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Sven-Erik Volberg

@volberg.bsky.social
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Politics, economics, info-sec(from the outside), history, climate, occasional joke/meme 25% 🇪🇪 75% 🇬🇧 (War time switch) Tips, to cover sat imagery and certain news sites I pay for and 🍺 usage, are appreciated ko-fi.com/svenerikvolberg

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 1h
Swedish Air Force advertised its intent to strike deep into Russia in the event of a war. This was stated in an interview in Swedish Aftonbladet a few days ago. Now it has reached Russian language press. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Ex...
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Segerplanen i luftkriget – slå till inne i Ryssland
Om Ryssland anfaller kan Putin inte längre räkna med att vi bara försöker parera hans slag. Flygvapnets nya plan för att avgöra luftkriget är att gå på offensiven – och slå ut mål långt inne i Rysslan...
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 6h
Profile of 18 Americans in service of russia, anti-vaxxers, communist and offcourse pedophiles. “Former Massachusetts city councilor Wilmer Puello-Mota, who was standing trial for a child porn charge, fled the country and is now fighting in russia’s war.” nypost.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Russia paying US recruits $26,000 to become cannon fodder in Ukraine war
“When an American suddenly ends up fighting on Russia’s side … They are invited onto television… and presented as proof that ‘ordinary Americans support Russia.'”
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 5h
russian shift to its long-range strike doctrine toward faster, jet-powered UAVs like the Geran-4 and Geran-5 is clearly visible in inteception rate. Equipped with Chinese Telefly turbojets, these systems hit cruise speeds of 450–600 km/h drastically compressing Ukrainian air-defense reaction times 🧵
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 1h
Ukraine’s 🇺🇦 victory is not only about Ukraine. It is about the security of Europe. The 🇪🇪 Parliament has adopted a clear statement: russia must not be allowed to rewrite Europe’s security order by force. We call for stronger air defence, predictable military support, increased defence production
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Jaanus K 🌻🇪🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦 @jaanus.bsky.social · 6h
Estonia demonstrates how all European countries must handle russian sabotage www.baltictakes.com/estonia-just...
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Estonia demonstrates how all European countries must handle Russian sabotage
It’s not like in the movies. European publics need to better understand the reality of recruitment by foreign intelligence services. That means being as transparent as possible when more cases are unc...
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 5h
Part of the relics have been lost during a retreat from a Ukrainian attack who then captured it. Are trying to do a meme a day?
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 5h
russian shift to its long-range strike doctrine toward faster, jet-powered UAVs like the Geran-4 and Geran-5 is clearly visible in inteception rate. Equipped with Chinese Telefly turbojets, these systems hit cruise speeds of 450–600 km/h drastically compressing Ukrainian air-defense reaction times 🧵
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 6h
Attila the Hun had no written language or state bureaucracy, so he turned captured Romans into his administrative core. Prominent captives like Orestes (a Roman noble) served as personal secretaries, drafting diplomatic letters and state documents in Latin and Greek to manage his expanding empire.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h
The US has withdrawn from GRECO, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption watchdog, which it has been a member of since 2000, ABC reports. Russia and Belarus are the only other countries to have left the group.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 10h
Hello on Day 1680 of Russia's all out war on Ukraine. Russia is now losing more men than it can replace and more ground than it can gain. #EATP for the Moscow Fuhrer. Every single day I've compiled a🧵with all the important news, fact checked, in one handy place. I go again!
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 6h
Profile of 18 Americans in service of russia, anti-vaxxers, communist and offcourse pedophiles. “Former Massachusetts city councilor Wilmer Puello-Mota, who was standing trial for a child porn charge, fled the country and is now fighting in russia’s war.” nypost.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Russia paying US recruits $26,000 to become cannon fodder in Ukraine war
“When an American suddenly ends up fighting on Russia’s side … They are invited onto television… and presented as proof that ‘ordinary Americans support Russia.'”
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 22h
Difference between russian claimes and Ukrainian reality. This is getting orbits level apart. And only one side is supported by evidence. This is very good for us! Map by @monstars.bsky.social
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Anton Barbashin @abarbashin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kremlin knows which Russian figures Western analysts actually use. Common mistakes: treating official prices as market prices, ignoring decrees that change what the number means, and reading buffers as proof of stability. How to avoid them: ridl.io/seven-mistak...
