Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 13/10/2026🇺🇦❗️ In less than two years, we have gone from “no cards” to “don’t play your cards.” This is an achievement, — FM Sybiha 🇪🇺 The frontline in Ukraine is the frontline of European defense, he added. 331856 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The american people are not stopping it, so yeah that means you are ignoring it. 021 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026bsky.app/profile/atru... 1261534624 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenNAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade @69thsb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026“You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth” — Winston Churchill 511139 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If you use the Kremlin playbook often enough eventually you become the Kremlin. 061 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026HARDING: Trump cut US assistance to Ukraine, repeats Kremlin talking points, actually supports Russia. He’s most pro-Russian president in US history. O’BRIEN: I mean, if Trump were a Russian agent, what exactly would he do differently? When you think about that, it’s terrifying. 26842280 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenBaltic Takes @baltictakes.com · 23/08/2026Because if you’re preparing for an impending attack then obviously the first thing you’d do is help your enemy expand their territory and then provide substantial economic, logistical, and material support to aid their war machine, while aligning your propaganda and purging critics of your enemy. 1316 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenMilitär Debatt @militardebatt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Vi drömmer om det snabba avgörandet, men krig blir sällan som planerat. Historien visar att manöver och utnötning hänger ihop – och att en armé byggd för det korta kriget riskerar att stå utan svar när kriget blir långvarigt. militardebatt.com/2026/08/28/d...militardebatt.comDrömmen om det korta krigetVi drömmer om det snabba avgörandet, men krig blir sällan som planerat. Historien visar att manöver och utnötning hänger ihop – och att en armé byggd för det korta kriget riskerar att stå utan svar… 0114 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 30/08/2026If you are the president of the USA, nothing you post is a "shitpost". 0200 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A wild possibility: Inform Putin on imminent threats to his life or power. T is fantasizing about gaining P's approval and sees himself as an equal to him, so wants his trust and favor. 000 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Chasiv Yar: Before and after the Russian arrival. Three years of defense. A city we once saw full of life, now a burning desert. Three years of brutal combat, losses, resilience, and triumphs. — 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, who made the video, says. 13253100 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Is even the Iranian theocracy using language like this? 060 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Yeah. My point was more that we made mistakes and we decided to change and fix most of them. So can the UK. Nothing magical needed. You can do it if you can determine what needs to change, communicate why to your people, and then get on with it. You have done it before. Stiff upper lip! 🇬🇧✌️ 020 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 12/06/2026We were hit very hard in 90-94 by a severe bank & financial crisis. It made it impossible to ignore that we needed to change our approach. Still, today we are very far from where we need to be. We have major challenges with unemployment and multiple social issues, for example. 130 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenGripenNews @gripennews.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Video from and by Sweden #Rock Festival 2026. #Gripen opened the festival. #Flygvapnet 🤘 1 min long. #DIO www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FJj...youtube.comSweden Rock Festival 2026 Opening | JAS 39 Gripen Pilot's ViewYouTube video by Sweden Rock Festival 43510 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 11/06/2026And 86 % are willing to contribute to defense efforts, by help building or donating equipment to be used in defense efforts. Also relevant, above 96 % of swedes have an unfavorable view of russian leadership. And ~97 % of swedes approve of military aid to ukraine. 030 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The question was would you personally defend it - not everybody can fight. Other surveys show the willingness to resist invasion is high. For example, 75 % of swedes believe in armed resistance in face of uncertainty. 65 % are willing to risk their lives in resisting. 100 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 28/05/2026🚀 Zelensky: As of now, diplomacy cannot stop Russia. We are stopping them with our long-range sanctions. 523432 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 28/05/2026🇺🇦🇸🇪 Sweden has provided Ukraine with a support package of $2.7 billion. Almost $400 million of this package will be directed to the production of drones, but "the most important thing is Gripen," Zelensky noted; 320324 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 28/05/2026🇺🇦🇸🇪✈️ Zelensky: We will buy all 150 Gripens. We will have enough financing for this. As I said, on this 90 billion, we will manage all our decisions between Ukraine and Sweden step by step. We will get jets with weapons, not just jets. Gripens with weapons — especially Meteor missiles (100km). 1540566 0
Reposted by Mathias Holmgrenndfella.bsky.social @ndfella.bsky.social · 28/05/2026First I made an Archer t-shirt and after a while Sweden sent Archers. Then I made a Griffin t-shirt and.... We will se what happens at 13:00 today, but it seems I might have to make a new t-shirt :) Slava Ukraini! 021 0
