Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg

@factforce.bsky.social

Columnist. Chessplayer. MA & Management. benjaminhusstadnedberg.substack.com You are entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. #NAFO for #Ukraine🫡

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Here to share factual info about the ua-ru war. This order is crucial: Facts first. Then opinions. Change of mind is strength, not weakness. Especially encourage pro-ru ppl to follow me, bc you're probably just misinformed🤔 As European I‘m independent of Dem/GOP, and perhaps easier to trust?

Repeat after me: Russia has no legitimate security concerns; only its neighbours do. Russia has been the only one invading others.

Maria Popova@popovaprof.bsky.social

Repeat after me: Russia has no legitimate security concerns; only its neighbours do. Russia has been the only one invading others.

I support the induction. Ivanchuk is a legend 💪🫡

👏 Vasyl Ivanchuk, a legendary Ukrainian grandmaster, has been inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony for the new members of the World Chess Hall of Fame took place in St Louis, US. Ivanchuk was one of five inductees. 📸: GettyImages

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Daily truck traffic from Rostov Oblast to occupied Crimea via the R-280 highway has fallen from around 2,000 to just 800–1,000, a decline of 50–60% since Ukraine launched its mid-range strike campaign against Russia’s land corridor to Crimea in May 2026.

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🇺🇦❗️ Zelensky: It doesn't matter whether lifting sanctions is economically beneficial to America, Russia, Asia, Africa, Europe or Ukraine. Sanctions were imposed because of Russian aggression. Lifting sanctions can only be linked to ending the war, diplomacy, reconstruction and security guarantees.

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Serbian police pull out of central Belgrade to cheers, hours after Aleksandar Vučić conceded that his SNS lost Sunday's snap parliamentary election to the student-led movement. Crowds then tore down the pro-government camp near parliament that loyalists had held for over a year.

One more piece in an endless string of evidence, for those still in doubt: Trump’s USA is on Russia’s side. They are strengthening the attack on Europe. They are complicit in war crimes.

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⚡️️️️️️️New report tracks how Russia helps China build better drones. The investigation found that Russian designs for rocket-launched drones likely shaped weapons China unveiled in 2025 and that Russian wind tunnels kept testing aircraft models for China's top arms maker after the invasion of Ukraine.

kyivindependent.comNew report tracks how Russia helps China build better dronesThe investigation found that Russian designs for rocket-launched drones likely helped shape weapons China unveiled in 2025 and that Russian wind tunnels kept testing aircraft models for China's top ar...

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⚡️️️️️️️Russian sabotage network behind Romanian arson attack, officials say. The attack is "part of a larger campaign of sabotage operations attributed to the Russian Federation in Europe," according to the Romanian Intelligence Service.

kyivindependent.comRussian sabotage network behind Romanian arson attack, officials sayThe attack is "part of a larger campaign of sabotage operations attributed to the Russian Federation in Europe," according to the Romanian Intelligence Service.

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⚡️️️️️️️Russia's assault on Ukraine's energy grid is a war crime, UN says. Russia’s attacks on energy infrastructure, which weaponize winter to inflict suffering, amount to war crimes, a UN inquiry has found.

kyivindependent.comRussia's assault on Ukraine's energy grid is a war crime, UN saysRussia’s attacks on energy infrastructure, which weaponize winter to inflict suffering, amount to war crimes, a UN inquiry has found.
Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

12-year-old Artem Koval died in hospital today from injuries he got when a Russian drone struck a park in Nova Vodolaha. His 8-year-old sister, Arina, was killed that day, too. Their mom, Liliia, was also injured. Deepest condolences...

Let’s start with these: If Russia wants a ceasefire they must first accept Ukraine as a sovereign state and Zelenskyj as its legitimate leader. Ukraine will not negotiate before Russia agrees to a one-month ceasefire first.

