Sipi Savolainen
@sxsavola71.bsky.social
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OTD in 1939 USSR began to liberate Finland from themselves in the Winter War. It followed denials, a false flag, a bullshit excuse, us deliberately targeting civilians while we took massive casualties we lied about.
Imagine that happening today...
Imagine that happening today...
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
OTD in 1939 USSR began to liberate Finland from themselves in the Winter War. It followed denials, a false flag, a bullshit excuse, us deliberately targeting civilians while we took massive casualties we lied about.
Imagine that happening today...
Imagine that happening today...
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Here's a seven-point peace plan:
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Here's a seven-point peace plan:
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Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Trump’s problem is that while he may truly want to end this war, and the cost to Ukraine is probably pretty irrelevant to him, Russia clearly does not want the war to end. Trump may think that he’s working with Putin, but Putin isn’t working with him.
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump’s problem is that while he may truly want to end this war, and the cost to Ukraine is probably pretty irrelevant to him, Russia clearly does not want the war to end. Trump may think that he’s working with Putin, but Putin isn’t working with him.
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For those who can read Finnish or don't mind using Google Translate (which does a pretty decent job), an interview on the release of my book FORGED IN WAR in translation that inevitably wanders to Ukraine, drones, etc
yle.fi/a/74-20185609
yle.fi/a/74-20185609
Maailmankuulun brittitutkijan viesti Putinille: Historialla ei voi perustella nykyisyyttä
Professori Mark Galeottin mukaan Putin joutuu perustelemaan Ukrainan sotaa historialla, koska hän on pettänyt lupaukset elintason nostamisesta.
yle.fi
October 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
For those who can read Finnish or don't mind using Google Translate (which does a pretty decent job), an interview on the release of my book FORGED IN WAR in translation that inevitably wanders to Ukraine, drones, etc
yle.fi/a/74-20185609
yle.fi/a/74-20185609
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"We just adjusted a little bit with the motion, with the footwork, to decelerate a little bit more, to have a little bit less sliding, but overall to be prepared quicker for the ball."
Maciej Ryszczuk on the modest adjustments made to Swiatek's game on grass
Great insights from Radwanska too 👇
Maciej Ryszczuk on the modest adjustments made to Swiatek's game on grass
Great insights from Radwanska too 👇
Swiatek didn't believe she could win Wimbledon. Yet she did. “I developed my game, and I haven't felt like that for a while.” Swiatek has to be the only champion I crossed not thinking sky is the limit. Maybe at Wimbledon, she busted that ceiling. If so… tennissweetspot.substack.com/p/swiatek-ju...
Swiatek Just Busted Her Ceiling
Iga Swiatek didn't believe she could win Wimbledon and yet she did. Lesson learnt? Also Time has finally started to win its match against Novak Djokovic.
tennissweetspot.substack.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
"We just adjusted a little bit with the motion, with the footwork, to decelerate a little bit more, to have a little bit less sliding, but overall to be prepared quicker for the ball."
Maciej Ryszczuk on the modest adjustments made to Swiatek's game on grass
Great insights from Radwanska too 👇
Maciej Ryszczuk on the modest adjustments made to Swiatek's game on grass
Great insights from Radwanska too 👇
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How to motivate citizens to contribute to national defense?
Using the Finnish case, @alanderminna.bsky.social highlights two elements: “a threat perception on the negative side, and the feeling that the country is worth defending on the positive side.”
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/fighting-f...
Using the Finnish case, @alanderminna.bsky.social highlights two elements: “a threat perception on the negative side, and the feeling that the country is worth defending on the positive side.”
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/fighting-f...
Fighting For Your Country
In this week’s Europe Dispatch, Minna Ålander continues on a topic related to last week’s discussion on conscription: what makes people willing to defend their country, and why that matters.
phillipspobrien.substack.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
How to motivate citizens to contribute to national defense?
Using the Finnish case, @alanderminna.bsky.social highlights two elements: “a threat perception on the negative side, and the feeling that the country is worth defending on the positive side.”
