Posted on 05/24/2024 5:43:08 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
PUTIN’S newest and only remaining missile cruiser in the Black Sea was destroyed by Ukraine forces in a huge blow to his naval forces.
The “Zyklon” was destroyed alongside the 266-M minesweeper, Kovrovets, in a devastating strike at the weekend.
The Zyklon is the 26th to be sunk by Ukraine and was blown up by US-supplied ATACMS missiles killing six people and injuring 11, sources said.
It comes after Russia retreated its naval headquarters from the occupied Crimean Peninsula to Krasnodor.
The Zyklon, which was launched into service in July last year, was a Karakut-class missile ship armed with various weapons, including Kalibr warheads.
Its sinking is part of Ukraine’s ongoing campaign targeting the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
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The Zyklon B?
Now they’ll just have to build the “Zyklon B”.
The Sloop Zyklon B?
“Putin” health problems during Belarus visit! Back to Moscow he goes! Lol!
You won't be laughing when you get our invoice. TANSTAAFL chums!
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Why tonight’s sudden return to Moscow by purple hands “Putin”? Accordink to plan? Lol!
Fortunately, ships in the Black Sea have little bearing on the 600 plus mile landwar, especially when Ukraine’s Navy was taken out in the very first days of this war.
What should be noted, since Ukraine’s Mobilization Plan went into effect last week, all of Ukraine’s streets are empty, devoid of all military aged males ( 25-60). The videos are chilling. As the Ukie Minister recently stated, there is no one showing up for work fearing the Ukie Press gangs will catch them and send them to the Eastern front.
None of those Ukrainian men care about keeping and protecting their country.
That tells me we shouldn’t, either.
Let Russia have at it. No one is left alive who cares to fight.
—>>€ You won’t be laughing when you get our invoice. TANSTAAFL chums!
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The last reported Russian ship sunk by Ukraine was shown in port, undamaged.
Propaganda is rampant!!
“Demoted to submarine?”
>>>>>>>>
No... UPPGRADED to submarine! :)
Lets hope Ukraine decides to upgrade what’s left of Russia’s flamboyant BlackSea Fleet! Russia deserves it. And while we’re at it, lets upgrade all of Russia’a army.
Ah, the good old Hunt of the Red October. Great movie.
I never read the book though...
I’ve read in the last day or so that Moscow’s “massive advance in the Kharkiv direction” has stalled and even been reversed slightly. True?
Book is far better than the movie. Read it when you can get time away from fisking the Putinskis.
What Maxim Likhachev doink?
Why are they wasting our expensive weapons on ships not involved in the fighting? They should attacking the Russian air force and army.
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