Thomas Nilsen

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Russia provides Iran with intelligence to target U.S. forces. Trump grants waiver to allow India to buy Russian oil amid Iran war.

Important observations by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine: Repression Against Researchers Undermines Russia’s Position in the Arctic.
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Journalism is one of few things that scares Putin.

The 🇬🇧 Rivet Joint flew to north of Ijärvi in 🇫🇮 Lapland. Then turned south as 🇳🇴 doesn't allow allied NATO surveillance planes to fly into east-Finnmark airspace near border with 🇷🇺.

There are currently 3 NATO surveillance aircraft heading north and along Russia's border.
1) 🇸🇪 Gulfstream 4
2) NATO Boeing E-3B Sentry AWACS
3) 🇬🇧 RC-135W Rivet Joint
The AWSCS was just refuelled over 🇫🇮.
Something interesting is in the air...

Why The Arctic May be the 'Most Dangerous Place on Earth' As the Arctic climate warms rapidly, high-north geopolitics and military tensions are heating up too.

"Climate change and increased access to the Arctic Ocean will create a strategic security dilemma between NATO and Russia, as well as the United States and China ... the faultline between Russia and NATO will become more and more visible." @tomyulsman.bsky.social time.com/7380037/arct...

Slik jobbet Jagland for å få Russland inn i varmen I to år drev Thorbjørn Jagland diplomati for å ønske Russland velkommen tilbake i Europarådet. I 2019 lyktes han - med støtte fra Norge.

Det Espen Barth Eide her sier til VG viser med all tydelighet hvor lite han forstår av måten Moskva i årene etter 2014 fullstendig ga blaffen i oppfølging av vedtak i Menneskerettsdomstolen i Strasbourg.

One business doing very well in Russia: Funerals. Turnover in the sector rose 7.7% in 2024 to 108.3 billion rubles (€1.2 billion) and increased by a further 12.7% from January to April 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, according to The Insider. theins.ru/obshestvo/28...

Putin is making Russia small again:

”Our model suggests that Russian casualties are now between 1.1m and 1.4m, of whom 230,000-430,000 are dead. That would mean one in 25 Russian men between the ages of 18 and 49 may have been killed or severely wounded since the start of the full-scale war.”

Library image of an Il-38N for illustration purposes only. Russian MOD image.

🔺Northern Fleet Air activity

A Russian Navy NFAF probable Il-38N MPA concluded a 90-minute probable range support sortie in the Barents Sea, AM 25 February 2026.

⚠️Aircraft highly likely supported Naval ASuW live fire exercise activity.
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Kirkenes marks 4 years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Semyon Kravchenko says he was beaten at the Russian border - and later sentenced to 14 years Semen Kravchenko was travelling into Russia at Borisoglebsk checkpoint on the border from Norway when he was taken aside, punched in the stomach and struck on the head by FSB officers.

Semyon Kravchenko returned from 🇳🇴 to 🇷🇺 in the north. At Borisoglebsk checkpoint he was beaten after FSB officers found "evidence of support to Ukraine" on his mobile phone. Today he serves a 14-year jail sentence.

Russia's Consulate General in Kirkenes arranged "consular services day" in Bodø and has posted this photo. WTF does the St. George’s ribbon (on the table) has to do with "consular services? This is pure evil war propaganda in northern Norway.

Why The Arctic May be the 'Most Dangerous Place on Earth' As the Arctic climate warms rapidly, high-north geopolitics and military tensions are heating up too.

Cool to be quoted in the great TIME story by Tom Yulsman. The topic, though, is pretty serious and not cool at all 🇷🇺☢️🚀❄️.

Islands statsminister gjør det Støre ikke vil: Inviterer til nasjonal EU-debatt. Hun er sosialdemokrat, leder et EØS-land – og er ikke redd for å debattere EU. – Jeg ville svikte mitt ansvar dersom jeg ikke benyttet den muligheten jeg ser åpner seg.

Islands statsminister har den tillit til eget folk som Støre mangler.

Kirkenes. 20/2-2026.

This 🇺🇸 nuclear sniffer (WC-135 Constant Phoenix) has been collecting samples over the eastern Barents Sea for more 7 hours today. What’s blowing in the air? ☢️

Two years ago, Alexei Navalny was barbarically murdered with poison by FSB in a north Ural prison camp. Russia is a state run by criminals, and the 🇷🇺 Consulate General here in Kirkenes represents those killers. Photo from tonight’s event across the street.

February 16th.
Murdered with nerve agents by the FSB. Here from outside 🇷🇺 consulate in Kirkenes 🇳🇴.

Classic Zelenskyy: "We can also give ceasefire for Russians if they will do elections in Russia."😏🤌

PM Frederiksen:

We have to recognize,we have to learn that Russia will not change&they aren’t interested in peace, unfortunately
I mean,it's like minus 25 °C &then you attack the energy system.I mean,it's so crazy that only Russians would do such a thing.But this’s how Russia is&it will not change

🇺🇸 Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plane here in Munich. His next two stops are Hungary and Slovakia. No coincidence, no surprise…

NOW: Ukrainian drones attack north Russian oil hub Ukhta Explosions could be heard in the industrial town in the Komi Republic as drones attacked on Thursday morning. Ukhta is located almost 2,000 km from Ukraine.

Seems like a direct hit that deeply will trouble Lukoil’s northern oil production.

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months - Carbon Brief China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline of 0.3% for the full year as a whole.

Good news from 🇨🇳:
Solar power output increased by 43% year-on-year and wind by 14%, helping push down coal generation by 1.9%

❗️Just now, 🇺🇦Ukrainian kamikaze drones attacked the 🇷🇺Lukoil-Ukhtanefpereработка oil refinery in the city of Ukhta, Komi Republic. The distance from the Ukrainian border is more than 2000 km.

Russia’s state censorship organ restricts Telegram messaging app nationwide, user complaints surge Russia’s media censorship and communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, will begin implementing plans to slow the Telegram messaging app in Russia as early as Feb. 10, according to a report by business p...

Here we go. The most popular social media channel within 🇷🇺 is now targeted. Because freedom of communication is the Kremlin’s biggest enemy.

Probably the most meaningless eye-catching advertising in Berlin.

Please all good people, Ukraine needs urgent support.

Cartoon by Gatis Šļūka