Joni Askola

Joni Askola

@joniaskola.bsky.social

Finnish PhD candidate and geopolitical analyst. Trying to help Ukraine with the 69th Sniffing Brigade https://buymeacoffee.com/joni_askola

26,211 Followers 489 Following 12,381 Posts Joined Jan 2024
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The ongoing war in the Middle East shows exactly why the world needs Ukraine.

Years of intercepting Iranian drones have made Ukrainian forces top-tier experts.

Sharing this knowledge is Ukraine’s best opportunity to secure strong new defense partners for the future

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24 minutes ago
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We are facing an existential crisis right in Ukraine.

Europe must prioritize its own survival above everything else.

We cannot lose focus by getting involved in the Middle East right now

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1 hour ago
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Europe is facing a massive security gap.

Our one-way strike drone capabilities are pathetic and we urgently need to step up.

Building and using our own is also the best way to learn how to better defend ourselves against Russia’s

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1 hour ago
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Europe needs to wake up.

To have credible deterrence and actually survive in today's world, we need a couple thousand more cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and medium-range interceptors.

Our current stockpiles are dangerously low

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2 hours ago
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Gerhard Schröder works for Putin.

Tony Blair now works for Trump.

Since Trump aligns himself with Russia and acts as an enemy of Europe, there is almost no difference between what Schröder and Blair are doing.

Both former leaders sold out to our enemies

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4 hours ago
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When the US asked for help in Iraq, Ukraine answered.

Today, Ukraine is helping defend US troops in the Middle East from drone attacks.

Ukraine has always been a good ally to the US.

It is the US that is currently not acting like an ally

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4 hours ago
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Europeans should not wait until Russian tanks cross our borders to start building shahed interceptors and long-range attack drones.

We must launch joint production with Ukraine immediately.

Building them together arms Ukraine for today and prepares Europe for tomorrow

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5 hours ago
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A scenario where the US stops its war on Iran but Iran continues to retaliate and keep oil prices high would truly be a nightmare, and not an unlikely one

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5 hours ago
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The US being fully focused on the Middle East is highly dangerous.

We should be closely watching China right now.

They have prepared for years to make major military moves, and this distraction creates clear opportunities for Chinese aggressive imperialism

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5 hours ago
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Russia is exploiting high oil prices and recent sanction waivers to fund its war.

We must respond by fully backing Ukraine's campaign to destroy Russian oil refineries.

Western allies also need to step up and seize Russia's shadow fleet whenever possible

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5 hours ago
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Jake Paul is an idiot

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5 hours ago
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Ukraine is set to receive 3350 ERAMs.

Adding these cruise missiles to Ukraine's own growing arsenal will severely hurt the Russian war machine.

The biggest threat to this delivery is not Russian air defense, but Trump suddenly deciding to cancel or postpone it

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6 hours ago
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France, Spain, and Italy should be ashamed.

They really need to step up, or they will never be trusted by countries bordering Russia

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6 hours ago
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It’s Europe, not the US, that should be negotiating, as this is existential for us and we are paying for everything.

The US provides no aid to Ukraine and is incompetent.

A team of teenagers would do a better job than Witkoff and Kushner

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6 hours ago
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Better EU regulation on social media is long overdue.

Let us be very clear: regulation does not mean censorship.

It means transparency. It means giving users the right to understand how platforms target ads.

This is the true foundation of free speech in today’s world

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7 hours ago
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Finland Is Ready for Russia. Is Anyone Else? The Arctic nation offers Europe a master class in combat readiness

"Finland must hedge its bets with a strong dose of self-reliance — this time backed by a wider set of European countries growing more willing to do the same." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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6 hours ago
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This is why Tulsi Gabbard hasn’t tweeted since February 25, before the war in Iran began

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7 hours ago
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Errol Musk is going back to Moscow. He is a real vatnik

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7 hours ago
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Now imagine what Trump would do if he weren’t trying to win the Nobel Peace Prize

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7 hours ago
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Notice how all of our geopolitical enemies constantly attack the EU and push against European regulation.

They do it because those regulations are exactly what protects us from them.

A united and well-regulated Europe is their biggest nightmare

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8 hours ago
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Trump allies are quietly buying up the information space.

They own most social media platforms and will soon own a massive chunk of traditional television networks.

Handing the entire public discourse over to a few partisan billionaires is incredibly dangerous

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17 hours ago
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The world Peter Thiel and his tech friends want to build is horrible and goes against everything that made them.

Thiel is a gay immigrant who got rich in liberal democratic California.

Now he wants to destroy the exact system that allowed him to succeed

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17 hours ago

Why is the US striking Iran then?

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17 hours ago
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Explosive emails show Jeffrey Epstein explicitly helped Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin figure out how to handle Trump.

Why was a trafficker giving Russia the playbook on him? Is he compromised?

Way too few people are talking about these shocking documents

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17 hours ago
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Tulsi Gabbard hasn’t tweeted since the war with Iran began. I wonder why

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17 hours ago
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The behavior of American tech oligarchs is a massive warning sign for Europe.

They were more than happy to sell out human rights and democratic values in exchange for access and lower taxes.

We must protect our societies from this ruthless greed

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18 hours ago
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Now that Ukraine has endured its most brutal winter yet, Europe cannot afford to wait another year to act.

The work needs to be done right now.

We must immediately order more air defense systems and interceptors to protect their power grid

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18 hours ago
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The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East prove that modern conflicts consume massive amounts of medium and long-range interceptors.

Most European countries only have a few hundred in stock.

We have absolutely no excuse for this massive vulnerability

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18 hours ago
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American soldiers are giving their lives in the Middle East with almost zero attention, while a podcaster like Charlie Kirk received weeks of tributes.

It is an absolute disgrace.

Many Americans have completely lost their sense of priorities

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18 hours ago
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European countries urgently need to mass-produce surface-to-surface missiles.

Our current stockpiles are far too small to provide credible deterrence.

We simply cannot afford to depend entirely on our extremely limited number of air-launched missiles to protect our continent

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