/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2014362583948525647
French Forces seized a Russian Oil Tanker "Grinch" in the Mediterranean Sea.

The operation was carried with the UK according to the statement, but ads-b data confirms the US has been tracking this tanker for a week.

>>493906
Fuck france

>>493906
They keep seizing russian tankers, they really want to escalate don't they

Yep.

Eh, you guys haven't forgotten about me yet have you? Spot me some more billion tens? You know I'm good for it. I'll even launch a missile at Iran.

Philippines now buying Russian oil.

Vietnam in talks to buy Russian oil.

Not to be somekind of annoying leftcom but the conflict in ukraine is such an obvious case of a classic 1914-style inter-imperialist war, and anyone who sides with either side, whether it be the conservative hellscape of an oligarchy, Russia, or the west's Nazi-infested, glorified, and excuse my language, fleshlight that is ukraine is but that a liberal.

>>495180
So you actually think Russia is imperialist in the same way that the United States is? Are you retarded?

>>495182 (me)
Imperialism doesn't just mean "big country" dude, it has a very specific meaning.

>>495183
Indeed it does, and by any definition that's actually consistent and useful, Russia's side doesn't meet it. It may be correct to call it "revanchist", but imperialist it is not. Educate yourself:
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/02/13/russian-imperialism/

>>495182
>>495183
>>495197
Ah, ok, I see. russia isn't imperialist; it's just a nuclear-armed, conservative, capitalist oligarchy that engages in great power competition, particularly in places like africa with their wagner merchanaries and territorial expansion fueled by both material and chauvinistic desires. Ok, alright, you got me there, folks. (Before anyone points out yes if all of this russia makes musolini here then the west and nato is aldof hitler with ukraine alone)

>>495225
You've made no attempt to engage with my central point: that imperialism is not the same thing as revanchism. Let me highlight the relevant parts from that article for you:
>imperialists take control of a country that does not want them there and resists. A revanchist wants to absorb former imperial lands where the population is largely the same ethnicity and welcomes the revanchist power to protect them from an outside threat.
>To call Putin’s move on Ukraine “imperialist” is to say Russia had never conquered those lands before and that he might indeed keep going to conquer lands Russia has never controlled: i.e., Western Europe.
>Russian imperialism in Ukraine took place nearly 250 years ago under the reign of Catherine the Great. That was when the Russians defeated the Turks and occupied what came to be known as Novorossiya. Putin went back further than that to make Russian claims (Lenin in 1922 gave Donbass, and Khruschev in 1954 gave Crimea to Soviet Ukraine, not independent Ukraine) and he has been open about his feeling that those lands and Russia are one. He spoke at length about it in his interviews with Oliver Stone in 2017.
>Despite these revanchist or irredentist positions on Ukraine, Putin did not act on them until 2022. Carlson asked Putin twice why he didn’t move on Ukraine earlier if he held these views and twice Putin evaded the question. >The Western media is saying that Putin is lying about acting to defend the Russian speakers of the Donbass; that he was motivated by territorial expansion.
>Putin was acting both to defend Donbass’ Russian speakers (who were under imminent renewed attack in February 2022) and also saw the opportunity to reunite the old imperial lands with Russia. That opportunity was seen in the Kremlin as a necessity because of the West’s rejection of Moscow’s diplomatic efforts to avoid conflict and plans to include Ukraine in NATO.
>Given the results of the four regional referendums in 2022, plus the one in Crimea in 2014, it is clear the people of those regions wanted to rejoin Russia after the coup and the revival of Ukrainian extremism.
>One can condemn or criticize revanchism, but one cannot call it imperialism.

>>495226

I was not just talking about Europe when calling Russia imperialist, but anyhow, let's go through these interesting points you gave one by one.

