Thor Erik Skarpen
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PR & communications specialist, empathy, strategy and the big picture of what makes up a better tomorrow
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If you want to understand the war in Ukraine, watch @anderspucknielsen.dk. For the investment of watching just a few 10-15 minute videos per month, you'll understand the war better than most journalists (and far better than the US administration lol).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTNUZ2zONY
Europe's great power move: EU secures Ukraine funding
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
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December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If you want to understand the war in Ukraine, watch @anderspucknielsen.dk. For the investment of watching just a few 10-15 minute videos per month, you'll understand the war better than most journalists (and far better than the US administration lol).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTNUZ2zONY
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 The Role of U.S. Intelligence!
‼️ Budanov has outlined how critical U.S. intelligence support is for Ukraine’s defense. Ukraine would lose approximately 15–17% of its operational capabilities. The impact of losing radar imagery 46%…
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/a-vital-comp...
‼️ Budanov has outlined how critical U.S. intelligence support is for Ukraine’s defense. Ukraine would lose approximately 15–17% of its operational capabilities. The impact of losing radar imagery 46%…
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/a-vital-comp...
A Vital Component: The Role of U.S. Intelligence
Kyrylo Budanov has outlined how critical U.S. intelligence support is for Ukraine’s defense. According to his assessment, even a termination of free access to
theukrainianreview.info
December 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🇺🇸🇺🇦 The Role of U.S. Intelligence!
‼️ Budanov has outlined how critical U.S. intelligence support is for Ukraine’s defense. Ukraine would lose approximately 15–17% of its operational capabilities. The impact of losing radar imagery 46%…
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/a-vital-comp...
‼️ Budanov has outlined how critical U.S. intelligence support is for Ukraine’s defense. Ukraine would lose approximately 15–17% of its operational capabilities. The impact of losing radar imagery 46%…
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/a-vital-comp...
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The Ukrainian fortress.
No chance that Ukrainian forces will withdraw from this.
No chance that Ukrainian forces will withdraw from this.
December 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The Ukrainian fortress.
No chance that Ukrainian forces will withdraw from this.
No chance that Ukrainian forces will withdraw from this.
💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Kupiansk was “captured” — according to the Kremlin. But Ukrainian jets, drones, and ground teams proved otherwise. Now it’s liberated, and Zelenskyy showed up to prove it.
Watch and read more: euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/f...
Watch and read more: euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/f...
Frontline report: Ukraine’s counteroffensive turns Kupiansk into a symbol of defiance
With Trump's peace negotiations looming, Ukraine’s stunning liberation of Kupiansk has dealt a blow to Moscow’s credibility and battlefield morale.
euromaidanpress.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Haha
This is a joke but also not. Russia’s solution for all their disasters is to put a cope cage on it.
All Russia has after 4 years of failing to take Ukraine’s tiny Donetsk region is cope.
All Russia has after 4 years of failing to take Ukraine’s tiny Donetsk region is cope.
December 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Haha
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That media contribute to the scam is also disgrace. It's like if somebody suggest the earth is flat and media reports about it like if it was real. Can't somebody just call the "peace negotiations" for what they are? A big scam to delay help to Ukraine.
Sweden's PM is contributing to the big scam. That European leaders lie to the public about the chances for peace is a disgrace and also very dangerous. How can a society prepare for war when it's constantly being lied to by its own leaders?
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
That media contribute to the scam is also disgrace. It's like if somebody suggest the earth is flat and media reports about it like if it was real. Can't somebody just call the "peace negotiations" for what they are? A big scam to delay help to Ukraine.
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Spectacular footage from the naval port of Novorossiysk in Russia. For the first time an Ukrainian underwater drone struck a Russia Kilo class submarine and severely damaged it.
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Spectacular footage from the naval port of Novorossiysk in Russia. For the first time an Ukrainian underwater drone struck a Russia Kilo class submarine and severely damaged it.
Unfortunately, nostalgia is still big by the Norwegian government, as it time and again downplay the new reality
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the end of the Pax Americana, yesterday in Munich, Germany.
“Dear friends, the decades of the Pax Americana are largely over for us in Europe, and for us in Germany, as well. It no longer exists as we know it. And nostalgia won’t change that.
