Teemu Halme

Finance & Administration Manager @seta_ry. Tweets/retweets my own.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Ukraine spent 5 years developing their defense from Russia around Starlink, and last night, Musk cut it off to help Putin.

This morning, the halls of power in Europe need to understand that Musk, Trump and Putin aim for total dissolution of democracy, and the primary target is Europe.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Overnight, the Russians used 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 attack drones and loitering munitions against our energy and critical infrastructure in Kyiv, the Kyiv region, and Kharkiv. A targeted Russian ballistic missile strike specifically against energy infrastructure – the very infrastructure covered by the ceasefire announced by the American President. The strike was entirely deliberate and demonstrative in its scale – Russia has never before shown such ostentatious disrespect toward the United States. Russia does not consider the American President’s statements strong. Unfortunately, at least 600,000 people are now without power. Outages could become even more widespread. Unfortunately, there is significant damage to facilities and equipment – at 26 facilities of our power system and four facilities in the oil and gas sector. I am grateful to the repair crews, all Ukrainian energy workers, and the personnel of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine for all their efforts to address the aftermath of this Russian strike. Tragically, there have been fatalities and injuries.

We ask America and EVERYONE in the world who does not turn a blind eye to reality to respond – and to respond forcefully. Russia has squandered the opportunity for de-escalation and has clearly chosen to continue its insane war of annihilation. We ask President Trump to impose STRONG sanctions on Russia, especially since the Lindsey Graham bill, which was recently passed and signed into law, authorizes and regulates such measures. The American President has all the effective and necessary tools to bring peace closer through strength, justice, and pressure on the aggressor. We ask for additional packages of Patriot missile interceptors for Ukraine. It is entirely fair for us to tell the United States, Europe, and all our partners that no country in the world should be left alone to face such a deranged and pro-war actor as Russia. I am grateful to everyone who helps Ukraine! Peace can only come through strength, and we ask America to remember this principle of Reagan’s. Glory to Ukraine!

[Susanna @puustikorva]

Toistan itseäni:
Venäjä on tämän hetken ja lähivuosien suurin uhka Suomelle ja Euroopalle.

Ne, jotka väittävät islamin olevan suurin uhka Suomelle, ovat joko venäjämielisiä, hyödyllisiä idiootteja tai ajavat omaa etuaan tai keräävät poliittisia pisteitä.

Älä mene halpaan.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Zelenskyy: "When our strikes reached Yandex data centers, it suddenly became little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. Many people noticed it.

There was less hate, less division, fewer provocations because there were fewer bots. It's pretty clear where those bots were coming from.

If they disappeared when Yandex went offline, this proves once again that Europe is not the source of the problems."

The big problem is that Russia figured out how modern society consumes information a decade ago, but the West hasn't.

​There are millions of bots commenting and posting Russian propaganda. There are paid influencers spreading it, with Russian bots supporting their content.

There is a gigantic machine operating to radicalize and influence Western societies, and there is not enough defense in place.

It doesn't just influence elections, it sows discord, engulfs societies in culture wars, radicalizes teenagers, and shapes political decisions when elected officials fail to read the room.

​That needs to change. And fast.

[Elina Valtonen @elinavaltonen]

Venäläisten turistiviisumit tulee kieltää EU:ssa.

Olen lähestynyt EU:n jäsenmaita ja pyytänyt niitä mukaan yhteiseen kirjeeseen Euroopan komissiolle. Vaadin venäläisten turistiviisumien täyskieltoa koko EU:ssa niin kauan kuin Venäjä jatkaa hyökkäyssotaansa.

Ei ole oikein, että venäläiset nauttivat eurooppalaisen elämäntavan iloista ja vapauksista samalla kun heidän maansa pommittaa ukrainalaisten koteja. Suomessa kiellettiin viisumien myöntäminen venäläisille ei-välttämätöntä matkustusta varten jo vuonna 2022. Sama tulee vihdoin tehdä EU-tasolla.

Vaadin myös Schengen-viisumien kieltoa Putinin lähipiirille, viisumirajoituksia venäläisille urheilijoille sekä venäläisten taistelijoiden viisumikieltoa koskevan pakotteen tehokasta toimeenpanoa.

