Political impacts of Ukraine war

[RangerRay]

I can think of another conflict that is doing infinitely more damage with significantly more boats involved, and far less being shot at.

Under the bus they go in the name of salvaging the mess the US created.

[FT]JD Vance asked Ukraine to halt strikes on tankers using Russian port​

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Ukraine should tell Vance to go pound sand.

 

[HavokFour]

Another day, more Russian drones being somewhere they shouldn't be.

This time 2 shot down/crashed Gebera drones were found floating awfully close to Romania's largest offshore natural gas extraction project.

Russian drones found near vital European offshore gas site, get blown up

This follows many drone incursions into Romania and a failed attack in Germany.

arstechnica.com

 

[KevinB]

Another day, more Russian drones being somewhere they shouldn't be.

This time 2 shot down/crashed Gebera drones were found floating awfully close to Romania's largest offshore natural gas extraction project.

Russian drones found near vital European offshore gas site, get blown up

This follows many drone incursions into Romania and a failed attack in Germany.

arstechnica.com

Remember it’s not escalation if it’s Russian.

Predatory actions are their natural state.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Ukraine should tell Vance to go pound sand.

Well, it seems they didn't on the oil tankers ...

Volodymyr Zelensky halts Ukraine drone strikes on Black Sea oil tankers after US request | The Jerusalem Post

Ukraine agreed to not target non-Russian ships, so long as they were not sanctioned by Ukraine or carrying any Russian cargo.

www.jpost.com

Ukraine Halts Drone Strikes On Oil Tankers Using Russia's Black Sea Port After US Request

Marine Insight - The maritime industry guide.

www.marineinsight.com

... but other targets still seem good to go.

Ukraine hits grain terminals at Russia’s Novorossiysk port, killing three

The Russian Black Sea city 'endured a horrific night', with a child killed and dozens of buildings damaged, says mayor.

www.aljazeera.com

Meanwhile, in other news, <Boris Badinov accent>Nothing to see here, brother, move along ....</Boris Badinov accent>

Russia Cracks Down On Photos Of Graves That Reveal The Cost Of War

Russian authorities are bringing treason charges against people for taking photos of war graves, a key indicator of the extent of the country's war dead. An activist has told Current Time that the photos are often also used by scammers targeting families who have lost relatives in the fighting.

www.rferl.org

 

[Altair]

Hey, found the reason Trump U turned on the Patriots being built by Ukraine

Ukraine May Be Just the Ally America Needs

The country Trump once disdained as a burden has become a military powerhouse.

www.theatlantic.com

On the Hill, one Republican official in favor of the license told me about an unreported hiccup in the deal. Raytheon and Lockheed, the makers of the Patriot system, “will officially frame their concerns around IP theft and tech transfer,” he said, but “their real worry is that the Ukrainians will find a way to improve the Patriot and then produce them at scale faster and for much less money than what the existing production lines in the U.S. could do.”

Gotta love capitalism mixed with defense industrial complex protectionism.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Gotta love capitalism mixed with defense industrial complex protectionism.

What they're doing is sometimes called "crony capitalism", but it isn't capitalism. Borrowing the word doesn't change the fact that it's something else which, with its flaws, is not evidence to support some kind of denunciation of capitalism.

 

[Altair]

Moved

 

[KevinB]

Hey, found the reason Trump U turned on the Patriots being built by Ukraine

Ukraine May Be Just the Ally America Needs

The country Trump once disdained as a burden has become a military powerhouse.

www.theatlantic.com

Gotta love capitalism mixed with defense industrial complex protectionism.

LocMart and Raytheon where in discussions months ago with Ukrainian government officials about domestic production of Patriot and some other items prior to POTUS running his mouth. Considering it isn’t a USG TDP item, the USG has zero authority to offer any of it for licensing.

 

[Altair]

LocMart and Raytheon where in discussions months ago with Ukrainian government officials about domestic production of Patriot and some other items prior to POTUS running his mouth. Considering it isn’t a USG TDP item, the USG has zero authority to offer any of it for licensing.

We should want Ukraine to be making cheaper, faster to manufacture patriots considering the situation the west finds itself in.

Worrying about corporate profit protectionism while Western stockpiles are depleted is incredibly short-sighted.