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Niels Ockelmann
@nielsockelmann.bsky.social
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Retired datawarehouse architect. Posts mostly about Ukraine but also more generally about the perils of the rules-based international order.

Also found on X as @UndercoverDane
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Russia attacks the homes of ordinary Ukrainians and the gates of Hell open.
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Russia lies about it's economy. Officially the inflation rate is 10% but internally the Russian government uses a rate of 20%.
web.archive.org/web/20251003...
The Swedish news DN: The Russian government is deliberately lying to the world about its inflation rate, our intelligence shows. Official Russian statistics from Rosstat claim that inflation is below 10 percent. But the Russian government bases its economic policy on a level of 20 percent – ​​the level used in internal documents. This manipulation of statistics, an echo of the Soviet era, should be the nail in the coffin of the myth that the Russian economy is doing well despite international sanctions. Intelligence shows that the measures against Russia by the G7 countries and allies are having a major impact on the Russian economy. That is why we must now tighten the screws even more.
October 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
nielsockelmann.bsky.social
It took the destruction of the German state to stop it's militaristic culture.

What will it take to stop Russia's?
September 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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No comment

fortune.com/2025/07/23/a...
An AI-powered coding tool wiped out a software company’s database, then apologized for a ‘catastrophic failure on my part’
September 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
nielsockelmann.bsky.social
Rocket fuel for the Flamingo booster will likely be produced in Denmark.
www.fprt.dk
Ukrainian Flamingo missile being launched.
September 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
nielsockelmann.bsky.social
The Flamingo is identical to Milanion's FP-5 so it's probably a licensing agreement, but the specs are correct.
milaniongroup.com/fp5/
August 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
nielsockelmann.bsky.social
A KIIS poll from May 2025 show that 52% will not accept territorial concessions even if it prolongs the war, while 38% are ready for concessions.
www.kiis.com.ua?lang=eng&cat...
August 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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As if the destruction of Ukrainian cities isn't enough, occupied Kherson Oblast is now turning from fertile farmland to desert because Russia blew up the Kakhovka Dam and destroyed the irrigation system.
July 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Kyiv brænder her til morgen.

Vi må give Ukraine våben til at stoppe disse myrderier.
July 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Probably this one.
July 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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The CEO and CFO of the Danish paint producer Flügger have been charged for sanctions violation. The company's exports to Russia was halted in 2024 but then the exports to Kazakhstan surged. Not acting on that is seen as criminal negligence by the Danish police.

www.dr.dk/nyheder/peng...
Disclosure: Flügger's CEO has had his private address searched in case of possible sanctions violation CEO Sune Schnack and the group's CFO are charged in the case of the sale of sanctioned paint in Russia.
June 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Russia's latest peace proposal.
May 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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But the post I replied to did.

Regarding your article, it strangely omits the fact that what made Ukraine leave the Istanbul negotiations was the Russian demand to have a veto over military support to Ukraine.
www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/talk...
[...] in the April 15 draft [of a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia], the Russians attempted to subvert this crucial article by insisting that such action would occur only “on the basis of a decision agreed to by all guarantor states”—giving the likely invader, Russia, a veto.
May 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Rusland samler oplysninger om Kreml-kritikere i Europa. Det kan enten være som forberedelse til et angreb eller til brug til 'oprydning' efter en invasion, som det skete i de besatte områder i Ukraine.

www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/04/30/v...
April 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Copenhagen, Denmark.
April 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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These cards?
April 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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From 2004 and until the invasion in 2014, a majority of Crimeans wanted Crimea to be part of Ukraine. It's a myth that Crimea wanted to be Russian.
April 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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The Russian Railways' capacity problems force manufacturers to build more warehouses to store products waiting for shipment. Now the price of building warehouses is exploding, further raising costs and stoking inflation.

Cc @prune602.bsky.social

www.kommersant.ru/doc/7623169
April 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Efter tilbageerobringen af den russiske by Sudzha skal beboerne holde mund med, hvordan de blev behandlet af de ukrainske styrker. De lokales beretninger ville nok dementere de russiske mediers skræmmebilleder af 'de barbariske ukrainere'.

www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/03/25/l...
March 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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This is the document:
DECLARATION. In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole Greenland.
March 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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In a press release, the five parties in Greenland's parliament strongly condemns Trump's repeated aggressive statements about annexing Greenland.

naalakkersuisut.gl/Nyheder/2025...
Statement from Greenland's parliament: "We - all party chairmen - cannot accept the repeated statements about annexation and control of Greenland. As party chairmen, we find this behavior unacceptable towards friends and allies in a defense alliance. We, as the leaders of all parties in Inatsisartut in Greenland, must emphasize that Greenland continues the work for Greenland, which is already underway through diplomatic channels in accordance with international laws and regulations. We all stand behind this effort and strongly distance ourselves from attempts to create discord. Greenland is one country that everyone stands behind.” The flag of Greenland and the logos of the five parties in the parliament.
March 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Greenland tomorrow elects a new parliament. One of election themes are Trump's offer/threat to annex the country. Now Inuit people from Alaska warns the Greenlanders: the US has destroyed our culture and made us poor.

www-dr-dk.translate.goog/nyheder/udla...
March 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Få måneder efter sit besøg i Moskva kom Trump med sit første politiske udspil: en helsidesannonce i 3 store landsdækkende aviser, der skarpt kritiserede USA's militære alliancer med samme argumenter som han bruger i dag. Den kunne være skrevet af KGB.

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www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ilan...
March 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Senere i 1987 inviterede KGB Trump til Moskva for at foreslå 'forretninger' (en glimrende madding). Han fik den fineste opvartning og sov i Leninsuiten, som uden tvivl blev aflyttet.

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March 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Trump synes mere og mere at støtte Rusland i dets krig mod Ukraine. Hvor stammer hans positive holdning til landet fra?

Trump kom i KGB's søgelys senest i 1986. I 1987 kontaktede de ham første gang og fandt ham meget modtagelig for smiger.

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www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
March 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM