Mikael Gardberg

Director, Operations, Nordic region. Curious about life, passionate about working for a better future through education, business and technology.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Seeing so many leaders of the free world in Ukraine today, and doing more than just showing up-- signing concrete agreements to aid Ukraine's independence fight -- makes me feel embarrassed as an American. We once were the leader of the free world. Now, we are not even an active member.

[Richard Branson @richardbranson]

The utter irony of Putin and Trump meeting soon in Budapest to jointly seal Ukraine’s fate should not be lost on anybody. This is the very same city where the US, the UK, and Russia came together 31 years ago to give Ukraine ironclad assurances that its territorial integrity would be respected and protected within existing borders in exchange for giving up a third of the world’s nuclear weapons (to Russia!). Ukraine trusted the US, trusted the UK, transferred all its nuclear weapons to Russia, and joined the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Within 20 years, Putin effectively ripped up the Budapest Memorandum, ignored Russia’s pledge, and invaded and annexed Crimea. In 2022, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine finally removed all remaining doubts about Putin’s imperial greed.

If treaties and agreements between countries are to be trusted, the US and the UK must stand by the original Budapest Memorandum and give the Ukrainians everything they need to push Russia out of Ukraine, as President Trump said he would do before taking Putin’s latest call. It is the only way for Ukraine to get its territory back and put an end to this brutal invasion.

If the US and Russia continue to ignore the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, how on Earth can Ukraine be expected to have any faith in yet another Budapest memorandum signed in the same city between Russia and the United States? They can’t.

[Mikael Gardberg @MGardberg]

Great speech by French Senator https://t.co/C269mbh2zu lähteestä @YouTube #JDVance #POTUS #MarcoRubio #MAGA

[Mikael Gardberg @MGardberg]

Thanks. This is the question whole Europe has been asking lately. Is President Trump a Russian Asset? 'Merkley Has Tense Questio... https://t.co/XE9Pe0ChPj lähteestä @YouTube

[Mikael Gardberg @MGardberg]

@McFaul Thank you Professor McFaul. Right on spot. This is no real peace negotiation, this is Mr Trump taking the easyest way out and maximising profits, not security.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people.
Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

The Republicans for Harris movement is gaining serious momentum. To the patriotic Republicans who are rising up against the treason, corruption and degeneracy of the pedophile felon and putting country over party -- you guys are heroes. 🙌👏 #RepublicansForHarris #WomenForHarris

[Alexander Stubb @alexstubb]

The Nordics stand united with Ukraine. In the battle for freedom. For Ukraine. For Europe. For as long as it takes.

[Roberta Metsola @EP_President]

Once again, Europe has delivered.

€50 billion to help Ukraine recover, reconstruct and reform, on the country's path to EU membership.

We owe this to the people of Ukraine. We owe it too to the people of Europe.

Because Ukraine's security is Europe's security 🇪🇺🇺🇦

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Exposing how dangerous it is to have fickle, misinformed oligarchs with leverage over US national security. SpaceX & Starlink are marvelous, but if Musk's delusional "anti-war" agenda leads him to interfere with their services to Russia's advantage, it's a huge risk.

[Anders Adlercreutz @adleande]

500 days of unprovoked aggression, countless war crimes, lost futures - but also of encouraging success. Ukraine fights for its independence, but also for Europe’s. 

Finland stands by you, today and tomorrow.

В пам'ять про тих, хто віддав своє життя за свободу.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

The late Senator John McCain was one of the few, who actually predicted what Vladimir Vladimirovich was up to. This BBC HARDTalk interview is from Sep 2014.

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[@eliothiggins.bsky.social @EliotHiggins]

Best song of the night so far #Eurovision

[Mikael Gardberg @MGardberg]

@JerePoyhonen 💚

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

Gee, wonder why they keep winning this...? 🤔

[Mikael Gardberg @MGardberg]

Dear #IOC this is for you. https://t.co/szXWbzDQfr

[Zbigniew Rau @RauZbigniew]

Arming Ukraine in order to repel the Russian aggression is not some kind of decision-making exercise. Ukrainian blood is shed for real. This is the price of hesitation over Leopard deliveries. We need action, now.

[Mikael Gardberg @MGardberg]

Well put. ”Twitter users are prisoners of an unstable child ruler” #enfantterrible https://t.co/f8T1cM2SBT

[Finnish Government @FinGovernment]

Finland has two national languages, Finnish and Swedish.

On 6 November, Finland celebrates Svenska dagen (Finnish Swedish Heritage Day). The day is a celebration of Swedish language and culture in Finland and of Finland’s bilingualism.

Glad svenska dagen! 🇫🇮

[Klaus Korhonen @korhonen_klaus]

Kilpisjärvi, Finnish Lapland right now (these are the real colours).