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Seven mistakes in analyzing data from Russia — and how to avoid them – Riddle Russia
Dmytro Voronenko on how official Russian numbers are "rebuilt"
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1/ Another AI-generated video falsely depicting Russian 'control' north of Lyman has been publicised by disgusted Russian warbloggers. It's part of a "plague" of AI "neurocontrol" that prominent warblogger Rybar condemns as "inept, half-baked information warfare". ⬇️
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
russian attacks on Europe since 2014. The video had to sped up considerably for obvious reason. Full list in the link claude.ai/artifact/QdG...
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
​A russian Tu-95MS Bear heavy bomber was completely destroyed after crashing on takeoff during a training flight in Amur this evening. 6 crew died, 1 survivor
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I see the China volunteer got most attention so a short general overview. While Mainland China maintains close diplomatic and economic ties with russia, a small number of Mainland Chinese nationals (estimated at a few dozen) have traveled independently to fight for Ukraine.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Attribution of the Milrem Arson Attack to russian Security Services The Estonian Internal Security Service (KAPO) assesses that the arson attack against the defence industry company Milrem on 15 August was a deliberate and pre-planned act commissioned by russian security services.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Saudi and Yemeni government-aligned forces may be targeting senior Houthi and Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) missile and drone experts and military commanders. (1/10) Read the full report: isw.pub/IranUpdate09...
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Under the "Africa Corps" banner, russian state mercenaries continue committing atrocities across the Sahel. Human Rights Watch documents massacres, indiscriminate airstrikes, and summary executions of civilians in Mali, including the targeting of Fulani villagers.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mystery shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile appears In russian service and raises questions about foreign weapons and Moscow’s military ties with Beijing and Tehran and also the state of russian airdefense and production capabilities. www.twz.com/land/mystery...
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Mystery Shoulder-Fired Surface-To-Air Missile Appears In Russian Service
An unusual MANPADS raises questions about foreign weapons and Moscow’s military ties with Beijing and Tehran. An unusual MANPADS raises questions about foreign weapons and Moscow’s military ties with ...
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Interestingly this mass surrender of russians includes officers, drone operators and artillery guys. Meaning Ukraine pushed through to russian rare areas. One time cauldron calls were actually correct.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion roubles ($202.58 billion) on defence in 2027, around 27% more than the 13.5 trillion roubles originally budgeted and the highest figure since the ‌start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, government documents seen by Reuters showed on Monday.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And interesting composition of volunteers from Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea in Asian Volunteer Corps in Ukraine. "Loyalty. Strength. Unity."
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A great illustration of the way social media has essentially shredded society’s informational immune system: The USSR spent a fortune trying to spread conspiracy theories, without success because they couldn’t crack newsrooms. Today, you can reach the globe with a post that costs $20 to make.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fellow GenXers: remember how often we were bombarded with images of late-period USSR? Old, decrepit men in charge, clinging to an ossified ideology. Political repression, nakedly false propaganda, empty shelves, food shortages, inadequate health care, deep-seated cynicism, crumbling infrastructure
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Ironic Star Wars Moment
Alt: A smirking emperor palpatine says "ironic."
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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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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 28/09/2026
🇪🇪 Estonia urges EU to ignore threats and use Russian assets for Ukraine
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Estonia urges EU to ignore threats and use Russian assets for Ukraine
Estonian Defence Minister Martin Herem urged the EU to ignore Moscow's threats and use frozen Russian assets to fund defence and support for Ukraine.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
7-year sentence handed down to Oleg Bessedin for anti-Estonia activities. Work for russian SVR, pay the price. His handler Sergei Nalobin is, among other things, releted to Brexit campaign and arson of the home of British PM K.Starmer. news.err.ee/1610150341/7...
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7-year sentence handed down to Oleg Bessedin for anti-Estonia activities
A court has found a pro-Kremlin propagandist guilty of crimes against Estonia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The strike on the Azov Optical-Mechanical Plant (AOMZ) impacts critical russian conventional missile production chains. ​While public filings present AOMZ as a manufacturer of tank optics, leaked internal records show it supplies vital electronics for multiple front-line missile systems.
