Posted on 03/13/2024 8:02:16 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Ukraine destroyed a Russian tanker that Moscow used for surveillance and for deploying first-person-view (FPV) drones in southern Ukraine, according to Kyiv's military.
Ukraine's air force conducted a "successful strike" on the Russian-flagged Mechanik Pogodin on Tuesday, Kyiv's navy said in a statement.
Ukraine said Russia's military was using the vessel as a command center, with the ship serving to launch FPV drones and to carry electronic warfare (EW) equipment. Kyiv said the use of the vessel for surveillance and control made the tanker a legitimate military target.
A brief video posted by Ukraine's armed forces appeared to show the moment of the strike on the tanker. The clip shows a large explosion on one end of the ship, and a dark cloud of smoke billowing up from the vessel. Pieces of debris can be seen crashing into the water surrounding the ship. Newsweek could not independently verify the footage.
"Thanks to the pilots for the successful combat work against the enemy control point!" Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Air Force, said in a statement. Mechanik Pogodin tanker A screenshot from a video posted by the Ukrainian military. Ukraine's Air Force conducted a "successful strike" on the Russian-flagged Mechanik Pogodin on Tuesday, Kyiv's navy said in a statement. Ukrainian Navy/ The vessel had been docked in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, before moving to the Kinburn Spit after the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in June 2023, the navy said. Newsweek has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email.
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Well you didn’t get purged in the Romney (magic underwear) battles of 2007/2008 so go screw yourself. Free_in_alabama (2001).
I’m not pro Russia you freaking idiot. I’m not pro global cabal, global graft, global war, Patriot act, DHS…..
You keep slurping up the lefts talking points like so many. We can spend 100s of billion on Ukrainian corruption but can’t stop 10-20 million boarder crossers in our own country.
rxh4n1 - 2008 cuck.
Joe - GFYS. I HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN YOU.
Sorry not Joe but bimboeruption. But hide behind you 3 line about page on Jesus. This is why I keep stop financially supporting FR. If you knew anything you would be amazed at what I do for a living supporting this country and DOD. Just because I believe our current administration is killing millions to make millions or at best a few billion in graft starting this conflict don’t make me wrong.
Again go F* yourself. I guarantee I am doing more for this country than you!
>“No mommy, I mean liberals like you”
Nope! Wrong again. I am a conservative.
Quit name calling, once again youneed to listen & learn:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4223938/posts?page=150#150<
Do you really think you’re fooling us by loudly proclaiming that you’re a Conservative?
Your posts prove otherwise. You cover your butt by throwing in a pro-Trump post here and there, but the vast majority of your posts are in line with liberals like Biden, Schumer, Pelosi, Romney, McConnell et al.
You should know this REVERENDmommy: The Bible tells us in Matthew 7:16, “Ye shall know them by their fruits.” And your fruits are extremely liberal.
BTW, What name did I call you? A liberal? We can’t use the word “liberal” on FR anymore? Have you banned it?
You know, burying your posts in some other zeeper’s thread didn’t help you hide one bit. The slings and arrows are still coming your way. Your propaganda stinks so much, it’s easy to find.
No it was Joseph A. Buttafuoco that smeared a bunch of people that think this administration is corrupt and stealing $ and killing millions to get 10 cents on the pound of dead human meat. Joe needs to stfu and go fight. Idk which side since team USA is not in this. Is he supporting the USA Gaza dock build? Demands that Israel doesn’t fight back or is he delusional jut on Ukrainian ?
I think there has been some confusion. rxh4n1 and bimboeruption are conservative Americans. They’re us.
It was Joe who posted the list erroneously calling some conservatives “pro-Russian” in Post 96. Bimboeruption and rxh4n1 just quoted it.
Zeepers regularly call those of us who are opposed to our tax dollars going unaudited to a known money-laundering operation of being “pro-Putin,” “pro-Russia” and other such filthy lies, even though we do not express any support for either side.
Jim has even told them not to do that, but these trolls just ignore his request.
I see my mistake. I apologize. My blood boiled and Joseph A. Buttafuoco comment wasn’t to me so I saw it and blew up on the wrong people. I again apologize. Joey needs to be banned for that BS. I just reacted being called a Russian stooge. The simple minded people who really think it’s either pro Russia or pro Ukraine are so idiotic. What happened to being pro USA. We are literally borrowing 1T every 100 days. We are done as a country if this continues.
Sorry for misfired anger.
No apology necessary. :)
Everyone’s posting styles are different and it can get confusing. I just wanted to make sure you knew who the real culprit is. A lot of zeepers make those stupid accusations, knowing full well they are false. I think it’s because they don’t really have a solid argument so they just sling insults and try to start flame wars.