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/fighting-f...
Using the Finnish case, @alanderminna.bsky.social highlights two elements: “a threat perception on the negative side, and the feeling that the country is worth defending on the positive side.”
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/fighting-f...
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Finnish military intelligence, as an aside, also has a stark assessment of the wider geopolitics: "Russia’s strategic interests are in irreconcilable conflict with the West, and there are no possibilities for improvement in the current situation." puolustusvoimat.fi/documents/19...
puolustusvoimat.fi
April 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Finnish military intelligence, as an aside, also has a stark assessment of the wider geopolitics: "Russia’s strategic interests are in irreconcilable conflict with the West, and there are no possibilities for improvement in the current situation." puolustusvoimat.fi/documents/19...
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While claiming to seek peace, Russia launched a deadly airstrike on Kyiv.
This isn't a pursuit of peace, it’s a mockery of it.
The real obstacle is not Ukraine but Russia, whose war aims have not changed.
This isn't a pursuit of peace, it’s a mockery of it.
The real obstacle is not Ukraine but Russia, whose war aims have not changed.
April 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
While claiming to seek peace, Russia launched a deadly airstrike on Kyiv.
This isn't a pursuit of peace, it’s a mockery of it.
The real obstacle is not Ukraine but Russia, whose war aims have not changed.
This isn't a pursuit of peace, it’s a mockery of it.
The real obstacle is not Ukraine but Russia, whose war aims have not changed.
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Astonishing words to hear from a Canadian prime minister. Within months of taking office, the Trump admin has done lasting damage to core American interests, including continental defence. And for what? To satisfy the whims and impulses of a deranged leader, not for any carefully considered aim.
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Astonishing words to hear from a Canadian prime minister. Within months of taking office, the Trump admin has done lasting damage to core American interests, including continental defence. And for what? To satisfy the whims and impulses of a deranged leader, not for any carefully considered aim.
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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Jaw dropping ignorance. Witkoff knows nothing. Has no knowledge of the violence that Russians have used to suppress Ukrainians in Occupied Ukraine
It’s clear from this that the only difference between Steve Witkoff’s and Vladmir Putin’s views on the war in Ukraine is that Putin actually knows the names of all the five Ukrainian regions he wants to keep.
March 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Jaw dropping ignorance. Witkoff knows nothing. Has no knowledge of the violence that Russians have used to suppress Ukrainians in Occupied Ukraine
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Trump's in full retreat today as his poll numbers slip:
He convened the cabinet to limit Elon after voters pressured Congress.
He delayed the tariffs b/c the market dropped out & created fears of a recession.
He's losing in court b/c DOGE didn't follow the law.
Keep fighting.
He convened the cabinet to limit Elon after voters pressured Congress.
He delayed the tariffs b/c the market dropped out & created fears of a recession.
He's losing in court b/c DOGE didn't follow the law.
Keep fighting.
March 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trump's in full retreat today as his poll numbers slip:
He convened the cabinet to limit Elon after voters pressured Congress.
He delayed the tariffs b/c the market dropped out & created fears of a recession.
He's losing in court b/c DOGE didn't follow the law.
Keep fighting.
He convened the cabinet to limit Elon after voters pressured Congress.
He delayed the tariffs b/c the market dropped out & created fears of a recession.
He's losing in court b/c DOGE didn't follow the law.
Keep fighting.
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Bad, bad news. Unnecessary, punitive, vindictive. "The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces, according to officials familiar with the matter." www.ft.com/content/c58f...
US cuts off intelligence sharing with Ukraine
Fresh blow to embattled government in Kyiv as Trump administration shifts on conflict
www.ft.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Bad, bad news. Unnecessary, punitive, vindictive. "The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces, according to officials familiar with the matter." www.ft.com/content/c58f...
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Latvia, Slovakia, Finland, Jordan, Portugal, South Korea (sent troops, the deaths were civilian hostages), Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, Montenegro.
