torelybekk.bsky.social
@torelybekk.bsky.social
Oslo, Norway
Photography, Whittling, Woodworking, Outdoors
Slava Ukraini
February 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Sobering analysis of the U.S. turn on Europe. While all europeans need to understand and react to this change I ask what friends the U.S. will be left with.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/21/y...
Yes, America Is Europe’s Enemy Now
The Trump administration has gone way past revising the transatlantic alliance.
foreignpolicy.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Reposted
Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
Institute for the Study of War
Russian forces currently occupy around 20 percent of Ukraine, leaving the remaining 80 percent of the country under Ukraine's sovereign control. At the current rate of advance, it would take Russian f...
understandingwar.org
February 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Stand your ground
In the current climate we either speak up and fight for what we believe in, or become accomplices to whatever follows.
February 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
February 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
No, they did not start it.
February 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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My thoughts on the Russian-American talks on Ukraine, without Ukraine. The simplest interpretation of the available facts is that the Americans are using Russian violence to try to exploit Ukraine.
snyder.substack.com/p/peace-or-p...
Peace or Partition?
Russians and Americans speak about Ukraine, without Ukrainians
snyder.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Are you guys serious?

Shame on you for pushing your friends in front of the bus.

#Vigelandsparken #Oslo
February 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Meanwhile in Oslo……
February 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is a statue of King Haakon VII of Norway. When the nazis attacked Norway he stood tall and rejected to surrender.

Let this remind us to never take the easy way out, but to stand up for our values. Even when it comes at personal cost and risk.

#resist
February 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Hello World
My first post on Bluesky is a photo from Oslo opera house last autumn.
February 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM