All things Russia, international security, old literature & new tech. Author. PhD from @warstudies.
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Mar 24
I'm happy to share what I've been working on for a while: a book on the Russian General Staff.
The most important military institution in Russia has not had any English book on it since 2006. Now it's time.
Sharing is caring, but pre-order is good karma (link below).
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Jun 12
The Swedish Defense University is offering several fully funded PhDs, including one with a focus on Russian military power and warfare.
Do spread the word, link below!
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Korrekt. Jag tror det ger en falsk trygghet att fästa sig vid ex 2030. Det är i närtid ryskt övertag bland ex robotar, drönare och EW är störst:
”Ryssland kan testa Nato i ’relativ närtid’, Det är en av slutsatserna i Försvarsberedningens nya analys” sverigesradio.se/artikel/rys…
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Jun 10
Ganska ofta får jag mail och tänker "låter kul, det gör jag tid för".
Sen kan det gå tre minuter, och så läser jag det igen och tänker jag "det här kommer jag få hata med passion när det väl blir dags, fy fan, nej nej nej"
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Jun 10
My colleagues model the growing spread and depth of Ukrainian strikes inside Russia.
economist.com/interactive/eu…
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In Russia, the budget deficit surpassed 6 trillion rubles ($83.5 billion) in the first five months of 2026, far exceeding the government forecast of the budget deficit for the year as a whole:
themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/1…
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Jun 10
BREAKING: Sweden has charged a former Armed Forces employee with attempted espionage on behalf of Russia.
Prosecutors allege he tried to pass highly sensitive information to Russian intelligence during a trip to Moscow in November 2025. He is also suspected of conspiracy to commit murder.
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Jun 10
Ukraine's Fire Point company is racing to build a cheaper alternative to Patriot missiles for air defense against Russia's ballistic missiles. First tests have been "pretty sucessful." European and Ukrainian officials say it has had discussions with Germany’s Hensoldt and Thales for radar, Italy’s Leonardo for tracking and target acquisition radar, and Norway’s Kongsberg for command and control technology.
w/ @charles_clover @fabrice_deprez @FT
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Som jämförelse kan FR uppbåda ~1 division, DE kan snällt räknat få ihop 1, och UK väldigt snällt räknat få ihop 1 division.
”nya satellitbilder visar den ryska upprustningen som väntas landa på 8 divisioner i Sveriges närområde”
svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/avslo…
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Jun 10
Lustigt, annars brukar 1.2-1,3 milj vara det jag ser medan 1,5 miljoner är det nya taket enligt rysk lag?
”Must bedömer att den totala storleken på de ryska väpnade styrkorna ligger på 1,5 miljoner man”
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Jun 3
Ukraina slår mot en korvett tillhörande Östersjöflottan i sin docka i Petersburg.
🔥⚓️🚢BREAKING: Operators of the 1st Separate Center of the USF struck and set ablaze the Russian Baltic Fleet corvette Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette Boykiy while it was undergoing repairs in a dry dock at Kronstadt near St. Petersburg.
Particularly notable is that the strike was carried out using guided strike drones controlled in real time 900 km from Ukraine.
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Jun 4
Och ett patrullfartyg i Svarta Havet
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces operators hit multiple targets overnight on June 4, including a Project 10410 Svetlyak-class border patrol ship near Yurkine in Crimea, a Pantsir-S1 near Strilkove in Kherson region, the RSBN-4N short-range navigation system at Saky airfield, locomotives in Vladyslavivka and Rozdolne, transformers and fuel tanks. #Ukraine
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Jun 9
SBU publicerar ny video på attacker mot ett till patrullfartyg och en Buyan-korvett.
/3. Video published by the SBU shows strikes on two different vessels. The first one is a Russian Project 10410 Svetlyak-class patrol ship. And the second one, the one on fire, is a Project 21630 Buyan.
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Jag tror det här är väldigt viktigt att ha i åtanke
Jun 8
Everyone is debating whether the missile was an RBS 15 or not.
I think they're asking the wrong question.
The real story is how Ukraine combined sea drones, UAVs, intelligence assets and long-range precision weapons into a single kill chain.
One drone forces the radar to activate.
One sensor confirms the target.
One missile exploits the opening.
That's not a missile story.
That's a systems engineering story.
And every engagement generates data for the next generation of weapons.
Russia may be helping Saab improve Gungnir faster than any peacetime test program ever could.
Welcome to warfare in 2026.
kyivpost.com/post/73417
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Jun 1
I've heard for 3 years that advances during an attritional war is not linear and slowly increase until a breaking point.
The truth is that the contrary is happening, the ukrainian situation that was critical in 2024 and difficult in 2025 was slowly fixed thanks to reforms.
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Jun 2
20 Iskandr and Tsirkon against Kyiv area. Russia continues expanding the % of ballistic missiles in strikes to wear out Ukrainian air defenses, as RF frontline pace slows, logistics feels pressure, and frontline forces cannibalize themselves with abuses/ extortion.
Jun 2
☄❗️Спрямував близько 24х балістичних ракет та Цирконів по Києву, 20х крилатих ракет Х-101 (у дві хвилі) у напрямку Києва.
☄ Також під атакою балістики перебували Дніпро, Запоріжжя та Харків.
❗️ Крилаті ракети (попередньо Калібри) були спрямовані по Запоріжжю та Дніпру
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May 28
Ukraina har vänt många negativa trender och soldaterna vid fronten ser högsta optimismen på tolv månader. En viktig del är vad Ukrainas försvarsminister kallade ”logistisk förnekelse” med Ukrainas mid-strike (20-200km).
Dök upp i Aktuellt.
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.@Deepstate_UA assesses that Russia occupied an additional 14 square kilometers in May, the slowest monthly rate of advance since October 2023. They note that they post updates on Ukrainian advances with a delay for security reasons and that, if these non-public updates were included, Russia actually lost territory this month.
t.me/DeepStateUA/23546
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Kul sak. Regeringen har utsett mig till ledamot i Folke Bernadotteakademins insynsråd. Syftet är att ge medborgarna insyn, granska verksamheten och rådge generaldirektören.
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❗️Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a Russian Iskander missile complex and two Russian Tu-142 strategic bomber aircraft last night.
The aircraft was destroyed at Taganrog military airfield. The Iskander complex was destroyed at its launching position near Taganrog.
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May 29
If ever you feel useless, just remember that this is one of Russia’s most heavily defended naval bases.
May 29
An FP-1/2 drone struck the Project 11356 frigate Admiral Essen at the Novorossiysk naval base on May 23
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