Posted on 04/18/2024 4:04:45 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Ukraine's government has mocked Russia on the second anniversary of the sinking of Moscow's former Black Sea flagship at Kyiv's hands, after Ukraine targeted a slew of Russia's vessels since the start of the year.
The Moskva sank on April 14, 2022, less than two months after the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The loss of the large cruiser, housing hundreds of crew members, was a significant strategic and propaganda blow to Russia in the opening weeks of the war.
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Kyiv said it used home-grown anti-ship missiles to strike the guided missile cruiser close to Snake Island, a small island serving as a strategic outpost in the Black Sea around 30 miles from Ukraine's shores. The U.S. then said it believed Kyiv used Neptune missiles to hit the Moskva.
Russia blamed a fire and a "munitions blast," before saying the ship sank after losing its stability in a "heavy storm."
"Two years ago, Ukrainian warriors destroyed the largest warship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet—cruiser Moskva," Kyiv's Defense Ministry wrote on Sunday.
"The most important question is: How [is the] Moskva doing at the bottom of the Black Sea?" Ukraine's government added in a post to social media.
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They didn’t need our money back then...and they won (not)...and they’re still losing....more and more...every day.
Sounds like Ukraine is doing just fine without our help. Now, about that border.
Well Ukraine IS fighting Russia, the #2 largest military in the world in a 600 mile front, while US has withheld support for months.
Could have been justification for WW III right there. Thankfully cooler heads prevailed.
You have posted the receipts to show Russia is a disaster and Ukraine is ding just fine. You win. They don’t need our help. Now about our border….
There’s a border bill that will be voted on Saturday.
I am sure it will put everything right. It won’t pass. It doesn’t need to because idiots like you have split the party.
Another morning gigglefest for you about death.
How pathetic.
Here’s an idea:
Start mourning about Americans murdered due to our crimminally open border, rather than posting propaganda about the borders of other nations and delighting in the deaths there.
You show yourself to be a perverse human being.
Tell Russia to leave Ukraine. It’s not their country.
Budanov has a clear-eyed assessment of Putin and Russia. “He became a victim of his own propaganda,” Budanov said. “They overheated their society … saying that they’re the most mighty and all-powerful in the world, and he started believing that himself. But it turned out their military is not as powerful as they thought.”
https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1780680555333324980
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