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Jaz @jaz.sh · 27/09/2026
Okay so I've built a new Atlas, this time it lets you explore the conversations on Bluesky over the past 7 days graphically. It should update every ~6 hours and help you navigate the information environment that exists on here. I've learned a LOT about what people do here today... atlas.jazco.dev
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Atlas
A living map of what Bluesky is talking about: the past week's conversations, grouped into topics and regions and rebuilt every six hours.
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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 27/09/2026
There are ~2000 Ukrainians trapped inside the occupied city of Oleshky, Kherson region. They are deprived of food, in what is painfully reminding Ukrainians of another man-made famine, almost a century ago: the Holodomor. 📽️Full video here🔗 emmanuellechaze.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Second highest claimed russian daily losses at 2090. Only behind 20.12 2024 at 2200. But ahead of 29.11 that had 2030. While this is claimed. Based on all available data this matches with russian casulties (KIA+WIA not returning)
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia has been carrying out attacks against Ukrainian civilians again. Ukraine needs more Patriot interceptors before winter. We are calling on Member States that have them in their stocks to provide them to Ukraine. (1/2)
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ukrainian "Vivaldi" offensive has captured more than 250 russian POWs inshe.tv/suspilstvo/2...
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1/ Russia faces a long, difficult fight even if it succeeds in taking the Donbas 'fortress belt' cities, warns a Russian warblogger, citing frontline soldiers' views. The fight for the fortress belt only marks a phase in the battle, not the culmination of the war. ⬇️
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ahead of today’s FAC 🇪🇪 MoD Herem, stressed that Estonia’s and the EU’s support for Ukraine is unwavering. russia’s hostile acts across Europe do not intimidate us. Frozen russian assets must fund Ukraine’s urgent needs.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Xi aiming for family rule? First Lady of China has been getting full press spotlight while behind the scenes rising in the ranks of PLA. Who is Madam Peng? 🧵
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Railway bridge, 9 communications and EW/ELINT towers, 4 radars, an L-39 aircraft and 3 high-speed boats destroyed in temporarily occupied territories. In 1 minute mark the closest near hit I have seen of SU-30SM taking off. We have seen fighter planes got hit on ground, now almost air to air kill
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spice must flow. Saudis at 6 million barrels per day in September, same as 2025 and above anything during current Iran war. P.S gg to AIS boys www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/s...
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Saudi Arabia crude oil exports hit highest level since Iran war began despite pipeline outage
Saudi exports are rising despite escalating attacks on its infrastructure from Iran-backed militants in Yemen and Iraq.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Day 1677 as the war in eastern Europe continues, but it is moving west. All leading allies of Ukraine are targeted. It's given the cosy name of "hybrid war" but forget the first word. It's terrorism, or rather war, using people recruited by the military. Here's Sunday's🧵
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The pay for a US Secretary of Defense is $246000 a year. They don’t even bother to hide the corruption these days
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Apparently part of Trumps 'free sample' trick
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Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Swiss Vatnik Party initiative was strongly rejected today! A yes would have greatly reduced Switzerland's ability to sanction belligerent states, such as russia.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ukrainian forces have launched the largest drone-based humanitarian operations of its kind, delivering food across the Dnipro River to residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky, Kherson region. Around 4 tonnes of supplies have already reached 100 designated locations.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm generally quite positive on @safety.bsky.app actions but CSAM cluster operating since July 2025 is very bad. I found and reported it 16h ago but all of them are still up. About dozen accounts under t.me/Blueskied name. If you have time, help to report. This is not ok. #Nafo #Article5
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There's optimism and then there's 🇪🇪 farmer optimism "Estonia's only artichoke farmer sees bright future for local crop" news.err.ee/1610148175/e...
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Estonia's only artichoke farmer sees bright future for local crop
Estonia's only dedicated artichoke grower says this summer's conditions were ideal for the crop, now thriving after years of testing different varieties and growing methods.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
4 suspects have been arrested but bomb disposal vehicles are on scene and evacuation order was given to locals. So looks like failed operation by #TelegramTerortist but they came close to something very dangerous!
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Video shows Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece and former fiancee of Trump Jr. meeting privately with the leaders of Romania's Social Democratic Party on March 31st, in a Bucharest hotel.
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