Joakim Scherp

Joakim Scherp

@scherpx.bsky.social

Historian 🇸🇪, but mostly amplifying what news stories I think need amplification

353 Followers 743 Following 12 Posts Joined Dec 2023
23 hours ago
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What Ukrainians look like after time in Russian captivity is the stuff of absolute nightmares. But this isn't a dream, but horrifying reality of life in Russian hell.

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Slotkin: "If Russia is helping to kill US forces, we have crossed a rubicon. We have to take decisive action on that. Instead, we're giving them breaks on oil. They're making a ton of money."

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8 hours ago

CONFIRMED by the press service.

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9 hours ago
Medalj med ukrainsk text: "För att ha överlevt vintern 2025-2025"

Den här bilden sprids på nätet i Ukraina. En medalj för att ha överlevt vintern 2025-2026. Och visst är det en bedrift.

#ukraina

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9 hours ago
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Pentagon probe points to U.S. missile hitting Iranian school A military assessment suggests a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile was responsible for at least 165 deaths at an Iranian girls' school, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly...

I spoke with @NPR about the U.S. strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed at least 165 civilians:

"At every level, civilian protection has been deprioritized . . . A modern army has to fight according to the law, and the law requires that you protect civilians."

www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

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9 hours ago
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❗️ Russia is reportedly helping Iran’s attacks against the US, Israel, and Gulf allies by sharing intelligence such as satellite imagery and drone-targeting tactics, according to Western intelligence sources, - Bloomberg

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13 hours ago
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From Franklin Foer's piece

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10 hours ago
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Killed by russians.

Elisey was only 13. 🙏💔

During the evacuation, russians opened fire on a convoy of cars.

The car carrying Elisey was hit first. 💔

The driver, Elisey, and other civilians were killed.🙏💔

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15 hours ago

Excellent interview with @profsaunders.bsky.social

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20 hours ago
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Erin Banco on X: "SCOOP: U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of imminent collapse after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, per sources briefed. w/@JonathanLanday https://t.co/02kwMBgUKG" / X SCOOP: U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of imminent collapse after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, per sources briefed. w/@JonathanLanday https://t.co/02kwMBgUKG

1/ News that the Iranian regime is proving more resilient than expected highlights its unusual governing structure as a 'polydictatorship'. In many ways, it was designed from the ground up to resist regime change. ⬇️
x.com/ErinBanco/st...

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23 hours ago
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Europe’s plan to keep Ukraine afloat — even if Hungary keeps blocking €90B loan Kyiv was expected to run out of money at the end of this month, but an IMF lifeline and help from the Nordics and Baltics are set to keep it solvent.

🚨🚨 Europe’s plan to keep Ukraine afloat — even if #Hungary keeps blocking €90B loan. Kyiv was expected to run out of money at the end of this month, but an #IMF lifeline and help from the #Nordics and #Baltics are set to keep it solvent.🧵
www.politico.eu/article/euro...

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21 hours ago

Even the Taliban refused to say "No".
But the Hilly-Billy-Taliban from #Trumpmuskovia.
They did.

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20 hours ago

Pretty much.
What a travesty.

(Also the Epstein Factor.)

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21 hours ago
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🤬 Russia struck the Chernihiv region with drones at night - a 15-year-old girl died, her parents were injured.

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This evening, as a result of a russian drone attack on the private sector of the city of Chuhuiv in Kharkiv region, a residential building was destroyed. A man was killed, and two women were injured‼️

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1 day ago
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Russian drone hits civilian bus in Kherson, injuring 10

Russian drone hits civilian bus in Kherson, injuring 10 #Ukraine

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1 day ago
Chart from NP story about a poll. The caption reads a slim majority of Americans oppose having the National guard at voting locations to monitor November's election. 

The results show Americans overall oppose that policy by margin of 54 to 48, but Republicans support it, 73 to 27.

Republicans, during the early years of Reconstruction: we support the use of the military to protect voting rights

Republicans today: we support the use of the military to suppress voting rights

www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

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2 days ago
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NEW: The Russian military simply does not have the capacity to overrun Ukrainian defenses that Putin constantly claims. Latest Assessment ⬇️(

Ukrainian forces are successfully counterattacking not only in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions but also in western Zaporizhia Oblast.

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“Almost the entire territory liberated”: Ukraine nears full clearance of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast – reversing Russia’s “buffer zone” Offensive on Oleksandrivsk axis recaptures more ground than Russia seized in February.

Ukraine has recaptured 400+ sq km on the Oleksandrivsk axis – more land than Russia seized across the entire front in February.

Only three small settlements in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast left to clear, reversing Moscow's push to carve out a "buffer zone."

euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/10/n...

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Early Iran strikes cost $5.6 billion in munitions, Pentagon estimates The figure, accounting for the war’s first two days, is likely to intensify concerns in Congress that U.S. forces are churning through a scarce supply of advanced weaponry.

The Pentagon calculated it was spending $1 billion a day on Trump and Netanyahu’s war. The truth? It was $3 billion…and that’s just for munitions.

Plus they’ve alarmed everyone by burning through scarce munitions in a matter of days.

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3 days ago
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🇺🇦🚀 Ukraine received only about 600 modern Patriot missiles during the entire 4 years of the war, — OP

At the same time, in the first days of the war alone, the countries of the Middle East used more than 800 of these missiles.

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4 days ago
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😡 Russians use videos of prisoner abuse to indoctrinate Ukrainian children.

🧵 1/9 ⬇️

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4 days ago
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Weekend Update #175: The Week in which Ukraine Stood Up To Help The USA And The USA Stood Up To Help Russia Also, Ukrainian Territorial Gains And Russian Personnel Losses in February

Just sent out my free weekend update. This was the most extraordinary week, when the Ukrainians stood up to help the USA and the USA stood up to help the Russians (across the board). Ukraine is saving American lives while Russia is helping end them…
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

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4 days ago
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‼️Rosstat deleted report data that shows the war is making most Russians poorer.🗑️

Deleted report data showed that the vast majority of Russians got poorer, while a few rich people got a whole lot richer due to the war.

Better not share this widely, bad things might happen.😉

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Kharkiv 💔
Yesterday night, russians killed 13‑year‑old Lisa Polyanska and her mother by striking a five‑story residential building with a missile.

This terrorist attack by Russia also killed nine of their neighbors🕯

Bastards. Terrorists.

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Russia tells UN: “Schools must not be attacked even during an armed conflict.”

Forgot to Mention: Russia has damaged or destroyed over 1,600 schools in Ukraine.

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🥴US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that America may lift sanctions on Russian oil to stabilize the situation in the energy market.

“We may unsanction other Russian oil. Hundreds of millions of barrels of oil are under sanctions.

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The russians committed another big massive combined attack against Ukraine last night.

Seven people were murdered in Kharkiv, including a primary school teacher and her 7yo son, and a 13yo girl with her mom. All of them were buried in the ruins of their home in their sleep. This is unforgivable.

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💔😔The number of people killed in russias hit on a residential building in Kharkiv has now risen to 7, including two children.

According to President Zelenskyy russia launched a total of 29 missiles, nearly half of them were ballistic, and 480 drones at Ukraine during the night.

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DOOCY: It sounds like the Russians are helping Iran target and attack Americans--


TRUMP: That's an easy problem compared to what we're doing here. What a stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We're talking about something else.

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