Joni Askola@joniaskola.bsky.social

Ukraine must hold maximalist demands and avoid Russia’s classic trap: making outrageous demands while refusing to compromise, forcing the other side to make concessions and give Russia more than it deserves. Russia doesn’t deserve to get anything

Exactly. Like when the American dictator had a tantrum and invaded Iran in February.

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

JD Vance: Remember in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine and gas prices skyrocketed? They skyrocketed,by the way,far higher then than they are today. They skyrocketed in 1979.They skyrocketed in 2001.They skyrocketed in 2007 They skyrocket every time some tin pot dictator decides to throw a tantrum.

ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social

1/ Russia is developing the capability to launch tens of thousands of kamikaze drones against European cities such as Paris, says a Russian drone developer. He describes heavy long-range drones such as the Iranian Shahed and Russian Geran as "a new weapon of deterrence". ⬇️

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Imagine being a CEO of an US energy company and thinking that you work with close associates of the Trump family, only to find out that behind them is a sanctioned Russian company, really pulling the strings.

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“Trump, who has cut U.S. aid to Ukraine by 99 percent, is sending American money to the Kremlin — and therefore to a Russian war machine that the United Nations says is killing Ukrainian civilians at a ‘new horrifying level.”’ www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/w...

nytimes.comUkraine’s Feeling of Moral Whiplash at the Hands of TrumpThe United States once declared that Ukraine’s fight was the front line in a global battle for freedom. Now the Trump administration is sending money to Moscow.

The humiliation is total👇 "If Stalin and his Cold War successors could see what Trump and Putin have created, and how the mighty United States has been humbled and humiliated, they might think that their evil hopes were not wrong, but only that they dreamed them too early."

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com

Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order, turning America into a Russian ally, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues: theatln.tc/fC0XMlGu

" #Europe may never know whether Moscow’s next warning is a bluff, genuine preparation, or an attempt to influence a specific decision. It does not need to know. If a nuclear bluff were to prove as effective as the nuclear weapons themselves, #Russia ’s influence would be virtually unlimited."

Andreas Umland@umland.eurosky.social

Lesia Bidochko @Epik_Ukraine & Oleksandr Siedien @NaUKMA: Blant 31 europeiske giverland forutsier avstanden til Russland støtten til Ukraina bedre enn atomvåpenstatus eller demokratisk kvalitet. GEOPOLITIKA geopolitika.no/hvordan-naer...

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This is the biggest corruption scandal in American history. The Trump crime family is trying to sell the future natural gas rights of Alaska to the Russians in exchange for $25 billion in cash for themselves today.

Russian propaganda sometimes get things right👇 "...political scientist Dmitry Kulikov asserted that Trump’s string of concessions to Putin amounted to an American defeat. “They’ve lost to the Russian Federation,” he proudly claimed."

Julia Davis@juliadavisnews.bsky.social

One by one, Moscow’s wish list items are being fulfilled, bringing pure joy to the Kremlin’s favorite experts & state TV pundits. Head of RT Margarita Simonyan proclaimed there would never be another Ukrainian president. My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/putins-ghoul...

This is very important. Europe must stop complaining that it is not included at the negotiating table, and force itself into the position by strength. Priority number one is to define our war aims. That should be easy; Ukrainian victory ✌️

benjaminhusstadnedberg.substack.comUKRAINIAN VICTORY IS EUROPE'S GOALEach of us can help save democracy by telling the story of Ukrainian victory. We must reinforce the narrative of what we want the world to look like, after the war is over.
Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

President Petr Pavel of Czechia gave an interview to Paul Ronzheimer for RONZHEIMER and WELT. What is President Pavel discussing? Europe’s overall weakness today is its lack of agency. Europe is not perceived as a united whole with a common position.

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It’s amazing that MAGA labels every election result is doesn’t like as “stolen” or an example of “fraud “, but when Putin “wins” almost 90% of the vote in his crooked elections, they don’t make a peep.

That’s the red flags in job interviews for the Trump administration; If you mention “national interests” or “competence”, you’re out.

