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Henri Vanhanen wrote that Europe should take a greater role in defining the peace terms for Ukraine. According to him, Donald Trump tried to entice Vladimir Putin to peace with concessions, even though Russia continued the war and new flexibilities were expected from Ukraine. Vanhanen pointed out that Europe spent tens of billions of euros to defend Ukraine but largely let Washington direct the negotiations. Vanhanen demanded Germany resolve the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine and for other countries to strengthen Ukraine’s long-range strike capability. He also suggested that Europe should find a way to more broadly utilize Russia’s frozen state assets of about 200 billion euros, increase pressure on Russia’s oil revenues, and boost military support for Ukraine if the war of aggression continued. He argued that Europe should ensure that Trump’s diplomacy is not based solely on offering new concessions to Russia. https://t.co/pilGKhN9F1 #Eurooppa #Ukraina #Trump (translated)

The author assesses that those in charge of the EU apparently believed that prolonging the war in Ukraine would promote the federalist project. According to him, continuing the war could indeed fragment the union, as the right defending sovereign nation-states was rising to power in major European countries like Germany and France. The writing ended abruptly in the middle of the list. #EU #Ukraina #politiikka #DE #FR (translated)

Henri Vanhanen considered it shameful that, according to him, Donald Trump had decided not to implement actions approved by Congress that would have enabled tariffs of up to 100 percent on Russia's oil and gas for its largest purchasing countries. According to Vanhanen, Trump justified his decision with the national interest of the United States, and in Vladimir Putin's inner circle, the solution had already been described as a historic achievement. Vanhanen wrote that Russia's energy exports were significantly financing the country's war economy. He also reported that Ukraine had reported a shortage of Patriot missile defense systems, that Russia had continued bombing cities and killing civilians, and that Trump had demanded Ukraine stop attacks on Russian oil refineries. Citing sources from The Telegraph, Vanhanen wrote that Elon Musk had suggested to Trump limiting military-important Starshield satellite communications for Ukraine, which Trump had accepted. According to him, the restrictions would also hinder Ukraine's defense against Russian drone attacks. According to Vanhanen, Trump's negotiators were said to believe that concessions could bring Putin back to peace talks, even though, in his view, Russia had not shown a similar willingness to give up its military objectives. He assessed that concessions could strengthen Putin's perception of the profitability of continuing the war and that peace talks would require concessions from Russia as well. https://t.co/tTVKB82aQB #Trump #Ukraina #Venäjä (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that it was difficult to say whether Germany's Alice Weidel and France's Marine Le Pen were imitators of Donald Trump or sympathizers of Vladimir Putin, and according to him, the difference may not necessarily have mattered for the outcome. He mentioned that Weidel had declared the war in Ukraine a defeat and demanded an end to Germany's support, while Le Pen wanted to limit France's financial support to Ukraine. According to Vanhanen, politicians aiming for power in Europe's large countries had a short-sighted attitude towards Russia, European history, and security. He warned Finland not to assume that the rest of Europe would inevitably follow the same path as Finland. He did not consider the AfD's entry into the German federal government in the coming years to be likely but assessed that the strengthening of political forces like the party would pose serious security policy problems. Vanhanen also wrote that the Kremlin was monitoring Europe's electoral calendars. According to him, Putin would have no reason to rush negotiations if he believed that Ukraine's supporters would be replaced by leaders who were less sympathetic to Ukraine. Vanhanen noted that Europe's center-right parties had not responded in a timely manner to citizens' immigration concerns, which had allowed room for radical alternatives. He viewed the problem not as a demand for stricter immigration policies, but in that these movements were also bringing to power forces that represented admiration for authoritarianism, opposition to Ukraine, and sympathy for Russia. He assessed that decisions about Europe's security would be made both on the battlefields of Ukraine and in European elections, emphasizing that this should also be understood in Finland. https://t.co/3s94O0WUiT #Eurooppa #Politiikka #Turvallisuus (translated)

Arkady Moshes, program director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, states that Ukraine could indeed lose the war if the situation continues to deteriorate and serious internal issues, such as disputes within military leadership and corruption, hinder the receipt of international support. #Ukraina #Venäjä #sota (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus stated that his company has been working with AI assistants since March and initially switched the entire development team to AI. Since then, among other things, the research, export, and import software as well as the SAP export have been newly developed or automated. The carve-out export software and the data encryption tool have also been revised. In addition, the company has developed AI-driven software that automatically uploads standardized SAP, Navision, and other reports into databases. For the migration of the research software, a dedicated tool and an automated testing tool have been created. Boeminghaus also mentioned an automatic deletion software for SAP HCM and improvements in automatic deletion within the research software. With the help of AI, the company has also increased the security of its data center. Before the use of AI, there were 45 software developers; now there are only 14 AI developers. Since many projects have been implemented, Boeminghaus has asked the sales team for urgently needed new ideas and requirements. Furthermore, the project management is currently being restructured and is to be monitored by AI assistants starting in January. #KünstlicheIntelligenz #SoftwareEntwicklung #Automatisierung (translated)

The interruptions of Starlink in Ukraine have increased the stock price of the European satellite company Eutelsat, highlighting the vulnerability of private sector technology during wartime, while Zelensky criticizes Starlink's impact on the country's defense capability and Elon Musk refers to Washington's control over the system. #USA #Ukraina #Starlink (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that Trump has repeated Russian propaganda by blaming Ukraine, claiming that Volodymyr Zelensky is unwilling to make peace, and depicting Vladimir Putin as an easier negotiating partner. According to Vanhanen, Trump called Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries shameful, even though Russia continued to bomb Ukraine's energy infrastructure. He also referred to a Reuters report on the restrictions imposed by the United States on the Starshield satellite system used by Ukraine. Vanhanen said he did not remember Trump condemning Russia's systematic winter attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure in the same way. He described the consequences: according to him, newborns had to be warmed with hot water bottles, and elderly people had been trapped in their apartments as elevators stopped working. He also mentioned the murders, rapes, and other war crimes committed by Russian troops against civilians and assessed that Trump was particularly concerned about the price of diesel and the global availability of oil. According to Vanhanen, Trump could not credibly act as a neutral peace broker if he only pressured one side of the conflict, the victim of the attack, rather than the aggressor. He wrote that Russia started the war and continued it, and he believed that peace would not be achieved by weakening Ukraine's defense capabilities and rewarding Russia for the attack. #Ukraina #Trump #Venäjä (translated)

"I do not hold my breath that Defense Secretary Hegseth will provide transparency in this matter. Therefore, we ask the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to initiate an investigation and report to the U.S. Congress and the American people," said Republican Senator Thom Tillis on social media. #Ukraina #Venemaa #sõda (translated)

"The fact that no one in Washington wants to take responsibility for aiding Russia in the killing of Ukrainians clearly shows how politically toxic this decision was," said American journalist and commentator Michael Weiss to the Kyiv Independent. #Ukraina #Venemaa #sõda (translated)

The Kyiv Independent article highlights how no one took responsibility for the restriction of Ukrainian military communications services through Elon Musk's SpaceX Starshield system, which led to chaos among Ukrainian drone units and created a political rift in Washington. #Ukraina #Venemaa #sõda (translated)