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Finnish architect rants and raves about geopolitics, politics, and culture Russia's war in Ukraine as seen from the frontline states The future of Europe at a time when global democracy is in decline 🇪🇺🇫🇮🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇵🇱🇺🇦

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😔💡🇺🇦 Power outage schedules are returning: electricity restrictions will be in effect in certain regions tomorrow, — Ukrenerho
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A big day for Finland and for Finnish-Swedish defence cooperation: ”The Gulf of Finland is now guarded by Swedes”
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Suomenlahtea vartioi nyt Ruotsin sotalaiva täydessä aselastissa
Suomi pyysi Ruotsia tukemaan alueidensa valvontaa. Yle pääsi seuraamaan ruotsalaisten tehtävää Suomenlahdella.
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Denys from Ukraine @glushko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
⚡️💡 AROUND A THIRD OF KYIV WITHOUT POWER AFTER RUSSIAN DRONE STRIKES ON ENERGY FACILITIES. The metro continues to run, but lighting is out at some stations. Electric surface transport – including trolleybuses, trams, and the light rail system is not operating. 📹 Suspilne
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 30/09/2026
The signage right now outside the 🇪🇺EU's foreign office. Implied: unlike 🇺🇸
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
European police forces drop Russian software firm, a digital surveillance company accused of concealing its Russian ownership. Now do Palantir. #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 #TechSovereignty www.politico.eu/article/euro...
politico.eu
European police forces drop Russian software firm following POLITICO probe
Authorities in at least three countries are suspending their use of Oxygen Forensics after allegations emerged about the company’s secret Russian owners.
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matiasmakynen.bsky.social @matiasmakynen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Täytyy kiittää kokoomusta. He kertovat nyt suoraan ja rehellisesti, että velkajarrussa ei ole heille kyse hyvinvointivaltion (tai -yhteiskunnan) säilyttämisestä, vaan sen purkamisesta. Muiden vaihtoehdot näyttävät, onko jarrussa edes vaihtoehtoa suojata hyvinvointivaltiota. Vaikeaa se on.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 30/09/2026
⚡ Air raid alerts cost Ukraine $45 million an hour as workers are forced into bomb shelters. united24media.com/life-in-ukra...
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“If People Are in a Bunker, Business Stops”: Missile Alerts Cost Ukraine $45 Million an Hour
Ukraine faces $45 million in hourly losses as missile alerts disrupt business, with jet-powered drones striking logistics and warehouse infrastructure.
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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 29/09/2026
5 countries, and none of them governed by a far-right party
RWANDA DEPORTATIONS

AFRICA TIMETABLE: Migrants deported from the EU could be sent to countries such as Rwanda or Uganda from as early as next year.

Five EU countries aim to have their plan to process migrants deported from the EU ready for a pilot project in the first half of 2027, and have it fully operational by the second half of the year, Greece’s Migration Minister Thanos Plevris told Playbook in an interview.

Core Group: Denmark, Austria, Greece, Germany and the Netherlands — the so-called “Core Group” or “Group of 5” — have spearheaded the push to process people deported from Europe to outside the EU. According to several diplomats, the first deal will be with Rwanda. Other countries under discussion are Uganda and Uzbekistan.
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sanneru.bsky.social @sanneru.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In fact, the temporary transfer could ultimately lead to state expropriation without compensation. The Metro main group no longer has access to the operational business. The company formally belongs to the Russian managing director of the local Metro subsidiary. 4/
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sanneru.bsky.social @sanneru.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Monday, the Kremlin had also placed the Russian business of the US company Aptar under Russian administration. Previously, the Russian business of Nestlé and French Auchan and FM Logistic, as well as the former Russian business of Leroy Merlin, had already been placed under Russian administration 5/
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nine air raid alerts in Kyiv today – and the latest one is still ongoing. Some of the jet-powered drones are being remotely piloted, which means the Russian operators clearly see what they’re hitting. Explosions keep going off from time to time. Day 1,679 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE Another exceptionally hot day in Western Europe with up to 33C in France and 30C in Germany and Belgium. ‼️Next 2 nights will be absolutely exceptional: We might see some tropical nights even in Benelux,Germany and UK. More than a typical summer night.
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not like this 😬
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The UK offers a nuclear umbrella to nine allied countries, — Iltalehti. The countries are members of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF): Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, alongside the UK.
