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Re: Ukraine Damages Russia's Flagship Moskva

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Fri, 15 Apr 22 1:40 AM | 30 view(s)
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Now confirmed by multiple sources.

Russia’s defence ministry said the missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, sank as it was towed back to port in stormy weather following an explosion and fire, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday.

The Russian flagship has sunk; 'tis no more.


http://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/flagship-missile-cruiser-moskva-has-sunk-russia-confirms-20220415-p5adnr.html

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Ukraine Damages Russia's Flagship Moskva
By: weco1 in FFT4
Thu, 14 Apr 22 3:14 AM 		Msg. 04626 of 16711


Ukraine Damages Russia's Flagship Moskva

Moskva, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, is a 12,500-ton, 612-foot mobile missile battery with enough anti-ship missiles to wipe out the entire Ukrainian navy and enough air-defense missiles to swat away any conceivable aerial attack on the Black Sea Fleet’s amphibious flotilla... until now.

Evidently the Moskva was hit when Ukraine flew a TB2 UCAV to distract the ship while it was targeted by a Neptun missile strike.

Or "squirrel!"

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that "the ship was seriously damaged" but crew was completely evacuated. Others have said the ship rolled onto its side after the strike.

Huh.

So the claim that the Moskva had "enough air-defense missiles to swat away any conceivable aerial attack on the Black Sea Fleet’s amphibious flotilla" was a bit of an overstatement.

And yet more examples of Trump's "smart" and "savvy" Puppet Master.

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-04-13/russia-says-major-ship-in-black-sea-fleet-badly-damaged-in-blast-interfax

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