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Anders Östlund

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Anders Östlund

@andersostlund

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Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
Jan 18, 2023
The Russo-Ukrainian war started at 4.30 AM on February 27th 2014 when Russian troops took control of the Crimean Parliament building in Simferopol. The invasion of Crimea was followed by the invasion of Donbass in March 2014. The war has been going on ever since.
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Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
Mar 12, 2022
Went out to get gasoline today. 20 liters maximum. Drove some 15 km in Kyiv and then back again. Without going into details I conclude it will not be easy, I think impossible, for Russia to take the city.
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
May 15, 2022
My prediction for Russian troops movement during the summer campaign.
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
Mar 16, 2022
Short update from Kyiv: The city is not a burning inferno. Morale is good. Russia has not surrounded the city.
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
May 8, 2022
Great irony that the Azov fighters in Mariupol, so often accused of being far right extremists, are sacrificing their lives for democracy while supposedly pacifist intellectuals in Europe are using their pens to the advantage of Russian fascism.
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
Apr 3, 2022
"Putin's war" is a dangerous narrative that creates a risk of enormous errors when dealing with Russia after Putin. Putin hasn't been fighting in Ukraine, Putin didn't rape women in Bucha - Putin has millions of supporters doing the dirty work on his behalf. It's not just Putin.
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
Apr 20, 2022
It's hard to underestimate the size of the scandal that is ongoing in Germany now with regards to the government's Russia policy. Calling it the scandal of a century is not an overstatement, and it will haunt official Germany for a long time to come.
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
Mar 23, 2022
A challenge for NATO now is that there wont be any Russian army to fight after Ukraine is done with it.
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
Apr 11, 2022
Russia's war against Ukraine will end with the break-up of the Russian Federation. It will be replaced by small, demilitarized and powerless republics with neutrality written into their constitutions.
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
Mar 4, 2022
Four things we should push for: 1. More weapons to Ukraine 2. No fly zone over Ukraine, by NATO or donated NATO planes 3. Total embargo on Russian oil and gas 4. Cut all remaining Russian banks from SWIFT Retweet if you agree!
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
Mar 22, 2022
This is huge. If confirmed, and Ukraine manage to keep the siege, this could become the first major victory of the war. An entire Russian army could be erased. I hold by breath waiting for confirmation.
Sergej Sumlenny, LL.M
@sumlenny
Mar 22, 2022
According to unconfirmed but realistic looking reports, Russian troops have got surrounded in Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel area near Kyiv, cut from supplies. If true - the biggest defeat of a Russian army until now, and Ukraine needs to start worrying about too many POWs.
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
Mar 11, 2022
A total boycott on Russian oil and gas could end the war. If oil and gas were boycotted it would hit Russia so hard that Russia might agree to a ceasefire, which could end the killing of Ukrainian civilians. Russian oil and gas have to be boycotted.
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
Mar 5, 2022
Day 10 and Russia has failed to take Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Kyiv. When will Putin understand he has lost the war? Does he understand he doesn't have enough soldiers to waste to take all those cities?
Anders Östlund
@andersostlund
Mar 2, 2022
About 400 Swedes have so far signed up to be volunteers in the Ukrainian Army. Not bad for a small country only a few days after the call for military volunteers went out. The Foreign Legion in Ukraine could become forceful. svd.se/hundratals-sve…