Valkonen...

Valkonen...

@valkonen.bsky.social

Somewhere in Québec... Retired now from the world leader of pulp and paper equipment builder after 45 years on continuous service

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À quand la fin du suspense autour des autres #F-35? Le Saab #Gripen.F serait un excellent choix pour se sevrer de la technologie amerloque qu'ils contrôlent selon l'humeur du moment

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⚡️️ US holding up air defense missiles for Ukraine for nearly a month, Zelensky says. A senior Ukrainian official previously told the Kyiv Independent that the batch awaiting U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's approval was "significant."

kyivindependent.comUS holding up air defense missiles for Ukraine for nearly a month, Zelensky saysA senior Ukrainian official previously told the Kyiv Independent that the batch awaiting U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's approval was "significant."

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‼️putin wants to reduce NATO to its 1997 borders during negotiations regarding Ukraine: this would mean the withdrawal of Alliance troops from Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland, which share a border with russia, – The Telegraph.

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⚡️Moscow to host 2030 International Weightlifting Championships following lifting of Olympic suspensions. The International Weightlifting Federation will be the first Olympic organization to hold a competition in Russia since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

kyivindependent.comMoscow to host 2030 International Weightlifting Championships following lifting of Olympic suspensionsThe International Weightlifting Federation will be the first Olympic organization to hold a competition in Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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⚡️Update: Starshield operations restored to normal speed, Zelensky confirms as Elon Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink terms. Elon Musk said that Ukraine's military violated the terms of service for Starlink, adding that the "loophole" has now been closed.

kyivindependent.comStarshield operations restored to normal speed, Zelensky confirms as Elon Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink terms"We record a speed of more than 400 kilometers per hour, the connection is stable," the ministry said.

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PM Carney sharply criticized the decision to restrict Ukraine’s satellite access: “I search for the right adjective to describe whoever took this decision or group of people took this decision against a country that is literally fighting for the lives of the citizens against naked aggression.”

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The new Zelenskyy interview with Steven Bartlett is one of the best he has ever given. ​I know it’s a bit long, but if you have time to watch the whole thing, I highly recommend it. ​Steven gives Zelenskyy the space to share the human cost and real emotions

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⚡️Ukraine to gain access to NATO procurement system for weapons, ammunition, Financial Times says. The arrangement might allow Ukraine to use NATO's existing procurement system and supplier network rather than negotiating each purchase independently.

kyivindependent.comUkraine to gain access to NATO procurement system for weapons, ammunition, Financial Times saysThe arrangement might allow Ukraine to use NATO's existing procurement system and supplier network rather than negotiating each purchase independently.

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⚡️Denmark guarantees $113 million loan for Ukrainian defense company Fire Point. The loan is backed by the Danish state as Russia’s war against Ukraine prevents the company from borrowing on ordinary terms in Denmark. The funding will be channeled through Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund (EIFO).

kyivindependent.comDenmark guarantees $113 million loan for Ukrainian defense company Fire PointThe guarantee highlights Denmark’s role in helping Ukraine expand defense production beyond its borders as Russian attacks threaten domestic manufacturing and supply chains.

Saw this full #EV #semi-truck tractor beside me yesterday. Impressive, It's a #Volvo_VNR_Electric_Truck What puzzled me at first is the unusual silence of this big rig beside me... The subtle wizzz sound and NO smoke and noisy diesel engine. We'rte going in the right direction finally...

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Historical moment! The first-ever aerial evacuation of a person from the frontline using a UAV. ​An infantryman from the 30th Mechanized Brigade was wounded while holding a position. Due to intense enemy drone activity and heavily mined terrain, evacuating him using standard ground-based

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If schools do not exist to teach kids practical skills, what are they for, really? They don't teach trades, cooking, how to make one's own clothes, cursive writing, learning languages other than kids' mother tongue, practical science, logic, taxes, phys ed not sports, history using strategy games.

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Poland’s Foreign Minister Sikorski: basically calling Trump a liar. “The US no longer finances this war since January of last year. In other words, for more than a year and a half. The US has not contributed a single cent to the defense of Ukraine. We are doing it. Europe.”

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⚡Zelensky: Ukraine has retaken more territory than Russia captured this fall. Ukrainian forces have recaptured more territory than Russian forces have seized this fall, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an Oct. 18 post on social media.

kyivindependent.comZelensky: Ukraine has retaken more territory than Russia captured this fall"The trend this year continues," Zelensky said, "Since the start of fall, our warriors have liberated more territory than the Russians have managed to capture. The same was true at other points this y...

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Notice how every time the tariffs fail to break us, the "51st state" insults start back up? The U.S. honestly thought Canada would fold in two weeks. We didn't. Now they're finding out that threats don't work when a country refuses to BLINK. 🇨🇦 👊

I’m starting to think that #Trump days will be numbered past the #midterms… literally I don’t think he will physically survive much longer And there will be a toxic odour of civil war in 2027 and beyond

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Important thread for (among others) all Canadians. Canada must cancel any future orders for F-35s and spend our defence $$ elsewhere!

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12/ But this isn't just a Musk issue. The Telegraph's reporting implicates Trump as authorising Musk's actions. And Trump has power over the entire US defence industry. This means, for example, that the nightmare scenario of cutting off support for exported F-35s is now real.

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The 2 "world powers" that signed the Budapest Agreement are now in collusion to get rid of Ukraine and divide it up between themselves. ruZZia has not abided by any agreement they signed in the past 100 years. Now the US is run by an ruZZIan agent.

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🇩🇰🇺🇦🇷🇺”Russia unfortunately does not want peace with us. Therefore, we have to continue rearming ourselves.” - Mette Frederiksen Prime Minister of Denmark

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⚡️Zelensky meets Belgian Prime Minister De Wever, but silence reigns on Russian assets. The talks apparently failed to yield a breakthrough on the fate of €200 billion ($227 billion) in Russian assets frozen by Euroclear under Belgian jurisdiction.

kyivindependent.comZelensky meets Belgian Prime Minister De Wever, but silence reigns on Russian assetsThe talks apparently failed to yield a breakthrough on the fate of €200 billion ($227 billion) in Russian assets frozen by Euroclear under Belgian jurisdiction.

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The most recent pro-Russian turn of the U.S. Trump administration has not gone unnoticed in Europe, with EU leaders lining up at an Oct. 15 summit in Brussels to criticize the moves, even as they hold out hope for the future of the transatlantic alliance.

kyivindependent.com'Incoherent,' 'deeply problematic,' and 'bad,' Europe reacts to Trump's recent pro-Russian turn"Every step now to help the Russians increase their financing of the war is a bad sign. We very much stick to Volodymyr Zelensky's view on this," Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.