that she would be supporting activities of the Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI).
She's the second ship of a ship class where Yantar is a member of. Her deployment would mirror her sister in that she would be supporting activities of the Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI).
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Well, the US was not really thinking of sending more anti air weapons to Ukraine, it was planning on stopping what little was on its way. The US is cutting Ukraine off during this vital moment. Once again, flattering Trump is not the right strategy. A free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
"Daddy" Just Accelerated The Killing Of Ukrainians
Phillips’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.
open.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Well, the US was not really thinking of sending more anti air weapons to Ukraine, it was planning on stopping what little was on its way. The US is cutting Ukraine off during this vital moment. Once again, flattering Trump is not the right strategy. A free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Ukraine is not being prepared as it should in air defense, and instead of sucking up to Trump, the Europeans should be far more proactive. They even have cards to play, if they had self respect. How about saying Europe will only buy US weapons if the US sells Ukraine Patriots?
June 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Ukraine is not being prepared as it should in air defense, and instead of sucking up to Trump, the Europeans should be far more proactive. They even have cards to play, if they had self respect. How about saying Europe will only buy US weapons if the US sells Ukraine Patriots?
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Hi All, Latest piece for The Europe Dispatch by @alanderminna.bsky.social just appeared. She looks at the tricky question of whether more European states are going to have to introduce conscription to contend with the Russian threat in the future. Its free to read. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Conscription Comeback and the Social Contract
In this week’s Europe Dispatch, Minna Ålander looks at the question of obligatory military service and what the existing conscription systems – and their social acceptability – look like in the Nordic
open.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Hi All, Latest piece for The Europe Dispatch by @alanderminna.bsky.social just appeared. She looks at the tricky question of whether more European states are going to have to introduce conscription to contend with the Russian threat in the future. Its free to read. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Cluster munitions are designed to maximise damage of a single strike by releasing several submunitions over a larger area—in effect distributing explosive force to multiple impact zones, indiscriminately targeting beyond the range of one concentrated blast. Russia is launching them at kindergartens.
NEW: Russian forces conducted the third largest combined drone and missile strike against Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion on the night of June 16 to 17. More ⬇️(1/3)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 17, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar061725
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 17, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar061725
June 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Cluster munitions are designed to maximise damage of a single strike by releasing several submunitions over a larger area—in effect distributing explosive force to multiple impact zones, indiscriminately targeting beyond the range of one concentrated blast. Russia is launching them at kindergartens.
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President Zelensky warns that Russia is planning further attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which may draw less global attention due to the focus on the Middle East. Intelligence on threats to nuclear facilities has been shared with the IAEA and U.S. counterparts.
June 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
President Zelensky warns that Russia is planning further attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which may draw less global attention due to the focus on the Middle East. Intelligence on threats to nuclear facilities has been shared with the IAEA and U.S. counterparts.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that current communication between the US and Russia resembles a “warm conversation"
Such a tone only reinforces the Russian ruler’s confidence, as Vladimir Putin does not want peace, he added euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/14/r...
Such a tone only reinforces the Russian ruler’s confidence, as Vladimir Putin does not want peace, he added euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/14/r...
Russia’s warm conversations with US are ploy to dodge sanctions, not end the war, says Zelenskyy
America must show strength, the Ukrainian leader urges, warning that any pause in pressure only encourages further Russian aggression.
euromaidanpress.com
June 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that current communication between the US and Russia resembles a “warm conversation"
Such a tone only reinforces the Russian ruler’s confidence, as Vladimir Putin does not want peace, he added euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/14/r...
Such a tone only reinforces the Russian ruler’s confidence, as Vladimir Putin does not want peace, he added euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/14/r...
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Read Charles King’s 2020 essay on what the decline of the Soviet Union looked like from the inside—and why great powers can be blind to their own decay until collapse is imminent:
How a Great Power Falls Apart
To know how great powers end, one could do worse than study the last one that actually did.