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Biokaasulla ajo vastaa tällä hetkellä 1,15€-1,45€/l hintaisella bensalla ajoa. Maantieajossa sata kilometriä taittuu keskikokoisella autolla 7,50-9,50 eurolla. Muitakin hyötyjä on. Päästövapaa ✅ Oligarkkivapaa ✅ Kotimainen ✅
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If the argument for *joining* the EU is just "Brexit hasn't worked", it will fail. This time a positive case has to be articulated. Forcefully.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 29/09/2026
Four Russian guided aerial bombs struck central Sumy, directly hitting a school where classes were underway, according to Zelensky. Children were in a shelter during the attack, with no students or staff injured. Two people were killed, while private homes were also damaged. #Ukraine
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Towards a European Hybrid Warfare Strategy
How to Deter Without Escalating
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 29/09/2026
Estonia DOD: It has been confirmed that the arson attack on an Estonian defence company was ordered by russia. russia’s acts of sabotage across Europe are intended to undermine support for Ukraine and fuel fears of escalation. They demonstrate russia's desperation. Our response is precisely the opposite of what russia seeks to achieve: more pressure on russia, stronger support for Ukraine. russia will not intimidate us or alter our policy.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1/ Russian warbloggers are angry at pictures of large numbers of Russian POWs captured near Lyman, which they see as a humiliation. They demand – almost certainly futilely – that the Russian government should be more honest about what is happening at the front. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/ukra...
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
16/ "Official data must appear quickly. Otherwise, it turns out that our own people are being restricted, while the 3rd Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is telling our audience about our prisoners.
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Janis Kluge @jakluge.de · 28/09/2026
Putin just expropriated the next foreign investor: Germany's retailer Metro decided to stay in Russia after 2022, but has now lost control over its Russian assets anyway. After 26 years of presence in the Russian market, around $3 billion in annual revenues, this story has ended.
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Grainne Brennan @grainnebrennan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
t.me/noel_reports... A Finnish Army delegation led by Commander Lt. Gen. Pasi Välimäki visited Ukraine and met Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander Brig. Gen. Sviatoslav Zaiets. The delegation visited Ground Forces training centers and took part in joint Finnish-Ukrainian activities.
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NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
A Finnish Army delegation led by Commander Lt. Gen. Pasi Välimäki visited Ukraine and met Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander Brig. Gen. Sviatoslav Zaiets. The delegation visited Ground Forces training ...
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Grainne Brennan @grainnebrennan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Future cooperation will focus on new training formats, joint courses and instructor exchanges aimed at strengthening both countries’ defense capabilities.
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) countries are establishing new combat units that can operate quickly if one of the member states is threatened, without having to wait for NATO. The JEF countries are: the UK,Denmark,Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
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Brittikenraali IL:lle: Suomen suojaksi perustetaan uudet taistelujoukot – Pelotteena Britannian ydinaseet
Jef-maat perustavat uudet taistelujoukot. Britannia tarjoaa Jef-maille ydinasesuojan myös kansallisesti eli Jefin kautta, ei pelkästään Naton ydinasepuolustuksen kautta. Tieto ydinasepuolustuksesta on...
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Middle power buzz
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This has changed somewhat
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Kicking myself for not calling regional powers middle powers
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From the archives
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
28/ "However, this means that other Ukrainian units will adopt the Vivaldi experience, both indirectly, by observing what their neighbors are doing, and directly, when 3rd Army Corps officers are promoted and take up positions in other units, implementing the practices they know.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
4/ "For a long time, we lived under the belief that fighting with anything other than small and ultra-small infantry groups was impossible, but this assumption has been refuted once again, again by Ukraine.
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia feels it can terrorize Ukrainians with jet-powered drones and face no consequences. The best response is to destroy the Tsymbulova drone base. But that requires our own ballistic missiles. We don’t have them yet, and there’s little point in counting on partners. So we endure and wait.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ukraine's $27 billion deficit has been cut to $20 billion after tough savings, Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky says. "We have not yet found a way to cover these expenses. This is not news. This is not additional money. This is what Ukraine talked about at the beginning of this year."
interfax.com.ua
Корецький: ми поки що не знайшли покриття ще $20 млрд видатків
Прем'єр-міністр України Сергій Корецький заявив, що заявлений дефіцит фінансування у $27 млрд стосується $155 млрд, про які Україна заявила на початку року, як потреба на війну, але його вже вдалося с...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today at 4 AM, Russia attacked Kharkiv. The strike fell on the 2nd floor of an apartment building, destroying the 2nd and 3rd floors. ​As of now, the number of injured has reached 20 people, including 8 children. ​A 12-year-old and an 8-year-old boys have been hospitalized.