>imperialism dosen't requre a conquest to be tottaly new or never done before thats such a arbitrary distinction

>much of the donbass was arelady under control of the ukranian people's republic upon the founding of the Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets in december of 1917, it was not a case of lenin randomly for no reason giving it to the ukranians and as for crimea its complicated with it having been previously majority tatar until russian colonialism during the 19th and 20th centuries not to claim that ukraine is the rightful owner there but still

>western europe is a part of the imperial core and most unlike and least suseptible to imperialism like the rest of third world and claims of russia having imperial intrests in western europe is just that nafo probogandist fearemongering and cold war style paranoia that i of which never once implied to be the case

>the way you phrase "Russian speakers (who were under imminent renewed attack in February 2022)" is strange with it implying that zelensky was about to carry pogroms or expulsions in eastern ukraine while in reality its due to well the conflict between the pro russian "people's republics" and the ukranian military there now i won't deny that the donbass haven't been victim of indiscriminate bombings but it hardly justefies the same ocurring to ukranian cities

>russia atempting to secure its own sphere of infulunce peacefully without wasting manpower and resourcecs in compromising with the west and failing dose not disporve the my assertion

>some shaky referendums in the imidiate aftermath of an invasion dose not make "wholsome 100% brothely reunification of peoples" make plus it would be irrelavent if it was after all if germany stopped at austria and the sudeten would it then be ok?

>yes obviously many russian speakers in ukraine would be more symphatetic to russia in the aftermath of the mainly western led maidain upheval simmiraly to how a french person in alsace lorraine suffering discrimination might be more symphatetic for a french reconquest of that region hence world war one wasn't an imperialist war or something

>well i guess if its just revanchism all those wagner merchanaries must just have some really personal beef's in africa

Now i don't particularly care about the supposed glory of ukranian nationhood and hell i even go as far and say that there is an argument to be had that russia is the lesser evil and them winning would be a better alternative than total western domination (though it seems like its gonna rather be no mans land 1917 over there lol) but please don't bluff yourself into think that this whole mess is something other then two great powers beefing it out while the common people suffer. After all, what do you have to say now what do you say in context of russians moving into abondend apartments in a ruined muripol or reports of ukranian children now orphaned from their parents due to this war and being adopted by russian parents in russia. Look, I have no more love for the government in kyiv and their azov neo nazi lackys who larps as perun worshipers or western oligarch overlords, but neither am i intrested in being a campist cuck for what is essentialy a nationalist project fuled by the resource/geopolitical interests of what is really a rivaling empire just because its soldiers have le epic soviet flag patches or restore old statues of stalin (and lenin ironically enough) oh and btw yes i am say the norks are cucks for sending their soldiers there lol (not to be entirely negative though just heard russia sent some oil tankers to cuba during the blockade so props to vlad here outdoing the peoples republic itself lol tho just ingnore all the talk aobut third worlders including cubans alledegly being duped into serving in the russian army against their will)

>>495225
Russia is materially fighting a war against imperialists, therefore it's anti-imperialist.

>>495228
"both sides bad" is actually the most cowardly take. You sound like the type of person who equates stalin with hitler saying they're both bad.

>>495229
Ah yes and the united kingdom fought against the german empire and therefor no such thing as british imperialism genius logic

>>495230 say what you will about stalin after all i have my critisism of him but atleast he actually was a bolshevik lol please tell me what putin and his unite russia party is

⚡️Hebrew Channel 12

WSJ report: Trump is considering punishing a number of NATO member states, in light of what Washington defines as a lack of support for the war effort in Iran.

According to the report, the American plan includes withdrawing military forces from NATO countries that are considered not to be helping the war, and redeploying them to countries that have expressed support for the American move.

The move may also include drastic measures such as closing a US military base in at least one European country, with Spain or Germany likely on the agenda.

https://x.com/FinanceLancelot/status/2046090215303839916
Russia's Tuapse Oil Refinery has been completely destroyed by Ukraine (American) drones

Probably nothing…

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/2049116386937434170
Kremlin spokesperson Peskov says oil at the Tuapse refinery hit by Ukraine was intended for export.

With these strikes, the Kiev regime increases the oil shortage on world markets.

Legacy media will never mention this part.

>>489103
Was Matsegora slimed because he was talking to Kiev?

https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/2049898179240267898

Glenn Diesen - Perm was attacked today, about 1500-1800km from Ukraine. It is ridiculous to believe that these attacks on Russia are done solely by Ukraine. We are led by lunatics who will surely scream "unprovoked" when a powerful retaliation comes.
[oil in flames]

So apparently the Z-man threatened to attack Moscow during their Victory Day celebration this month. Russia said they would respond by striking central Kiev with Oreshnik missiles.

>>496163
So he's probably not going to do it, right?

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/2052317193149260087
Another Ukrainian drone crashed in Latvia. This time, a civilian train.

Allegedly, the UAVs were heading toward Russia's Leningrad Region.

Latvia allows Ukraine to use its airspace to attack Russia. They are ready to put the lives of ordinary Latvians in danger.

(video)

https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/2052639227532152897
Russian soldiers caught a Colombian mercenary fighting for Ukraine.

“Welcome to Russia, my friend.”
“You’re my little medal.”

Russian units spotted a group sneaking up for an ambush, prevented the attack, killed most of the group, and took this lucky guy prisoner.

He is crazy lucky because the official (open) order is not to take mercenaries prisoner. Since he’s filmed alive, it means he’s officially a POW and will be okay, not shot.

(video)

>>496163
Well apparently Ukraine just yesterday sent over two hundred drones into Russia, some directed towards Moscow. It almost feels to me like this is some kind of political theater to "trigger" consent for the final destruction of the Kiev government.

>>496211
What's the purpose of that?

Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia kill at least five
Russian authorities say three people killed in the Moscow region and one in Belgorod in Ukrainian attacks.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/17/at-least-four-killed-in-ukrainian-drone-attacks-on-russia

I've been too upset about this stupid war to keep detailed track of it, but I've completely been out of the loop about it for months. What's the current high level overview of the state of this conflict? Is it in a stalemate or is there intense fighting still?

>>496578
Ukraine doesn't seem to have much left militarily besides the ability to launch US-assisted drone strikes. The original intent of this military operation by the Russians was to dismantle the Ukrainian military, but it seems like now they need to properly advance already to neutralize these sources of drone production and operations. On the other hand, vast numbers of European leaders have staked their political careers on this war and they are absolutely desperate to escalate it to a full-scale European conflict. The Russian public is fed up with these terrorist attacks by Ukraine against Russian civilians, and people who were once sidelined (including lunatics who think Russia needs to do a nuclear strike to wake Europe back up to reality) are coming to the mainstream of Russian politics. I really think it's time for Russia to target the Zelensky regime and end the war quickly before there is a full-scale NATO-Russia nuclear exchange that ends civilization.

Russia has issued formal warning for people to leave Kiev. It looks like they're finally going to attack the decision making centers that allowed Ukraine-UK-US to attack those students in their dormitory several days ago.

>European diplomats stationed in the Ukrainian capital have refused to comply with Moscow’s suggestion they leave the city.
>“The EU is not going anywhere,” Katarína Mathernová, the EU ambassador to Ukraine, said on Monday. “We are staying in Kyiv.”
>A spokesperson for France’s Foreign Ministry similarly told France Info that it would be “out of the question to evacuate” its staff from Kyiv. In a statement, Poland’s Foreign Ministry condemned Russia’s warning, saying that any attacks on its embassy would be “treated as hostile acts.”

https://www.politico.eu/article/with-missiles-falling-on-kyiv-european-diplomats-stay-put/

Looks like some tough guys are about to win Darwin Awards.

a strange situation in Odessa

>>496643
Why are there Ukrainian-nationalist white British and Asian people in Ukraine?

>>496643
Why are these gentrifying settling foreigners harassing the local native homeless?

>>496630
Only NATO gets to bomb embassies of third parties during a conflict!
>>496643
the Thai/Indonesian rentboy who doesn't speak English is the cherry on top. typical anglo sex tourist.

>>496655
THAT'S a rentboy?

So apparently not only did Zelensky give notorious Nazi war criminal Andrei Melnik a state funeral, he recently renamed a special operations (re: war crimes) division to "Heroes of the UPA". Melnik and the UPA were responsible for massacres of Poles during WWII, and leaders in Poland are pissed.

https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-zelenskyy-poland-controversy-nazi-era-name-army/a-77412975

>>496822
I'm excited for the leaders of Poland to do absolutely nothing lol

https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2066431313712652454
MenchOsint - Zircon direct hits in Kiev, total Patriot failure.
[video in link]

>>496822
Looks like Poland is threatening to revoke the Order of the White Eagle award it gave to Zelensky if he doesn't renege on these. This is serious business!

>>496950
Oh no, not the Order of the White Eagle trophy!
Any more of this insolence from the ungrateful Polacks and Zelensky might go to Moscow with a pact proposal!

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2067301204389171264
Two days ago, President Lukashenko warned Israel that they need to seriously evaluate their actions and the genocide they're commiting in Gaza.

Yesterday, Israeli MFA called Lukashenko's comments "vile and antisemitic."

Today, a bus full of Belorusian children was targeted with a Ukrainian drone….

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2067202276771389711
🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 A bus carrying a Belarusian children's football team was hit by a Ukrainian drone strike in Russia's Bryansk region. The acting governor says it was a fixed-wing UAV — and that the strike was deliberate.

A woman travelling with the team died on the spot. Six people were wounded, four of them children. All were rushed to hospital and are now receiving treatment.

The bus was carrying 44 passengers, 28 of them children — the Gomel youth squad, headed to Gelendzhik for a holiday, not anywhere near a front line. Russia's Investigative Committee confirms the numbers. The rest of the group will be sent home shortly.

Ukraine hits Moscow refinery as Zelenskyy seeks Trump support to end war
Russia’s Defence Ministry says air defences shot down 555 Ukrainian drones over several regions overnight.

Ukrainian drones have hit a Moscow oil refinery for the second time ⁠this week while Russia fired missiles at Kyiv, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy seeks support from the United States and Europe to reach a deal to end the war.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its air defences shot down 555 Ukrainian drones over several regions overnight, with almost 200 intercepted as they were approaching the Russian capital.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said several drones hit an oil refinery.

“Air defence forces continue to repel a massive attack. Several drones managed to reach the Moscow oil refinery,” Sobyanin said, adding that a shopping centre also suffered minor damage.

The attack on the oil facility is the second this week, after a drone attack on Tuesday halted operations at the refinery, according to the Reuters news agency, as widespread damage to Russian energy facilities worsens the country’s fuel crisis.

Reporting from Kazan, Yulia Shapovalova said the refinery is a “strategically important enterprise.”

“It provides a multi-million population of the Russian capital with around 40 percent of petrol and other oil products. It’s still burning heavily while, according to authorities, emergency services are taking measures to put out fires,” she told Al Jazeera.

The regional governor said that in the surrounding Moscow region, a high-rise residential building, an industrial facility and a number of private houses were also damaged in the drone attack. The Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow’s busiest, suspended flights and evacuated people, as several sought shelter in the car park, the airport said in a statement.

Ukrainian forces also struck a railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal during an overnight operation on Wednesday, in what appeared to be the latest attempt to disrupt Russian military logistics in occupied Crimea, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Facebook.

Attacks in Ukraine
Kyiv meanwhile came under a second Russian air attack this week, as ballistic missiles were unleashed on the Ukrainian capital, city officials said.

“The enemy is attacking the capital with ballistic missiles. Stay in safe places until the air raid alert is over!” Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, said in a Telegram post.

Authorities in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy said one person was killed in a drone attack.

A man was also killed in the southeastern city of Dnipro, where the number of people wounded in a Russian strike rose to 11, according to regional authorities, Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration said on Telegram.

Reporting from Kyiv, Al Jazeera’s Audrey MacAlpine said nine locations were hit after at least 239 drones and seven ballistic missiles were launched at Ukraine overnight.

read more:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/18/ukraine-hits-moscow-refinery-as-zelenskyy-seeks-trump-support-to-end-war

>>496950
They did it, those absolute madlads! Zelensky on suicide watch after being forced to return his most cherished award to Poland. Will he ever recover from this shame?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/20/top-ukrainian-officials-return-polish-awards-in-wwii-dispute

>>497045
Gerasimov-Syrskyi pact when?