“Dear friends, the decades of the Pax Americana are largely over for us in Europe, and for us in Germany, as well. It no longer exists as we know it. And nostalgia won’t change that.
December 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Unfortunately, nostalgia is still big by the Norwegian government, as it time and again downplay the new reality
The comforting illusion that US/Europe relations remain steadfast lives on in Norway’s government. Great takedown by liberal party leader @gurimelby.venstre.no
www.nettavisen.no/norsk-debatt...
www.nettavisen.no/norsk-debatt...
På grunn av Trump er norsk støtte nå livsviktig
Det føles nesten absurd å leve i en så alvorlig tid som vi gjør.
www.nettavisen.no
December 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The comforting illusion that US/Europe relations remain steadfast lives on in Norway’s government. Great takedown by liberal party leader @gurimelby.venstre.no
www.nettavisen.no/norsk-debatt...
www.nettavisen.no/norsk-debatt...
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Trump wanting immigrants from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark is funny, because the fact that they're white outweighs the fact that they're supposed to be kinda socialist
Trump’s Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism
He’s testing our country’s tolerance for ethnic persecution. And we’re failing the test.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Trump wanting immigrants from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark is funny, because the fact that they're white outweighs the fact that they're supposed to be kinda socialist
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THIS is absolutely it!
Europe needs a strategy for victory in 🇺🇦. It can and it must. Although the voices of capitulation are louder and louder spurred on by wannabe dictator Trump siding with war criminal Putin, it would be a disaster to bow out👇🏻
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Europe needs a strategy for victory in 🇺🇦. It can and it must. Although the voices of capitulation are louder and louder spurred on by wannabe dictator Trump siding with war criminal Putin, it would be a disaster to bow out👇🏻
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
THIS is absolutely it!
Europe needs a strategy for victory in 🇺🇦. It can and it must. Although the voices of capitulation are louder and louder spurred on by wannabe dictator Trump siding with war criminal Putin, it would be a disaster to bow out👇🏻
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Europe needs a strategy for victory in 🇺🇦. It can and it must. Although the voices of capitulation are louder and louder spurred on by wannabe dictator Trump siding with war criminal Putin, it would be a disaster to bow out👇🏻
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
I thought Politico.eu was better. Weird analysis of Europe’s most powerful in 2026
www.politico.eu/politico-28-...
www.politico.eu/politico-28-...
POLITICO 28 — Class of 2026
Ranking the most influential people in Europe CLASS OF 2026 POLITICO 28: The most powerful people shaping European politics and policy in the year ahead. The most powerful person in Europe Donald T…
www.politico.eu
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I thought Politico.eu was better. Weird analysis of Europe’s most powerful in 2026
www.politico.eu/politico-28-...
www.politico.eu/politico-28-...
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Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
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The Trump administration released its latest National Security Strategy--and one thing that can be said is that there is no more pretending. It’s a plan to weaken European unity, to make Europe MAGA, to force Europe to take economic dictation by the USA…. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The Trump administration released its latest National Security Strategy--and one thing that can be said is that there is no more pretending. It’s a plan to weaken European unity, to make Europe MAGA, to force Europe to take economic dictation by the USA…. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Dersom det var kokain i vraket, sørget det andre angrepet for at man aldri får vite.
Etter gårsdagens Kongresshøring vet vi litt mer om hva som skjedde da de to overlevende ble drept av Hegseths narkokrigere. edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p... Jeg skrev i går: snoen.substack.com/p/kill-them-...
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
edition.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Dersom det var kokain i vraket, sørget det andre angrepet for at man aldri får vite.
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According to Irish media, 4 unknown drones of military grade violated the airspace over the Dublin airport and came dangerously close to President Zelenskyy‘s plane.
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
According to Irish media, 4 unknown drones of military grade violated the airspace over the Dublin airport and came dangerously close to President Zelenskyy‘s plane.
This unity in Europe is necessary. The cutoff in communications by the US to Europe, as in general Freudings case (google it), is serious
This is absolutely the only way to go: Europe needs its own plan for 🇺🇦!
And not just any plan. A European strategy for victory is a requirement for a sustainable negotiated settlement. Seems hard for a lot of people to understand...
And not just any plan. A European strategy for victory is a requirement for a sustainable negotiated settlement. Seems hard for a lot of people to understand...