Ruth Deyermond@ruthdeyermond.bsky.social

People still talk about the foreign policy of the Trump administration as if (a) it's designed to advance US national interests, rather than private ones and (b) there's a reasonable expectation of competence and coherence. Neither of these things is correct.

30 years of nationalist pro-Russian coverage form a state controlled media, makes its mark. Change will take time. The risk of waiting is that without an immediate change, Serbia is stuck on the wrong side of history, supporting fascism. Serbia needs to break with Russia before Putin falls.

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

According to preliminary results of the October 25 parliamentary elections, the “Student List” won the majority of votes and secured enough seats to form Serbia’s new government independently.

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Musk is evil.

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com

"We should (have) some sympathy for the poor Russian conscripts too. Those kids have no choice but to fight and die in drone strikes." For anyone watching and understanding Ukraine's years-long struggle for survival, the words of SpaceX founder Elon Musk ring with deep moral bankruptcy.

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In May 2026, Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps launched a secret counteroffensive now known as Operation Vivaldi, aiming to strengthen Ukraine’s defensive positions in the Lyman and Sviatohirsk sectors and disrupt Russia’s plans to encircle Ukraine’s key strongholds.

Use the frozen Russian assets!

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social

🇭🇺🇨🇿🇸🇰🇺🇦 Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia do not want to take on financial obligations under a new loan to Ukraine, — Welt They demand to be exempted from participating in the financial provision of a new 🇪🇺EU loan. They insist on significant financing of their own countries from EU budget.

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🇺🇦 “Veterans should be among those who shape the future of Ukraine,” — Budanov Head of the Presidential Office emphasized that defenders have experience in leadership, responsibility, and decision-making in the most difficult conditions. This experience should work for the development of the state.

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🇺🇦❗️During Operation Veles, Khartiya forces captured more than 30 Russian fighters who were in a gas pipeline in the Kupyansk region. One of the groups was cut off from the main forces of the invaders - and after prolonged fighting, some of the Russians surrendered.

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In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.” ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

If I proposed a convicted pedophile to run a kindergarten, all sane people would consider me a morally bankrupt crazy person. For everyone in the world observing the White House we see that the light is on, but there is nobody home. No valid brain activity is registered.

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

According to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal, President Trump's administration has proposed former Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán as a candidate for UN Secretary-General. The United States is reportedly counting on Russia and China to support the idea.

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Germany should send Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine now!

Joni Askola@joniaskola.bsky.social

Storm Shadow missiles have been extremely effective for Ukraine, despite the limited supply. It is not too late for Germany to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine

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6 months after Orban's election defeat another Putin supporter is exiting. Serbia's Aleksandar Vučić decisively lost the elections last night, after being 14 years in power. The opposition of teachers and students will take the lead.

⚠️Entry 28 in THE KRASNOV COUNT⚠️ Trump’s criminal syndicate—the most corrupt in American history—is now attempting to sell gas rights in Alaska to a Russian oil company. ⤵️ @nytimes.com @ericlipton.nytimes.com #Russia #Ukraine #Trump #US

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.
Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg@factforce.bsky.social

⚠️Entry 27 in THE KRASNOV COUNT⚠️ #Trump is ending the charade, and openly supporting #Russia in public. Trump is scrapping the Graham-Blumenthal bill, lifting sanctions against Russia, entering into a diesel deal with Putin, and repeating all his previous lies about the Russia- #Ukraine war.

This is a flagrant violation of all sanctions and is illegal under American law. It exacerbates the war in Europe by ensuring American protection for the Putin regime, which understands that it can continue its genocide without facing punishment. @foreignpolicy.com @drjademcglynn.bsky.social

foreignpolicy.comRussia Is Committing Cultural Genocide in UkraineHistorical falsification, youth indoctrination, and the plunder of artifacts reveal the Kremlin’s true objectives.

These actions confirm that the Trump regime is utterly unfit to lead the United States. American authorities should arrest the entire MAGA administration, physically remove them from their offices, and place them in prison pending an impeachment trial for treason.