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Petri Hoppu 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈☯️⚖️ @tanhupetteri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rakentamisen luottamusindikaattori on edelleen negatiivinen, teollisuuden, palveluiden ja vähittäiskaupan indikaattorit heikkenivät syyskuussa. EK:n Urrilan mukaan tämä tarkoittaa, että näkymät ovat ilahduttavat. Mielenkiintoinen tulkinta. yle.fi/a/74-20248562
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Rakentamisen luottamus vahvistui edelleen syyskuussa
Teollisuuden luottamusindikaattori laski loivasti syyskuussa, kertoo Elinkeinoelämän keskusliitto.
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Otto Kyyrönen @ottokyyronen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Laboren uuden analyysin mukaan tänä vuonna alimman tulokymmenyksen ostovoima heikkenee 3,5 %, kun ylimmän kasvaa 2,2 %. Pidemmällä aikavälillä ero on vielä selvempi. Vuosina 2023–2026 kehitysero venyy yli 16 %-yksikköön. Erityisen heikoksi kehitys jää vuokralla asuvilla ja yksinhuoltajilla."
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Pienituloisten ostovoima laskee – hyvätuloisten nousee
Tilanne on historiallisesti poikkeuksellinen, kertoo tutkimuslaitos Labore.
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Finnish politics is offensively parochial. You can sell trickle down to people as a new concept here. Neoliberals secured their own and their buddies' interests, screwing everyone else over. Populist nationalists voted against their own economic interests, fueling their own radicalization.
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"In March, at a dinner in Athens attended by Greek and American officials, Guilfoyle got into an argument with Greece’s Energy Minister... Referring to the imminent collapse of the Romanian government, Guilfoyle told those present: ‘We can do this to any country we want. We can do this here too’”
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WSJ: US Envoy in Greece Made Remark Before Bolojan Fall - The Romania Journal
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the US ambassador to Greece, allegedly suggested that the US had been involved in the ouster of the Bolojan government.
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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Day 669 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia. Today's march commemorates the fall of Sokhumi in September 27, 1993, when Russian-backed separatists took the Abkhazian capital, displacing hundreds of thousands of Georgians. The territory remains occupied.
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 27/09/2026
probably the most consistent error in american foreign policy, equally shared by the left and right, is not recognizing that other countries have agency and will exercise it
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tr*mp acts like a little boy around these dictators. He's beaming. He doesn't mind being humiliated by them. He graves their approval so bad. Daddy issues. He seems to enjoy being disciplined by strong males. There's also something homoerotic about his admiration for them.
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is it obvious yet?
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 27/09/2026
Russia occupies Oleshky. Around 2,000 civilians remain and run out of food, medicine, water and electricity. Russia, as the occupying power, is responsible for facilitating humanitarian relief. Ukraine found another way in: its forces delivered ~4 tons of food by drone to 100 locations across town.
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The technical term for this is hybrid regime *if* peaceful transfer of power can still take place. Seeing as Tr*mp is literally barricading himself in the White House - and what happened the last time he was supposed to step down - that's not a given.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🇩🇪🇷🇺 BILD: German intelligence suspects Russia has established hidden weapons caches in Germany for potential sabotage operations.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🇵🇱‼️ Sikorski: You see, Russia never invades. It didn't invade Poland in the 18th century. It didn't invade Poland with Nazi Germany in 1939. Russia always "comes to the assistance of embattled national minorities." But it's bullshit.
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"NATO and Europe... can defeat the ongoing Russian kinetic campaigns and deter the growing Russian conventional threat, but only on the basis of a shared understanding of the problem that will enable them to design and execute coordinated policy plans with... [a] sense of urgency and without panic."
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Mirosław Gajewski @miroslawgajewski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
1/2 ru campaigns to: physically disrupt NATO support for UA, intimidate EU states into halting support to UA through the threat of strikes and the concern that they must reserve military equipment for their own protection, gather intelligence on NATO defenses and responses to ru actions
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Mirosław Gajewski @miroslawgajewski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
2/2 raise NATO threshold of what kinetic ru actions are considered normal in an effort to “boil the frog” & normalize ru attacks, exacerbate political divides in Europe, demonstrate to ru domestic audience that ru can attack NATO & set conditions for potential future ru conventional ops against NATO
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🇺🇦🇷🇺 Zelenskyy: Russian forces launched more than 2,200 attack drones, around 1,650 aerial bombs, and 38 missiles at Ukraine over the past week.
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