www.foreignaffairs.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Read Charles King’s 2020 essay on what the decline of the Soviet Union looked like from the inside—and why great powers can be blind to their own decay until collapse is imminent:
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Last night, on 5 June, Russia launched 407 Shahed and decoy drones into Ukrainian airspace. Around 17,500 Shahed drones and decoys were launched by Russia between January and June 2025. This accounts for a staggering 50% of the total drones launched since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
June 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Last night, on 5 June, Russia launched 407 Shahed and decoy drones into Ukrainian airspace. Around 17,500 Shahed drones and decoys were launched by Russia between January and June 2025. This accounts for a staggering 50% of the total drones launched since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
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1/ THE SINKING OF MOSKVA, PART 3: After being struck by Ukrainian missiles on 13 April, the Russian missile cruiser Moskva was abandoned and left to drift burning overnight. This thread tells the story of the ship's final hours, and what happened next. ⬇️
May 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
1/ THE SINKING OF MOSKVA, PART 3: After being struck by Ukrainian missiles on 13 April, the Russian missile cruiser Moskva was abandoned and left to drift burning overnight. This thread tells the story of the ship's final hours, and what happened next. ⬇️
Chronicle in today’s Aftenposten, after NUPIs Lars Gresvik erroneously argued how “premature conclusions of underwater sabotage” in the Baltic Sea only breeds unnecessary fear—with decreased cable security as consequence. An unreasonable logic of course, undermining the Russian seabed warfare threat
April 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Chronicle in today’s Aftenposten, after NUPIs Lars Gresvik erroneously argued how “premature conclusions of underwater sabotage” in the Baltic Sea only breeds unnecessary fear—with decreased cable security as consequence. An unreasonable logic of course, undermining the Russian seabed warfare threat
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Putin has just signed a decree allowing him to ethnically cleanse Eastern Ukraine further. Those he didn’t slaughter, will now be forcibly deported.
The mass extermination of Ukrainians and their culture continues with apparently help from the Trump administration 🇺🇸
The mass extermination of Ukrainians and their culture continues with apparently help from the Trump administration 🇺🇸
March 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Putin has just signed a decree allowing him to ethnically cleanse Eastern Ukraine further. Those he didn’t slaughter, will now be forcibly deported.
The mass extermination of Ukrainians and their culture continues with apparently help from the Trump administration 🇺🇸
The mass extermination of Ukrainians and their culture continues with apparently help from the Trump administration 🇺🇸
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🧵I had the privilege to sit down with 🇺🇦 Minister for Strategic Industries, Herman Smetanin and presidential advisor, Alexander Kamyshin, in Oslo. We discussed Ukraine's growing arms industry.🚀 1/12
March 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🧵I had the privilege to sit down with 🇺🇦 Minister for Strategic Industries, Herman Smetanin and presidential advisor, Alexander Kamyshin, in Oslo. We discussed Ukraine's growing arms industry.🚀 1/12
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Another conceivable scenario is Russia agreeing to the ceasefire but not respecting it, as seems to be the Russian custom with agreements.
Then an interesting question will be whether the truth about who violated the ceasefire first matters to the US
Then an interesting question will be whether the truth about who violated the ceasefire first matters to the US
Another moment of truth. If Russia does not accept, which is not unlikely as they have not achieved what the want, it could lead to a twist that has been part of the Ukrainian Trump calculus from the start: Putin doesn't deliver, Trump gets angry. Will he then back Ukraine? An open question.
Breaking news: Ukraine is ready to accept a US proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire in its war with Russia as long as Moscow does the same, Kyiv and Washington said on Tuesday. www.ft.com/content/3e00...
March 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Another conceivable scenario is Russia agreeing to the ceasefire but not respecting it, as seems to be the Russian custom with agreements.
Then an interesting question will be whether the truth about who violated the ceasefire first matters to the US
Then an interesting question will be whether the truth about who violated the ceasefire first matters to the US
Of course it was… Ukrainian cyber guys are clever enough to hack Musk’s infamous X server, but not cloak their IP.
And so the disinformation campaign discrediting Ukraine as a means to justify future Starlink blackouts and generate further battlefield effects in the Kremlin’s favour intensifies.
And so the disinformation campaign discrediting Ukraine as a means to justify future Starlink blackouts and generate further battlefield effects in the Kremlin’s favour intensifies.
"X was hit by a massive cyberattack today, with IP addresses linked to the Ukraine area," Musk said in response to today's mass attacks on X. The platform was unavailable to lots of users during the day.
March 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Of course it was… Ukrainian cyber guys are clever enough to hack Musk’s infamous X server, but not cloak their IP.
And so the disinformation campaign discrediting Ukraine as a means to justify future Starlink blackouts and generate further battlefield effects in the Kremlin’s favour intensifies.
And so the disinformation campaign discrediting Ukraine as a means to justify future Starlink blackouts and generate further battlefield effects in the Kremlin’s favour intensifies.
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Great article and must-read thread from my @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social colleague @sandertordoir.bsky.social . As Trump’s US undermines European security & strengthens Putin’s Russia, Europe needs to realise its industrial strength & use it effectively.
