PUTIN IS the only evil, bloodthirsty master
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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PUTIN IS the only evil, bloodthirsty master
Your “command center” is a Uke armored barge floated out three or four weeks ago to try to dupe the Russian artillery into firing upon it in hopes of returning counter battery fire. The Russians did not bite and the barge floated harmlessly to the Russian bank. The Russians WERE using it as a listening/intel post before deserting it. You know as well as I that the video of its destruction shows NO human occupation as it was hit. Again, it’s not too late to begin to pray to the Prince of Peace. You could die tonight and your devilish DC masters will be of no help to you then.
Jealous? Why do you care if other people choose to go to his site, or contribute. You don’t have to
I like the way the “buying time to rearm” is presented as if it was a dishonest move.
Why did Ukraine NEED “time to rearm”?
Because even Merkel realised, from the very first minute Putin said with a big exrement eating grin on his face that Russia didn’t have any troops in Ukraine to remove (despite said troops even going on TV boasting that they were there - Girkin for example), Russia was not going to honor its ONE obligation under Minsk - to pull its troops out of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Poroshenko did indeed call on the UK and USA to assist in its defense, which is a huge irony because the country that asked both countries to sign that agreement to that effect was...
Russia. Yup. Because if we hadn’t signed Budapest, Ukraine wouldn’t have trusted Russia enough to hand the nukes over.
Ukraine did its best to be pally with Russia, but Russia spent years blackmailing Ukraine, tried to assassinate a pro-Western presidential candidate, put the frighteners onto the Azarov government to get it to drop the EU association deal, scared Yanukovych so witless in December 2013 that he did a full on Benedict Arnold...
And even after signing Minsk, Putin kept putting more “little green men” into Ukraine while denying there was a single Russky in there.
Damned right Ukraine needed time to rearm, and Merkel’s biggest regret is that she spent too long trying to appeal to Russia’s “we don’t want war” spirit, before realising the Polish leader (and, let’s not forget, even Sarah Palin) were right in 2008.
When they said, Putin was just looking for any excuse to invade Ukraine, and if we didn’t give him an excuse he’d just make one up.
This is war. In war absolutes matter more than in peace. Easy kills count, losses are losses regardless of how they happened.
The Russians can no longer use the Mechanik. She is no longer a threat to Ukraine. Those are the facts that count.
lol! Tell me another one.
you’re an awesome keyboard propaganda warrior!
Wow, when even your BS no longer walks, you switch from typing comedy to posting pictures of comedians. I hate to see you resorting to such devices. Forget Moe and Curly, bring back the big yucks with your slapstick typed replies.
Probably the next Ukraine article coming out is going to tout how Ukraine has now invaded Moscow and controls the skies.
>Can’t wait for this filthy little emperor without a Russian empire invasion project to be over. Under little Putin, Russia hs become a cancer.<
That doesn’t sound very Christ-like does it REVEREND mommy?
Wrong again mommy.
Can’t you guys come up bigger pictures? It appears you are in a dual competition. Who has the most vapid reply quickly followed by who can come up with the bigger picture. It gets a little tedious to watch.
Good. Kill the Ukes. I’m for it at this point. They want to drag us into a nuclear exchange.
Money talks and BS walks. Vlad is running low on rubles and ammunition / howitzer shells. The ones he bought from Norks are old trash. And 50% defective
Please continue your white dude rap and parody of a Jewish Borscht Belt comedian. Please..... As in entertainment value.
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I’m telling you, you either need a rim shot or a straight jacket.
Rim shot bada bing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dz3fbcybXY&t=2s
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