Reposted by Mathias Holmgren🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 19/05/2026❗️A massive formation of 🇸🇪Swedish Navy CB-90 combat boats is moving across the Baltic Sea during the Aurora 26 exercises in early May. 310217 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Given the parallels with the US, makes me wonder. Does the UK have an education problem? 250 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 05/05/2026The Kremlin does not want drone attacks in Moscow on the day of his supremacist parade. It would be bad propaganda. 040 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenAnders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 26/12/2025It's been there all the time with Putin. Revanchism is, apart from theft, one of Putin's big motivators. We could have stopped it, or prepared for it, already then. But no, 20 years of forced forgetfulness of history followed with maybe the worst generation of leaders ever. 412027 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 11/12/2025We do not know if he survived this encounter. 090 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenNew Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done itnewhumanist.org.ukTeaching when to trustAs fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge 13640328 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenAdrian Monck @amonck.bsky.social · 07/12/2025From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent 160104733224 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenEric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 05/12/2025The US National Security Strategy seems to be—at least in part—written/edited by AI. There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising. 67834 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 05/12/2025MAGA/US-isolationists: "Europeans should take more responsibility for their own security and not expect to be reliant on US security support" Europeans: We agree. MAGA/US-isolationists: No, not like that, we still want you to be co-dependent on us because we feel entitled and confused. *shrug* 020 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenAndreas Umland @umland.eurosky.social · 02/12/2025Quote for today's negotiations: "The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed." Carl von Clausewitz in "On War," 1816-1830 7688264 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The source is the secretary of the US AF in a public hearing about a year ago. Here is a recording of that accountability session, set due to all the delays and cost explosions in the F35 program. The number 55 % is accurate at least at that time, just listen for yourself. youtu.be/UOzAZZV3rps?...youtu.beMatt Gaetz CONFRONTS Top Air Force Officials on F-35 Program FailureYouTube video by BlazeTV 100 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Makes me wonder how many minus points the F35 got for its proven lack of availability. According to US gov sources, only ~55 % of US F35s are fully mission capable. No availability, no value. And that is before even considering operating in arctic conditions, something US AF rarely needs to do. 120 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/11/2025We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago beings in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering. snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...snyder.substack.comRussian Unreality and American WeaknessNotes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history 30847287 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenBenjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Interesting piece from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social 👇 There is no "plan". US is the victim of a Russian psy op, with the aim of dividing EU and US. The "plan" was made by the Russians, injected into the US administration through the pro-Russian, radicalized individuals Kushner, Vance and Witkoff.macspaunday.substack.com“He Must Have Got This From K.”How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence 15114 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Who's going to buy US weapons in future when it's clear Donald & GOP will cut you off if your invader bribes them as part of a "peace plan". Art of the deal. 35955219 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 21/11/2025No, it wasn't. It was rude and you are being a jerk. 060 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/11/2025LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language. It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up. 132300468 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 05/11/2025@darthputinkgb.bsky.social there are parallels here of strategic brilliance 010 0
Reposted by Mathias Holmgren🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Source: www.defmin.fi/en/topical/p...defmin.fiNordic countries to prepare joint procurement of unmanned aircraftFinland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark prepare joint procurements of unmanned aircraft systems and related technologies. The Technical Arrangement was signed in Helsinki on 22 October 2025. 0495 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Did this report consider that a significant portion of military manufacturers are forced to operate at a loss, and banks are forced to give these companies loans that are unfavorable to the banks? A commpn practice by the Kremlin that is currently escalating financial risk in the RU banking system. 010 0
Mathias Holmgren @mathiasholmgren01.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Interesting idea. With a total defence starting point instead of a transactional. Then, multi dimensional resilience and resistance from all parts of society as the goal. May require creative holistic solutions for how to develop, coordinate and deliver those capabilities. With more communal trust. 000 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenGripenNews @gripennews.bsky.social · 22/10/2025PM: Deliveries of #Gripen E to Ukraine could begin in just about 3 years time. PM also said donation of C/D still a possibility, but again, now it's full focus on F-16 and Mirage. 2394 0
Reposted by Mathias HolmgrenSAINT JAVELIN @saintjavelin.bsky.social · 22/10/2025🇸🇪🤝🇺🇦 Sweden and Ukraine have just taken a major step, signing a Letter of Intent for the purchase of up to 150 Gripen fighter jets. It’s a long-term defense partnership designed to build a powerful, independent Ukrainian Air Force over the next 10–15 years. 413722 0
