Comments on: Ukraine daily update April 12, 2025

By: Wiiking

Wiiking — Mon, 26 May 2025 09:47:37 +0000

In reply to johan No.1. Damn, it's you and Sven Melander when he's at the bar telling everyone that he works as a translator

By: johan No.1

johan No.1 — Mon, 26 May 2025 09:47:36 +0000

In reply to johan No.1.

Ftghhvjxzz

By: johan No.1

johan No.1 — Mon, 26 May 2025 09:47:36 +0000

In reply to iamwhoiam. Finishing I'm sitting with a bottle of wine and watching cold-blooded documentaries

By: johan No.1

johan No.1 — Mon, 26 May 2025 09:47:35 +0000

In reply to DJ.

Or water

Everyone says that the next war will be about water, right?

By: iamwhoiam

iamwhoiam — Mon, 26 May 2025 09:47:35 +0000

Ending the night’s comment section with a hope. Hoping that Ukraine has sorted out the swarming AI drones, or whatever you usually call them, and that it’s what they will soon unleash across the borders. The calm before the storm…

By: MXT

MXT — Mon, 26 May 2025 09:47:34 +0000

In reply to CB500four. Yes, that is the process regardless of whether it is cotton or wood that is the raw material, I was specifically thinking about when using wood specifically to produce pure enough nitrocellulose to then make gunpowder.

By: CB500four

CB500four — Mon, 26 May 2025 09:47:33 +0000

In reply to MXT.

Cellulose is treated with a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid to produce nitrocellulose, gun cotton.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrocellulose

By: Westley Richard

Westley Richard — Mon, 26 May 2025 09:47:32 +0000

In reply to DJ.

Interesting reading. China’s imports from the USA are mainly grains and vegetable oils. This should significantly affect commodity prices, as for me, grocery stores have referred to world prices when explaining price increases on, for example, bread.
Over a million Americans have jobs that depend on exports to China, some in California but the majority in Trump’s state.

By: MXT

MXT — Mon, 26 May 2025 09:47:32 +0000

In reply to Kaitsetahe. Maybe they are testing to see the reaction. So far, it hasn't really reacted much.

By: DJ

DJ — Mon, 26 May 2025 09:47:31 +0000

There is a lot of talk about rare earth metals and the USA/EU/China. But another even more important thing is common food for us humans. China is dependent on imports, and the USA and Brazil are the largest exporters to China. One guess is that China wants to diversify away from its dependence on American food (21% of imports). So, a smash opportunity for the EU here! Perhaps especially France and Ukraine? Another consequence of reduced Chinese imports from the USA is that the American market gets overproduction and thus lower prices for domestic food, which should benefit Trump’s core voters. China, by the way, has a history of enormous famine disasters that create political turbulence, so this is worth keeping an eye on a little.
A brief overview:

https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/CHN/Year/LTST/TradeFlow/Import/Partner/by-country/Product/Food
https://www.uschina.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/us_exports_to_china_2023_0.pdf