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Russia's Black Sea Fleet Headquarters Demolished and Commanding Admiral Presumed Dead
Red State ^ | September 22, 2023 | Streiff

Posted on 09/22/2023 6:16:24 PM PDT by Timber Rattler

A volley of Ukrainian cruise missiles demolished the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, in Occupied Crimea. The strategic communications directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the attack that took place around noon Sevastopol time this way on social media:

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Fleet Headquarters was struck by two or three cruise missile, either British Storm Shadow or French SCALP-EG. In this video you can see one of them on short final.

There are reports of several high-ranking officers killed or injured in the attack. Unofficially, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, was among the dead.

To understand how we got here, you need to look at Ukrainian military operations over the last two or three weeks. A little over a week ago, Ukrainian cruise missiles and unmanned surface vehicles destroyed two Russian warships, a submarine and a landing ship, and an antiaircraft patrol vessel was damaged while underway. That attack had been set up by a commando raid on a radar and antiaircraft site in Crimea that punched a hole in the air defense belt surrounding Sevastopol. Other antiaircraft sites have been hit in the last two weeks; Last week, an S-400 antiaircraft missile battery covering downtown Sevastopol, the location of the Black Sea Fleet headquarters, was taken out.

These attacks opened a corridor for Ukrainian strike aircraft to get very close to Crimea before launching their missiles.

(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...


TOPICS: Government; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: blacksea; cia; ciaoperation; crimea; russia; sevastopol; thebeggingbowl; ukiefundraiser; ukraine; usblackops; usintel; viktorsokolov
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To: Timber Rattler
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/09/ukraine-sitrep-the-war-by-numbers-of-humans.html#more

During the year and a half of the full-scale invasion, the number of Ukrainians with disabilities increased by 300 thousand.

Previously, 2.7 million people with disabilities lived in Ukraine, and now this figure has reached 3 million.

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Rudneva estimated that 20,000 Ukrainians have endured at least one amputation since the war began. The government does not say how many of those are soldiers, but blast injuries are among the most common in a war with a long front line.

21 posted on 09/22/2023 6:50:36 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: fieldmarshaldj
[Crimea isn't "occupied", it is Russia.]

Slightly less occupied now.

22 posted on 09/22/2023 6:53:41 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: PLMerite

It could only be occupied if The Ukraine moved in on it.


23 posted on 09/22/2023 6:56:55 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Timber Rattler

Eh. I don’t understand the Russian mentality. For a while, I thought they wanted to get closer to the West. Putin had us fooled.


24 posted on 09/22/2023 6:57:32 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: OldCorps

Amen. Lord have mercy.


25 posted on 09/22/2023 7:03:11 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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To: SteveH

What was it a month ago? Do you know?


26 posted on 09/22/2023 7:03:46 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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To: ansel12

Russian soldiers everywhere are offered liturgy and the mysteries in the fields.


27 posted on 09/22/2023 7:06:22 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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To: Kazan

I’ve been watching videos of Ukraine drones dropping grenades on Russian troops in trenches, next to disabled tanks, just about everywhere.

These drones must operate in big swarms because I don’t think each one can carry too many grenades, plus they are filming in high definition.

I’d say there must be plenty of Russian amputees, but from what I watched the Ukes keep dropping grenades until the wounded are dead.

Including the wounded Russians who plead with the drone operators to please spare them.

It’s truly horrible to watch, but for your gloating over Ukraine amputees, suck on that.


28 posted on 09/22/2023 7:06:46 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Its a ghoul thing. Runs in their blood.


29 posted on 09/22/2023 7:07:29 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Had us fooled ? How so ? He’s a serious leader who isn’t about selling out his country to evil globalist, anti-Christian interests. Remember when America used to have those leaders ?


30 posted on 09/22/2023 7:07:42 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Williams

I believe that is what you do for entertainment online.


31 posted on 09/22/2023 7:10:00 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

You’re duped by all this.

There is no good guy bad guy scenario going on here.

No side is on the right side in this debacle. Stop being played by the new world order.


32 posted on 09/22/2023 7:10:08 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MarMema

I oppose the Ukraine dictatorship, but I get no excitement or delight in the deaths of its citizens. For some sickos here, mass murder of Russians (many Christians) brings an unhinged glee that borders on orgasmic. Absolute evil. Demonically possessed. Note that one ghoul was praying for my death the other week in a post. Murder threats from globalist trolls isn’t even enough to warrant a suspension.


33 posted on 09/22/2023 7:10:56 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: MarMema

Yes, armies have Chaplains available.


34 posted on 09/22/2023 7:13:00 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Secret Agent Man

I disagree. I know which nation is pro-Christian, pro-family and fights against the degenerate Sodomite/Tranny scourge and the demonization of Whites. It ain’t Zelensky’s dictatorship, and, sadly it isn’t the United States anymore.


35 posted on 09/22/2023 7:13:01 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

You’re duped. Russia and Putin are as Christian as Hitler was. Its a front and facade.

There is no right side to this. Its just a neww world exercise to exterminate as many white european men as possible and gather data about weapon system performance and tactics.


36 posted on 09/22/2023 7:15:40 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I know. If you look back I posted something similar last night I think.

Very ghoulish. They get really excited by death and destruction.

Suspensions are few and far between here.

I will add you to my prayers.

How many of them do you think are feds?


37 posted on 09/22/2023 7:15:42 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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To: Timber Rattler

“you can see one of them on short final”

LOLOL, it was in the terminal phase...


38 posted on 09/22/2023 7:15:54 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: ansel12

No these are priests. I have seen the videos.

You wouldn’t know since you are not Orthodox.


39 posted on 09/22/2023 7:20:09 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4184315/posts?page=29#29


40 posted on 09/22/2023 7:20:38 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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