Political impacts of Ukraine war

[Altair]

You're assuming those "fishing boats" are actually really fishing boats and crewed by fishers and not by PLAN crews.

I thought fishing boats fell under the PLAN naval militia?

 

[Haggis]

I thought fishing boats fell under the PLAN naval militia?

According to the US Naval Institute, parts of the Chinese fishing fleet operate as a state-sanctioned maritime militia—often referred to as the People’s Armed Force Maritime Militia (PAFMM)—which acts under the command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). While not part of the formal PLAN, they work alongside the navy and coast guard to advance sovereignty claims in disputed waters.

 

[HavokFour]

Well this is a noticeable shift in tone. Can't say he isn't wrong, has either stepped foot in Ukraine at all?

Zelensky says failure of US envoys to visit Kyiv is 'disrespectful'

US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner have travelled to Moscow several times, but never to Kyiv.

www.bbc.com

 

[RangerRay]

Well this is a noticeable shift in tone. Can't say he isn't wrong, has either stepped foot in Ukraine at all?

Zelensky says failure of US envoys to visit Kyiv is 'disrespectful'

US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner have travelled to Moscow several times, but never to Kyiv.

www.bbc.com

They’re more interested in making real estate and resource deals with Vlad.

 

[Czech_pivo]

They’re more interested in making real estate and resource deals with Vlad.

And the hookers, don't forget the hookers.

 

[HavokFour]

And we have liftoff.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-formally-approves-ukraine-loan-20th-sanctions-package-against-russia-2026-04-23/

 

[HavokFour]

US Ambassador to Ukraine throwing in the towel, out of frustration.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-ambassador-ukraine-step-down-over-differences-with-trump-ft-reports-2026-04-28/

 

[The Bread Guy]

This doesn't sound good ....

Ukraine’s army chief shakes up troop rotations after outcry

In some cases, the troops had resorted to drinking rain water, relatives of soldiers deployed in one frontline unit said.

www.defensenews.com

From the article:

 

[McG]

Well this is a noticeable shift in tone. Can't say he isn't wrong, has either stepped foot in Ukraine at all?

Zelensky says failure of US envoys to visit Kyiv is 'disrespectful'

US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner have travelled to Moscow several times, but never to Kyiv.

www.bbc.com

Nobody is indiscriminately lobbing missiles into Moscow. Kyiv is much more dangerous to visit.

 

[YZT580]

Nobody is indiscriminately lobbing missiles into Moscow. Kyiv is much more dangerous to visit.

hasn't deterred most of the European presidents from making the trip.

 

[RangerRay]

Hell there were rockets flying over BoJo’s head when he went there.

Even Sleepy Joe went there a few months after the 2022 invasion.

 

[McG]

hasn't deterred most of the European presidents from making the trip.

I guess European political leadership is not all cowards.

 

[HavokFour]

There's a reason why it's raining literal oil in certain parts of Russia right now. Ouch.

There were at least nine strikes on Russia’s oil-processing industry in April — the highest monthly level since the start of the year — the data gathered by Bloomberg show. That cut Russia’s average refinery runs to 4.69 million barrels a day, the lowest since December 2009, according to estimates from analytics firm OilX.

Ukraine Strikes on Russian Oil Assets Climb to Four-Month High​

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