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Russian navy head meets crew of sunken missile cruiser
Reuters ^ | April 16, 2022

Posted on 04/16/2022 12:25:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: ETCM

[I don’t buy the “no survivors” line]


If the missiles in the ship’s inventory detonated even minutes after the Neptunes hit, I’d be surprised if *anyone* survived, unless any crew members had the presence of mind to jump into the sea before the undertow from the sinking of the vessel created an irresistible pull.


21 posted on 04/16/2022 1:24:43 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: BenLurkin

They look so real.


22 posted on 04/16/2022 1:29:37 PM PDT by ALASKA (RESIST)
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To: JoSixChip

You made me rethink... it’s probably up to 60 billion by now.


23 posted on 04/16/2022 1:39:12 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: BiglyCommentary

“I just learned Russia most likely spent 40 BILLION propping up the rubble.”

Kinda like bouncing M1 money supply from 4.1 Trillion in January 2020 to Almost 21 Trillion now?

Glass houses sparky.


24 posted on 04/16/2022 1:45:40 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Bulwyf

“Oh, sorry, Slava Ukraine! /s”

I think it’s “slobber Ukraine”.


25 posted on 04/16/2022 1:46:53 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: BenLurkin

#4: Because it is so obviously and poorly faked unspoken truths are said through all the lies? Note the large number of officers of the “crew” present, when the captain was reported killed. The Moskva was their flagship. It does not take much to read between the lines the Russian navy lost a lot of operations and command staff when the Moskva was sunk.


26 posted on 04/16/2022 1:54:24 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: DesertRhino

Haha, yes, more self inflicted wounds done for the media are coming to light as well. It’s Bosnia all over.


27 posted on 04/16/2022 1:55:27 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: BenLurkin

Will want to know why they escaped and didn’t go down with the ship.


28 posted on 04/16/2022 2:01:28 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t believe there were more than dozens rescued. Those external missiles and other armaments don’t explode gently. The ship listed quickly. And there were no other ships in the immediate area. I don’t know if the Turkish rescue story was true but a report of about that number of rescued shipmen reaching Sevastopol does seem credible.


29 posted on 04/16/2022 2:03:02 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: BenLurkin

You are all members of the Siberian Navy Comrades.


30 posted on 04/16/2022 2:04:26 PM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: steve86
I don’t believe there were more than dozens rescued. Those external missiles and other armaments don’t explode gently.

I am not sure what to believe about survivors either.

However, you are correct.

If there was no attack and a fire caused munitions to blow and the ship to sink;

or if there was an attack which caused munitions to blow and the ship to sink;

The idea that all on board survived is laughable.

31 posted on 04/16/2022 2:07:30 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: JoSixChip

They’re drunk on the koolaid unfortunately. It’s pretty hilarious....unless you don’t want WWIII.


32 posted on 04/16/2022 2:28:08 PM PDT by Prince of Space ( Let’s go, Brandon!)
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To: BenLurkin

Russia retaliated for the loss of the ship, but Ukraine didn’t sink it.

It had to be abandoned, and eventually sank, because its munitions exploded, but there were no casualties.


33 posted on 04/16/2022 2:35:01 PM PDT by marron
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To: Bulwyf

Ukraine was invaded.


34 posted on 04/16/2022 2:53:45 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: rrrod

Sure, after years of poking the bear. Raping, killing, etc in eastern Ukraine. There’s a reason Russian army were greeted as liberators in many towns. This is Bosnia 2.0 and the propaganda is worse this time.

Slava Shanghai!


35 posted on 04/16/2022 3:32:57 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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Maybe 100 survivors? So 400 dead or hospitalized.


36 posted on 04/16/2022 3:41:09 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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First of about 400...

“First fatality from Moskva cruiser identified via social media as midshipman Ivan Vakhrushev “

https://twitter.com/Liveuamap/status/1515431102386782208


37 posted on 04/16/2022 3:42:09 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Whenever a Russian soldier is killed, an Angel gets its wings)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

When the Neptune detonated the magazine it probably took out most of her crew instantly. I’m surprised she didn’t go straight to the bottom like the HMS Hood.


38 posted on 04/16/2022 3:55:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: JoSixChip

When you look at a story like this, what credible information do you really have? Nothing.

Folks accept things as facts in their mind because it supports the side they champion or which mass consensus favors. There is nothing solid to base it on other than “it makes me feel good to believe it is so.”


39 posted on 04/16/2022 7:30:28 PM PDT by Red6
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To: BenLurkin

Russian gov’t to surviving sailors: Great news comrades! We found another warship for you to serve on in the Black Sea!
You will sail close to Ukraine and avenge the Moskva!


40 posted on 04/16/2022 10:20:31 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy gas)
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