I wrote a new piece for foreign policy.
The US's postwar role as guarantor of Europe’s security is over – and may even turn adversarial. But Europe has an overlooked trump card.
When it comes to manufacturing Europe blows the US out of the water.
Thread.
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foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/07/e...
The US's postwar role as guarantor of Europe’s security is over – and may even turn adversarial. But Europe has an overlooked trump card.
When it comes to manufacturing Europe blows the US out of the water.
Thread.
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foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/07/e...
Heavy Industry Is Europe’s Trump Card
The continent has an upper hand in its looming security competition with the United States.
foreignpolicy.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Great article and must-read thread from my @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social colleague @sandertordoir.bsky.social . As Trump’s US undermines European security & strengthens Putin’s Russia, Europe needs to realise its industrial strength & use it effectively.
While the US is planning a complete stop in European exercise participation by next year, the "Axis" powers are strengthening ties and enhancing interoperability. Later this month, Iran's annual maritime security exercise is set to kick off in the Gulf of Oman with Chinese and Russian warships
March 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
While the US is planning a complete stop in European exercise participation by next year, the "Axis" powers are strengthening ties and enhancing interoperability. Later this month, Iran's annual maritime security exercise is set to kick off in the Gulf of Oman with Chinese and Russian warships
“Tonight, on The Real Housewives of DC…”
Musk and Rubio take on the Polish MFA, yet only succeed in accidentally admitting that Poland and other neighbouring nations are—in all likelihood—indeed next on the Kremlin’s imperialist war roster if Ukraine falls.
Can’t make this stuff up.
Musk and Rubio take on the Polish MFA, yet only succeed in accidentally admitting that Poland and other neighbouring nations are—in all likelihood—indeed next on the Kremlin’s imperialist war roster if Ukraine falls.
Can’t make this stuff up.
March 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“Tonight, on The Real Housewives of DC…”
Musk and Rubio take on the Polish MFA, yet only succeed in accidentally admitting that Poland and other neighbouring nations are—in all likelihood—indeed next on the Kremlin’s imperialist war roster if Ukraine falls.
Can’t make this stuff up.
Musk and Rubio take on the Polish MFA, yet only succeed in accidentally admitting that Poland and other neighbouring nations are—in all likelihood—indeed next on the Kremlin’s imperialist war roster if Ukraine falls.
Can’t make this stuff up.
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There is a real danger of the U.S. falling for Russia’s lie that it seeks peace, something Trump already said he believes, and getting rug-pulled by Russia’s pseudo-solutions.
@popovaprof.bsky.social & @oxanashevel.bsky.social in The National Interest
@popovaprof.bsky.social & @oxanashevel.bsky.social in The National Interest
Be Wary Of Russia’s Call For Negotiations
While peace is a net positive, there are legitimate fears of Russian manipulation in negotiations to create terms suitable for only Putin.
nationalinterest.org
March 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
There is a real danger of the U.S. falling for Russia’s lie that it seeks peace, something Trump already said he believes, and getting rug-pulled by Russia’s pseudo-solutions.
@popovaprof.bsky.social & @oxanashevel.bsky.social in The National Interest
@popovaprof.bsky.social & @oxanashevel.bsky.social in The National Interest
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🤝 Ukraine's defence minister reveals Nordic-Baltic countries' plans to support Ukraine
Ukraine’s defence minister reveals Nordic-Baltic countries’ plans to support Ukraine
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umierov took part in a meeting of defence ministers from Baltic and Scandinavian countries in the Nordic Baltic Eight format during his visit to Denmark.
www.pravda.com.ua
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🤝 Ukraine's defence minister reveals Nordic-Baltic countries' plans to support Ukraine
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He has just made it very likely that no military organisation will allow themselves to be placed in such a situation again. Why would Starlink ever be seen as an assured, trusted service?
⚡️Ukrainian front line 'would collapse' if Starlink is turned off, Musk claims.
"My Starlink system is the backbone of the Ukrainian army. Their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off," tech billionaire Elon Musk claimed on X.
"My Starlink system is the backbone of the Ukrainian army. Their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off," tech billionaire Elon Musk claimed on X.
Ukrainian front line 'would collapse' if Starlink is turned off, Musk claims
"My Starlink system is the backbone of the Ukrainian army. Their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off," tech billionaire Elon Musk claimed on X.
kyivindependent.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
He has just made it very likely that no military organisation will allow themselves to be placed in such a situation again. Why would Starlink ever be seen as an assured, trusted service?