Look at post 96 written by BroJoek. It is the original post. He is the one who created the 2 lists, not me.
I didn’t not write it, I copied and pasted it into my post 138, to let other FReepers know that they are considered by BroJoek, NOT ME, to be “Pro-Russia propaganda repeaters”. These are his words, not mine.
You and I have chatted before. Remember SSA? Our views on Ukraine are the same. It’s BroJoek who thinks the US taxpayers should fund the Biden/Zelensky Money Laundering Operation, not me.
I misdirected my anger to you and others. My apologies. Yes I see the original post making me a Russian stooge. I hope you can accept my apology.
How could I be angry with you? You made me laugh more than anyone else since I’ve been here on FR. Your posts about SSA were hysterical. I wish you’d post more.
I understand why you were so angry. Seeing my name on that bloviating jerk’s “Pro-Russia propaganda repeaters” list pi$$ed me off too. What a moron.
Those posts got me a time out. So I’m not pushing my luck. The idiocy running around today as deep thought and conservative thought are pathetic. However, I’m not any better because I’m half retarded. You others need to step up your game.
Yes, I remember the night your posts were removed for 2 reasons: 1. I never laughed so hard in my life and 2. EVERY SINGLE ONE of your posts got yanked for no reason whatsoever.
That really was sidesplitting humor. I laughed so hard that night.
Leave it to a zeeper to get all butthurt and have the posts removed. They weren’t insulting anybody - they were just funny. Zeepers are challenged in the humor department.
Quit with your implications & name calling.
Once again you need to stop, listen & learn:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4223938/posts?page=150#150
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4223938/posts?page=150#150
Ponder Matthew 7:2
Interesting development Saturday:
SES pyrotechnics seized and destroyed a Russian FAB-1500 one-and-a-half-tonne bomb with a UPMC control module that fell without detonating in Selydove, Donetsk region.
The State Emergency Service together with the National Police notified people to ensure the safety of the local population.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian defenders have eliminated about 430,740 Russian invaders.
As noted, the total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 17.03,24 are approximately:
• personnel - about 430,740 (+1,160) people,
• tanks ‒ 6790 (+11) units,
• armored combat vehicles - 12997 (+24) units,
• artillery systems – 10,634 (+28) units,
• MLRS – 1017 (+0) units,
• air defense equipment ‒ 720 (+1) units,
• aircraft – 347 (+0) units,
• helicopters – 325 (+0) units,
• UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 8272 (+4),
• cruise missiles ‒ 1922 (+0),
• ships/boats ‒ 26 (+0) units,
• submarines - 1 (+0) units,
• automotive equipment and tank trucks - 14,073 (+49) units,
• special equipment ‒ 1723 (+11)
“You know, burying your posts in some other zeeper’s thread didn’t help you hide one bit.”
So silly. Hiding in plain sight! LOL
I posted this article to forum that resulted in this subsequent thread.
ARTICLE
Putin claims he was prepared to exchange Navalny, but “sad event” happened
Ukrainska Pravda
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO
Sunday, 17 March 2024, 23:53
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison a “sad event” and claimed he had been prepared to exchange him.
SOURCE:
Putin speaking at his campaign headquarters on Sunday evening, as quoted by RUSSIAN KREMLIN-ALIGNED news agencies RIA Novosti and TASS
QUOTE:
“Concerning Mr Navalny. Yes, he passed away, it’s always a sad event. Well, we’ve had other cases where people have passed away in prison. Hasn’t that happened in the United States? It has, many times.
Let me tell you something – this will be unexpected. A few days before Mr Navalny passed away, some colleagues, some people told me that there was an idea to exchange Mr Navalny for some people who were imprisoned in Western countries. You can believe me or not, but before the person who was speaking to me had even finished the sentence, I said: ‘I agree. Only on one condition: we’ll exchange him so that he does not return. Let him stay there.’ But unfortunately, what happened happened.”
BACKGROUND:
• On the afternoon of 16 February, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service reported the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at Correctional Facility No. 3 in Kharp, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in northwestern Siberia.
• Alexei Navalny had been imprisoned since early 2021. The Moscow City Court sentenced him to 19 years in prison in a high-security prison for “extremism” in August 2023.
• Maria Pevchikh, head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation formerly headed by Alexei Navalny, said on 26 February that an agreement had been reached to swap the opposition politician in a prisoner exchange, but he died in prison while the negotiations were in the final stages.
• Navalny was aware of the prisoner swap plan and had agreed to it, Reuters reported.
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