Journalist, news photographer, drone pilot/-photographer
Oslo, Norway
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Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
Guess throttling Starshield for Ukraine, again, was the gift that Witkoff and Kushner brought to Moscow today.
Received briefings from Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yevhenii Khmara and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatyi. Unfortunately, our units have been recording significant disruptions to Starshield’s operations over the territory of Ukraine for several days now – along the entire front line and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Specifically, systematic speed restrictions are being imposed on Starshield, limiting it to 161 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour). The Ukrainian military have already investigated the circumstances, and these are not random errors but systematic speed restrictions. For us, this primarily means a significant complication in intercepting Russian jet-powered drones. Unfortunately, there have already been strikes that got through because our interception systems cannot reach sufficient speeds and are unable to intercept in time. Unfortunately, this is helping the Russians kill more Ukrainians and carry out more accurate strikes against Ukraine. We are trying to establish all the circumstances with the American side.
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
Received briefings from Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yevhenii Khmara and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatyi. Unfortunately, our units have been recording significant disruptions to Starshield’s operations over the territory of Ukraine for several days now – along the entire front line and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Specifically, systematic speed restrictions are being imposed on Starshield, limiting it to 161 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour). The Ukrainian military have already investigated the circumstances, and these are not random errors but systematic speed restrictions. For us, this primarily means a significant complication in intercepting Russian jet-powered drones. Unfortunately, there have already been strikes that got through because our interception systems cannot reach sufficient speeds and are unable to intercept in time. Unfortunately, this is helping the Russians kill more Ukrainians and carry out more accurate strikes against Ukraine. We are trying to establish all the circumstances with the American side.
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
wow -- CNN broadcast footage of an Arlington guard yelling at a group with Pete Hegseth to "MAINTAIN SILENCE ... PAY RESPECT!" after someone in his entourage started laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
I believe the drop in visibility on X is primarily linked to attacks by Russian bot farms: massive, coordinated reporting campaigns targeting pro-Ukrainian accounts, with thousands of automated complaints submitted for alleged violations of platform rules. In response, X's automated moderation system blocks or restricts (shadowbans) these accounts.
Apparently, X's algorithm allows bot farms to operate quite freely.
Bot farms are a tool of information warfare. They manipulate public opinion and destabilize societies. Therefore, they must be countered not only technologically but also legally.
Today, countering bot farms is a legal obligation in many countries, and government pressure and oversight in democratic countries must be strengthened.
Questa piattaforma sta silenziando gli account pro-Ucraina. È un fatto, ed anche io sto avendo questo problema.
Credo che su X sia in atto una gravissima manipolazione dell'opinione pubblica, e questa è una cosa che non si può tollerare.
@pinapic @gualminielisa
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Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
Settlers attack Israeli solidarity activists helping Palestinians harvest their olives in Qusra in the occupied West Bank. One of the female activists was hospitalized after being hit in the skull.
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
Last night Trump said he could have won Vietnam in a week. His plan was “going after Ho Chi Minh City.”
Ho Chi Minh City was Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. Our ally. The enemy’s capital was Hanoi. We bombed it.
He called the presidents who fought that war stupid, then explained how he’d have won it by attacking our own side.
58,220 Americans died in that war. Trump got five deferments. Now he’s telling the rest of us how easy it would have been.
He’s had more than fifty years to learn which side we were on. He still hasn’t. That alone should disqualify him from sending anybody else’s kids to war.
Instead, he’s weighing more strikes on Iran after Tuesday. His administration has reportedly considered using the “mother of all bombs,” the one he calls “like a tiny nuclear bomb.”
The man who thinks we should have bombed our ally’s capital gets to choose the targets.
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
Beyond horrible.
18 people were killed by Russian aerial bomb strikes on Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region. At least five more were injured.
Russia attacked a school where humanitarian aid was being distributed to local residents. Russians then dropped nine more aerial bombs on the shelter with people inside.
Rescue operations continue. It is reported that 27 people are considered missing as of now.
So much pain brought to Ukraine by Russia.
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
“Kushner told Zelensky that he should pause the strikes because he and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff were dedicating a lot of time, energy, and jet fuel to mediating with Moscow, one of the U.S. officials said. A 30-day pause on refineries would be a way for Ukraine to show gratitude, that U.S. official said.”
An almost comical thing to tell a nation fighting for its existence. Lay down your weapons because we are exhausted from taking a private jet.
wsj.com/world/ukraine-pauses…
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A massacre in the Dnipro passenger railway station today. A guided Russian drone targeted a crowded platform, killing at least 13 people and injuring many others, as per city officials.
But diesel. But Russia wants peace. But don’t you dare hit their refineries.
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
After seeing comparisons between Barack Obama and Donald Trump giving speeches over the weekend, here's another comparison about how they each talk.
#Obama #Trump #presidential
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
Russia struck one of the main bridges linking the two sides of Kyiv overnight, and killed and injured students sleeping in a university dorm. But diesel.
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
Disgraceful.
Trump sacrifices Ukrainian lives in order to appease his fellow authoritarian, Mr. Putin.
The U.S. must release the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine.
No U.S. alliance with the Russian dictatorship.
Breaking news: The Trump administration has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian attacks, officials said, a delay that comes as President Trump has embraced Russia in recent weeks. wapo.st/4yCb7T7
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
Trump called for an energy ceasefire. Ukraine immediately agreed and suspended energy attacks. Putin refused and kept hitting energy targets in Ukraine. But you blame Ukraine. Ridiculous
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
Picking up a fight with Canada and allying with Russia ahead of the mid-terms seems totally in line with U.S. public opinion.
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
Eighteen Ukrainian soldiers died fighting for the U.S. in Iraq. Many more Ukrainian pilots and contractors died in Afghanistan.
Zero American soldiers fought for Ukraine.
.@POTUS: "We've given a lot to Ukraine. They've given nothing to us. Remember that."
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
Hey, @elonmusk, big man, are you playing politics with your products again?
As your European customers, we are watching you.
⚡️ 'This cannot be a coincidence' — Ukraine's Starlink access restricted without warning, Zelensky adviser says.
Ukraine relies on Starlink to operate its mid-strike drones in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
kyivindependent.com/this-can…
Hans O. Torgersen retweeted
Translation: “Putin can and wants to bribe me. Ukraine can’t. And I don’t give a damn what happens after I get to line my own pockets. That’s all I am.”
