Posted on 07/18/2023 4:02:51 AM PDT by ganeemead
Crimea was liberated in 2014 and will remain liberated
All attempts by hohonazis, natofops, and neoconwankers to re-subjugate Crimea will fail.
BTW, you do know over 2 million, demographic majority Russians by history, ethnicity, heritage and by choice …who live in Crimea, they aren’t going anywhere…though the Ukes openly state they will deport them (or worse) once they “ liberate” Crimea.
The Russian Black Fleet is also going nowhere. In fact is expanding.
Russia is not leaving Crimea. No matter what genocidal offensive NATO tries to help the neo-nazi nationalists to try.
End of lecture
Now do maps of the vote for pro-Russian political leadership since then.
“The Russian Black (Sea) Fleet is also going nowhere. In fact is expanding.”
Unless Russia is building new warships in the Black Sea then no, the Black Sea Fleet is not expanding. Per the Montreux Convention the government of Turkey has closed the Bosporus to all transit by warships. This means there are no reinforcements going to the Black Sea for Russia.
In fact two Russian warships had waited nine months trying to gain passage to the Black Sea when they finally gave up and apparently headed for Vladivostok.
The Russian Black Sea fleet is therefore not expanding.
Do you not realize the Russians can and are building new and refurbishing older ships in their territory inside the Black Sea littoral?
New Azov Sea fleet organization planned for Mariupol
https://news.yahoo.com/russia-creates-affiliate-black-sea-121001166.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
https://news.yahoo.com/russia-bolsters-azov-sea-flotilla-185700402.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
Ukraine: Russia increases combat ready warships in Black Sea, adds 2 Kaliber carriers
They can move newly commissioned or transferred ships into the Black Sea through rivers and canals, recently saw an article about the logistics but cannot remember where
Plans to add these LHD’s in 2026/7
Fleet expansion began after Crimea was annexed
According to the Russian state weapons program designed until 2027, fourteen warships intended for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet were laid down at Crimean shipyards in 2016–2020, including Karakurt-class cruise missile corvettes, modular patrol ships, and perhaps most notably, two 40,000-ton Project 23900 helicopter-carrier amphibious assault ships (LHD). LHDs are unique in naval warfare because they have an unparalleled capability to carry out surprise, blitzkrieg amphibious missions as well as perform fleet command-and-control (C2) management—a capability Russia lacks in the Black Sea since the sinking of the fleet’s capital ship, Moskva, back in April. At the same time, they can operate beyond the reach of coastal artillery and even some missile systems. In the Black Sea or the Mediterranean, those capabilities can significantly change the regional balance of forces by giving Russia more military options than it has had until now. They will dramatically enhance Russia’s power projection capabilities and decrease the time window for amphibious operations from several days down to hours.
https://jamestown.org/program/an-arsenal-of-empire-russian-naval-construction-in-crimea-and-implications-for-black-sea-security/
I took a look at the Zaliv Shipyard and they have two RO/RO ships under construction. Two littoral ships are alongside with one in decent shape and the other covered in rust.
The plans for Mariupol are irrelevant now that it’s in missile range for Ukraine.
He seems to have a chip on his shoulder after having a week to think things over. If he continues this, it would make sense for the mods to finally send him off for good.
It is most interesting to me that one two "daily" threads, one speedy and one Methodist, that citing Mr. Robinson, as if only they may properly interpret the advice to us all, has become a most regular behavior. It now moves onto other Ukraine-related threads. In one instance the gambit was trotted out on one threads several times, as if to intimidate. That would seem the intent.
I am confident that "the mods" will do as they do on these and all threads, and do not need a speedy-adjacnet or mother-adjacent individual to cite the URL without noting that Robinson has written of the Ukraine war, that one "may have a difference of opinion whether or not the US government should be involved in a controversial foreign war where we were not attacked."
I cited that in a comment, and the individual to whom it was addressed responded "your response doesn't make any sense in that context, so I am just going to disregard it."
I think the mods should and will do as they will. But repeatedly citing Robinson via a URL and excerpt from the message while ignoring another part of the same message" details for me their gambit. Cynical and whiny.
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