EU:n on toimittava yhdessä.

https://t.co/0fxIZZasgU

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today, Russia expressed its thanks for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports by dropping five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia. As of now, sadly, twelve people have been confirmed killed, including three children. My condolences to all their families and loved ones. Another fourteen people have been injured, and two of them are in critical condition – the doctors are fighting to save their lives. The status of twelve more people who may have been there is still being verified. All emergency services are at the scene, and search-and-rescue operations are underway. Overnight, thirteen of our regions came under attack. Residential buildings, infrastructure, and railway facilities have been damaged.

Last night confirmed once again that in Russia, they take any easing of pressure to mean they can keep fighting, to mean they can keep dropping bombs on cities. Different signals are needed. Russia must understand that it needs to stop the war, and for that to happen, Russia must feel its losses. Right now, it is our long-range capabilities that are ensuring this. And we will respond to Russian strikes. I thank everyone who is helping.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Russia attacks Ukrainian data centers → minimal damage.

Ukraine hits back at Russian data centers → massive outages across Russia, entire bot network goes offline.

Russians literally dismantled their own propaganda machine. Peak stupidity.

[The Halfway Post @HalfwayPost]

BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly furious with Zelenskyy because his Truth Social app is now "ruined" without all the Russian bots spamming endless AI videos of him as a superhero or Jesus, and his app now just shows real people complaining about how everything sucks.

[Touko Lisko🇺🇦🇫🇮🇪🇸 @LiskoTouko]

Eläissäni en ole näin paljon Suomea nähnyt Espanjan telkkarissa. Kuningatar Letizia yllättyi kaksikielisessä koulussa, seuraavan kerran sai yllättyä Stubbin illallisella, kuningas puhui suomea. Upeasti Suomi suorittaa, en ole myös nähnyt kuningasparia noin vapautuneina. 🇪🇸🇫🇮

[Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 @GLandsbergis]

Genocide wasn't a strong enough reason to close Europe's borders for Russian tourists, but perhaps we might find the threat of the Black Death unacceptable?

[Lauri Finér @LauriFinest]

Tässä ollaan talousrikollisten asialla. Selitykset hallinnollisesta taakasta kuulostavat, no, selityksiltä. Nykyaikana niin kaupat kuin niistä ilmoittaminen hoituu tarvittaessa helposti. https://t.co/OrRb3JVGIj

[Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup]

Anyone who says Russia is not the enemy, is the enemy.

[Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup]

The "Russia is not my enemy" was a great campaign in terms of research. By scraping all these posts, analyzing their followers, and turning it into a visualization, we now have a very good and clear image of the pro-Kremlin network operating on this platform.

[Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup]

Moscow will spend $202 billion on defense next year, 27% more than was initially planned.

Does this look like a country preparing for peace?

[Pekka Toveri @PToveri]

Ja näiden kanssa pitäisi neuvotella?

[Rihards Kols @RihardsKols]

Fully stopping the issuance of Schengen visas to Russian nationals would be a good baseline starting point.

[Teppo Syvärilä @TeppoSyvarila]

Eduskunta palkitsee ammuskelijan pienellä sopeutumisrahalla. Rikos kannataa Suomessa jos sen tekee kansanedustaja.
https://t.co/9TcSKC5yAN

[Alexander Stubb @alexstubb]

Finland står i full solidaritet med sin allierade Tyskland efter Rysslands hybridattack i Leipzig.

Vi känner till Rysslands tillvägagångssätt. Ryssland försöker skrämma oss och undergräva vår beslutsamhet och vilja att stödja Ukraina i dess försvarskamp mot den ryska invasionen. Det kommer inte att lyckas.

Vi står enade och avvärjer alla försök att angripa vår frihet och säkerhet.

Såsom framgår av de kraftfulla åtgärder som Tysklands regering har aviserat, svarar vi på handlingar som riktas mot oss med tydlig beslutsamhet, oavsett vem av oss som är föremål för dem.

Vårt engagemang för att stödja Ukraina i dess försvarskamp mot den ryska aggressionen är orubbligt.

Jag fortsätter att hålla tät kontakt med förbundskansler Merz och de övriga allierade.

[Petteri Järvinen 💻 @petterij]

"Päätä päiväsi", ehdottaa Microsoftin Outlook.

[Bob Kyler @bobkyler]

@RMapleCan In other words..the USA's signature or agreement on any deal is not worth the paper it is written on