Europe needs its 'own plan' for Ukraine, Kubilius tells Euronews
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This unity in Europe is necessary. The cutoff in communications by the US to Europe, as in general Freudings case (google it), is serious
This is serious, what Gen. Freuding is reporting about the US
He noted that until recently he could exchange text messages with Pentagon representatives around the clock, but now this channel of communication has been terminated.
Now, to obtain information, he has to contact the German embassy in Washington
Now, to obtain information, he has to contact the German embassy in Washington
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is serious, what Gen. Freuding is reporting about the US
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Why Europe has to act fast:
1. The more funding Europe gives Ukraine, the earlier the war can end with a Ukrainian victory.
2. Faster funding means less total cost.
3. It also means far less Ukrainian losses.
4. Which also cuts the reconstruction costs.
5. & safeguards democracy.
1. The more funding Europe gives Ukraine, the earlier the war can end with a Ukrainian victory.
2. Faster funding means less total cost.
3. It also means far less Ukrainian losses.
4. Which also cuts the reconstruction costs.
5. & safeguards democracy.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Why Europe has to act fast:
1. The more funding Europe gives Ukraine, the earlier the war can end with a Ukrainian victory.
2. Faster funding means less total cost.
3. It also means far less Ukrainian losses.
4. Which also cuts the reconstruction costs.
5. & safeguards democracy.
1. The more funding Europe gives Ukraine, the earlier the war can end with a Ukrainian victory.
2. Faster funding means less total cost.
3. It also means far less Ukrainian losses.
4. Which also cuts the reconstruction costs.
5. & safeguards democracy.
Dim-Wit is brilliant!
Got to just love the name!
Made an effort to establish a timeline of this latest iteration of essentially the same old attempt by the Trump administration to force a peace deal, doomed to fail like the previous three times.
The number of plot twists would have been amusing, if it wasn’t so cruel to Ukraine.
The number of plot twists would have been amusing, if it wasn’t so cruel to Ukraine.
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Dim-Wit is brilliant!
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If I haven’t lost count entirely, this was the fourth time Europe was fooled.
So yes it’s about time to finally figure out our own strategy instead of putting all energy into humouring Trump.
So yes it’s about time to finally figure out our own strategy instead of putting all energy into humouring Trump.
Yes, but it is also a fact now that there is a pattern to it.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
The Trump cycle on Russia-Ukraine. Some pro-Russian plan emerges. Instant commentariat renew their "Trump as Russian plant" stories. Plan is amended under EU (and US) pressure. Putin rejects it. Instant commentariat is puzzled. Rinse and repeat. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If I haven’t lost count entirely, this was the fourth time Europe was fooled.
So yes it’s about time to finally figure out our own strategy instead of putting all energy into humouring Trump.
So yes it’s about time to finally figure out our own strategy instead of putting all energy into humouring Trump.
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Ukraine’s interests are our interests.
They are inseparable.
This is why we will continue to stand firmly by Ukraine in the negotiations ahead.
A central point is the question of financing for Ukraine including the use of the immobilised Russian sovereign assets.
They are inseparable.
This is why we will continue to stand firmly by Ukraine in the negotiations ahead.
A central point is the question of financing for Ukraine including the use of the immobilised Russian sovereign assets.
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Ukraine’s interests are our interests.
They are inseparable.
This is why we will continue to stand firmly by Ukraine in the negotiations ahead.
A central point is the question of financing for Ukraine including the use of the immobilised Russian sovereign assets.
They are inseparable.
This is why we will continue to stand firmly by Ukraine in the negotiations ahead.
A central point is the question of financing for Ukraine including the use of the immobilised Russian sovereign assets.
Strong result
🚀 "Patriot system performed flawlessly today against Iskander-M. There is also an interception of the Kinzhal," - Ignat
He said that during the massive attack, three ballistic missiles heading towards the capital were shot down.
He said that during the massive attack, three ballistic missiles heading towards the capital were shot down.
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Strong result
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‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 The deadline for Ukraine to sign the US peace plan is no longer until Thursday or later, a phone conversation between Zelensky and Trump is now being prepared, and then their meeting will take place, — journalist Zabelina
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 The deadline for Ukraine to sign the US peace plan is no longer until Thursday or later, a phone conversation between Zelensky and Trump is now being prepared, and then their meeting will take place, — journalist Zabelina