Petri Mäkelä
@pmakela.bsky.social
Mlitary analysts, expert of all sorts, writer, reservist, shooter and engineer.
B-list talking head.
From Finland.
B-list talking head.
From Finland.
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Petri Mäkelä
@pmakela.bsky.social
· Dec 14
Quick guide into North Korean tanks
Vantage Point North: News and analysis from security and warfare related topics with the focus mostly on Russia and Scandinavia. Tanks etc
blog.vantagepointnorth.net
My latest article: DPRK tanks
blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2024/12/quic...
blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2024/12/quic...
Is there someone in Greenland not stocked like this normally?
Greenlandic government issues advice to its citizens.
Be prepared to survive for 5 days (water, food, supplies, fishing/ hunting equipment and ammunition)
Guidelines ⬇️
naalakkersuisut.gl/-/media/nyhe...
Be prepared to survive for 5 days (water, food, supplies, fishing/ hunting equipment and ammunition)
Guidelines ⬇️
naalakkersuisut.gl/-/media/nyhe...
naalakkersuisut.gl
January 21, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Is there someone in Greenland not stocked like this normally?
It's paying the Trump ballrooms cupola, duh
"Where’s all that #GoldenDome money going? Lawmakers want to know"
www.defenseone.com/policy/2026/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2026/...
Where’s all that Golden Dome money going? Lawmakers want to know
Appropriations bill would give Pentagon two months to detail its spending on the sprawling missile-defense program.
www.defenseone.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:10 PM
It's paying the Trump ballrooms cupola, duh
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OTD in 2021 European Court of Human Rights found Russia guilty of ethnic cleansing of Georgian civilians in 2008 war & widespread, deliberate
-Killing of civilians
-Torture
-Burnings
-Evictions
i.e. “crimes against humanity".
Imagine EU leaders knowing this & still appeasing us
-Killing of civilians
-Torture
-Burnings
-Evictions
i.e. “crimes against humanity".
Imagine EU leaders knowing this & still appeasing us
January 21, 2026 at 10:44 AM
OTD in 2021 European Court of Human Rights found Russia guilty of ethnic cleansing of Georgian civilians in 2008 war & widespread, deliberate
-Killing of civilians
-Torture
-Burnings
-Evictions
i.e. “crimes against humanity".
Imagine EU leaders knowing this & still appeasing us
-Killing of civilians
-Torture
-Burnings
-Evictions
i.e. “crimes against humanity".
Imagine EU leaders knowing this & still appeasing us
Mafia racket in crappy uniforms...
Russian "boys in underwear" are being taught Putin’s army rules in the cold: smoking the commander’s weed is strictly forbidden.
January 21, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Mafia racket in crappy uniforms...
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Despite all the mayhem by Trump, the Russian threat to Eastern Europe beyond Ukraine remains.
It's likely that Russia sees any physical escalation as an invite to grab a quick win from some region, that they feel is undefended.
blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2025/12/stop...
It's likely that Russia sees any physical escalation as an invite to grab a quick win from some region, that they feel is undefended.
blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2025/12/stop...
Stop Chasing Illusions - Force is needed to defeat Russia
The West cannot afford another frozen conflict. The only sustainable solution is to force Russia to pull out or collapse through hard power.
blog.vantagepointnorth.net
January 20, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Despite all the mayhem by Trump, the Russian threat to Eastern Europe beyond Ukraine remains.
It's likely that Russia sees any physical escalation as an invite to grab a quick win from some region, that they feel is undefended.
blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2025/12/stop...
It's likely that Russia sees any physical escalation as an invite to grab a quick win from some region, that they feel is undefended.
blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2025/12/stop...
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Always fun watching the stock market crater in real time while Trump babbles away.
January 20, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Always fun watching the stock market crater in real time while Trump babbles away.
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🍿🍿🍿🍺🍺🍺
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🍿🍿🍿🍺🍺🍺
Despite all the mayhem by Trump, the Russian threat to Eastern Europe beyond Ukraine remains.
It's likely that Russia sees any physical escalation as an invite to grab a quick win from some region, that they feel is undefended.
blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2025/12/stop...
It's likely that Russia sees any physical escalation as an invite to grab a quick win from some region, that they feel is undefended.
blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2025/12/stop...
Stop Chasing Illusions - Force is needed to defeat Russia
The West cannot afford another frozen conflict. The only sustainable solution is to force Russia to pull out or collapse through hard power.
blog.vantagepointnorth.net
January 20, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Despite all the mayhem by Trump, the Russian threat to Eastern Europe beyond Ukraine remains.
It's likely that Russia sees any physical escalation as an invite to grab a quick win from some region, that they feel is undefended.
blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2025/12/stop...
It's likely that Russia sees any physical escalation as an invite to grab a quick win from some region, that they feel is undefended.
blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2025/12/stop...
He is a bad impersonation of himself...
Trump on Renee Good: "When she was shot, there was another woman that was screaming 'Shame. Shame Shame Shame.' So loud. Like a professional opera singer. She was so loud. And so professional. She wasn't a woman that was hurt like, 'Oh my heart is injured.' She was a professional."
January 20, 2026 at 7:03 PM
He is a bad impersonation of himself...
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Every network in America should be carrying this right now. People need to see the condition their president is in.
January 20, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Every network in America should be carrying this right now. People need to see the condition their president is in.
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I have not seen this for awhile: On 20 Jan Pouya Air Il-76TD CANDID EP-PUL flew from Tehran IRN to Moscow (VKO) and is now en route back after less than four hours on the ground.
January 20, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I have not seen this for awhile: On 20 Jan Pouya Air Il-76TD CANDID EP-PUL flew from Tehran IRN to Moscow (VKO) and is now en route back after less than four hours on the ground.
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The 7th Air Assault Corps reported that about 370 occupiers were killed and wounded in the area of the Pokrovsk region.
January 19, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The 7th Air Assault Corps reported that about 370 occupiers were killed and wounded in the area of the Pokrovsk region.
Warning shot to Germany out of muscle memory?
This is going to end with French nukes stationed over there with Macron publicly assuring everyone it's to fight Russia/China while winking with one eye.
January 20, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Warning shot to Germany out of muscle memory?
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Amidst all of the chaos, one iron rule of international relations still holds - there is no situation so terrible that it cannot be made worse by Russia getting involved.
January 19, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Amidst all of the chaos, one iron rule of international relations still holds - there is no situation so terrible that it cannot be made worse by Russia getting involved.
Those aren't his worst qualities...
He is also greedy, vindictive and petty.
He is also greedy, vindictive and petty.
Trump is xenophobic and paranoid – and he’s too old to change his mind
Trump is xenophobic and paranoid – and he’s too old to change his mind
Trump is xenophobic and paranoid – and he’s too old to change his mind
www.independent.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Those aren't his worst qualities...
He is also greedy, vindictive and petty.
He is also greedy, vindictive and petty.
Everyone should join Finland with its boycott of taking part in the FIFA World Cup until Trump resigns!
a soccer player in a bimbo jersey sits on the ground
ALT: a soccer player in a bimbo jersey sits on the ground
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Everyone should join Finland with its boycott of taking part in the FIFA World Cup until Trump resigns!
Russian special services assisted in the training of the Hamas troops that conducted the September 7th terrorist attacks... So obviously they deserve a seat in the PEACE board 🤦
😵💫 Putin has received an invitation to join Trump's "Board of Peace" on Gaza, and the Kremlin is currently studying this proposal, Peskov said.
😬 Kremlin: It’s hard to disagree with experts who say that if Trump resolves Greenland’s accession, he will go down in history.
😬 Kremlin: It’s hard to disagree with experts who say that if Trump resolves Greenland’s accession, he will go down in history.
January 19, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Russian special services assisted in the training of the Hamas troops that conducted the September 7th terrorist attacks... So obviously they deserve a seat in the PEACE board 🤦
Genocides are indeed a millennia long Russian tradition
Sunday. Went to church and now am planning how to further a genocide by freezing millions of people.
Traditional values, folks.
Traditional values, folks.
January 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Genocides are indeed a millennia long Russian tradition
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😔 102 high-rise buildings in Kyiv remain without heating after massive Russian attack on January 9, - Kuleba
Most houses without heat are now in Holosiivskyi district, work is also ongoing in Shevchenkivskyi.
Most houses without heat are now in Holosiivskyi district, work is also ongoing in Shevchenkivskyi.
January 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM
😔 102 high-rise buildings in Kyiv remain without heating after massive Russian attack on January 9, - Kuleba
Most houses without heat are now in Holosiivskyi district, work is also ongoing in Shevchenkivskyi.
Most houses without heat are now in Holosiivskyi district, work is also ongoing in Shevchenkivskyi.
Beautiful 😍
This is a single Russian military cemetery in Tver. It's reached capacity, again. They're adding another 5,000 square meters.
January 18, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Beautiful 😍
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A 20-year-old woman was killed in Kharkiv after a Russian drone struck a residential building. Emergency services are clearing the rubble, and reports say more people may be trapped inside.
January 18, 2026 at 7:30 AM
A 20-year-old woman was killed in Kharkiv after a Russian drone struck a residential building. Emergency services are clearing the rubble, and reports say more people may be trapped inside.
8 weeks?
🤦
🤦
British Army teams have recognised Babcock engineers at Donnington and Ashchurch after two Rapid Battlefield Ambulances were fully regenerated to operational standard under severe time pressure, restoring overseas casualty evacuation capability.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/babcock-team...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/babcock-team...
Babcock teams restore battlefield ambulances in eight weeks
British Army teams have recognised Babcock engineers at Donnington and Ashchurch after two Rapid Battlefield Ambulances were fully regenerated to operational standard under severe time pressure, restoring overseas casualty evacuation capability.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 10:40 AM
8 weeks?
🤦
🤦
As long as they die, it's good.
First giving free booze, the special recruiters forces drunk villagers to sign contract with the 🇷🇺 military to become cannon fodder for the battlefields in 🇺🇦.
Russia recruits drunk villagers from the north as cannon fodder on the Ukrainian front
Military recruiters abduct men from their homes and force them to sign contracts, even if they are heavily intoxicated. Some of the men are killed in the first battle, the Barents Observer found out.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
As long as they die, it's good.
Can't anyone spare a tomahawk for this bastard?
The head of Iran’s judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, directly threatened protesters on state TV, saying punishments must be immediate or “they will have no effect.” He accused demonstrators of brutal crimes like beheadings urged swift action He called for harsh sentences under Islamic law.
January 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Can't anyone spare a tomahawk for this bastard?