Posted on 01/22/2024 11:13:28 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Ukraine's successful suppression of the Russian Black Sea fleet has resulted in Kyiv's grain exports rising to their highest levels since the invasion by Moscow began.
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Russia's Black Sea fleet flagship Moskva was destroyed by Ukraine in the early days of the war. The losses have continued since then, with British Defence Secretary Grant Shapp saying last month that Russia had lost 20 percent of its Black Sea fleet over the course of four months.
Significant recent losses include the December destruction of large Russian landing ship Novocherkassk and last week's revelation that Ukrainian drones sank a Tarantul-class corvette warship during the same month. A September 2023 missile attack on Russia's Black Sea fleet headquarters in Sevastopol also reportedly resulted in significant damage and casualties.
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Yes I do.
It amounts to slavic domestic violence and we shouldn’t be involved.
Since our interest is the Russian threat, then this is of great interest to us and the rest of NATO and countries outside of NATO.
Wouldn’t have been a threat to begin with if certain idiots hadn’t been monkeying with things, but okay.
(Arab spring and Maidan coup brought to you by the Obama admin and their masters.)
From ignorance to ignorance, you just want to rant.
That everyone fighting for Ukraine is officially and legally part of its armed forces, no mercenaries.
Sir Francis Drake: pirate.
But he was referred to as a “privateer” by the crown.
He was a pirate.
No matter how you dress it up, it’s still a mercenary.
Everyone fighting for Ukraine is legally in the Ukrainian military and is required to be treated by international POW law.
Since you won’t answer I have to assume that you think the French Foreign Legion goes to war legally defined as mercenaries rather than French soldiers and if captured are under mercenary law rather than regular POW law.
Why don’t you post a reputable source that defines soldiers officially serving in a country’s armed forces as being legally a mercenary and under mercenary law?
From ignorance to ignorance, you’re just ranting.
So you aren’t just ignorant, but a troll as well.
No more than the “Slava ukraini America last” posters.
That didn’t even make sense.
They never had a good navy. During the Cold War, their submarines were pretty formidable. I think that's about it.
63 ballistic missile submarines:
6 Project 941 (Typhoon-class) submarines
40 Project 667B (Delta-class) submarines
12 Project 667A (Yankee-class) submarines 5 Project 658 (Hotel-class) submarines
72 cruise missile submarines:
6 Oscar-class submarines
6 Yankee Notch submarines
14 Charlie-class submarines
30 Echo-class submarines
16 Juliett-class submarines
68 nuclear attack submarines:
5 Akula-class submarines
2 Sierra-class submarines
6 Alfa-class submarines
46 Victor-class submarines
6 November-class submarines
3 Yankee SSN submarine
63 conventional attack submarines:
18 Kilo-class submarines
20 Tango-class submarines
25 Foxtrot-class submarines
9 auxiliary submarines
1 Beluga-class submarine
1 Lima-class submarine
2 India-class submarines
4 Bravo-class submarines
1 Losos-class submarine
Reminds me of the book, “The Navy Gave Me Shoes”.
Tara Reade went to Russia for her own personal safety:
What is your point?
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