March 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Latvia, Slovakia, Finland, Jordan, Portugal, South Korea (sent troops, the deaths were civilian hostages), Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, Montenegro.
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All of these countries fought with us and lost people in Afghanistan
UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Australia, Spain, Georgia, Romania, Netherlands, Turkey, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Norway, Estonia, Hungary, Sweden
1/2
UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Australia, Spain, Georgia, Romania, Netherlands, Turkey, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Norway, Estonia, Hungary, Sweden
1/2
March 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
All of these countries fought with us and lost people in Afghanistan
UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Australia, Spain, Georgia, Romania, Netherlands, Turkey, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Norway, Estonia, Hungary, Sweden
1/2
UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Australia, Spain, Georgia, Romania, Netherlands, Turkey, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Norway, Estonia, Hungary, Sweden
1/2
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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
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On 24 June 2023 Prigozhin was 200km from Moscow.
Now Putin’s in the Oval.
Russian history has always been wild.
Now Putin’s in the Oval.
Russian history has always been wild.
March 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
On 24 June 2023 Prigozhin was 200km from Moscow.
Now Putin’s in the Oval.
Russian history has always been wild.
Now Putin’s in the Oval.
Russian history has always been wild.
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London summit on Sunday all the more urgent.
- Keep pressing Trump on guarantees, even if prospect fading
- Do all possible to avoid Trump blaming Ukr and/or Europe for a no-deal
- No alt. to rearmament in every scenario
- Prepare to keep Ukr armed to best poss. degree e.g. what can ROK/Turkey sell?
- Keep pressing Trump on guarantees, even if prospect fading
- Do all possible to avoid Trump blaming Ukr and/or Europe for a no-deal
- No alt. to rearmament in every scenario
- Prepare to keep Ukr armed to best poss. degree e.g. what can ROK/Turkey sell?
February 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
London summit on Sunday all the more urgent.
- Keep pressing Trump on guarantees, even if prospect fading
- Do all possible to avoid Trump blaming Ukr and/or Europe for a no-deal
- No alt. to rearmament in every scenario
- Prepare to keep Ukr armed to best poss. degree e.g. what can ROK/Turkey sell?
- Keep pressing Trump on guarantees, even if prospect fading
- Do all possible to avoid Trump blaming Ukr and/or Europe for a no-deal
- No alt. to rearmament in every scenario
- Prepare to keep Ukr armed to best poss. degree e.g. what can ROK/Turkey sell?
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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Remember: the televised punishment & humiliation meted out to Zelensky just now could be done to any NATO ally facing similar aggression. The sense of sneering hostility & contempt by Trump & Vance isn’t specific to Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Remember: the televised punishment & humiliation meted out to Zelensky just now could be done to any NATO ally facing similar aggression. The sense of sneering hostility & contempt by Trump & Vance isn’t specific to Ukraine.
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“A key finding is that tactical drones are inflicting roughly two-thirds of Russian losses…twice as effective as every other weapon in the Ukr arsenal put together…remarkable…for weapons which did not officially exist in the Ukr mil at start of the war” www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...
New RUSI Report: Drones Now Inflicting Two Thirds Of Russian Losses
A report from UK thinktank RUSI acknowledges — slightly grudgingly — that tactical drones are the most lethal weapon in the Ukrainian arsenal and are transforming warfare
www.forbes.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
“A key finding is that tactical drones are inflicting roughly two-thirds of Russian losses…twice as effective as every other weapon in the Ukr arsenal put together…remarkable…for weapons which did not officially exist in the Ukr mil at start of the war” www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...
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What’s worse? The lies, the ignorance, the awfulness, aiding enemies, betraying friends or creating a more dangerous world?
February 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What’s worse? The lies, the ignorance, the awfulness, aiding enemies, betraying friends or creating a more dangerous world?
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Sheryl Crow:
“My parents always said you are who you hang out with.
There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”
“My parents always said you are who you hang out with.
There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”
February 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Sheryl Crow:
“My parents always said you are who you hang out with.
There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”
“My parents always said you are who you hang out with.
There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”