Posted on 07/29/2024 11:51:19 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
A staunch ally of Vladimir Putin lamented the destruction of the Black Sea Fleet, dealing the Russian president a double blow as his Navy was forced to hold a muted annual parade on Sunday.
In a rare admission of Russia's military failures, Yevgeny Fyodorov from the ruling United Russia party complained that Ukraine has disabled such a large proportion of Putin's prized Black Sea Fleet that it is essentially "gone."
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"The Russian fleet as an operational mechanism in the Black Sea does not exist! Not physically, but in terms of its actual combat presence. This is a fact," the State Duma deputy said.
"Where is the fleet? It's gone. This is really a victory of the enemy. It's a fact. That fact of the enemy's victory. And the fact that the ships are still there somewhere, somewhere in Sevastopol or Novorossiysk, well, perhaps they are. But they do not exist in terms of a strategic combat unit. That is, they do not control the Black Sea," Fyodorov went on.
"Do you understand? This is the fact of defeat. It's a defeat. It must be accepted. Like we accepted the defeat of Kherson, surrendered Kherson. Kherson was ours," he added, referring to Ukraine's partially occupied southern Kherson region.
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What Black Sea Fleet doink?
Thats all the United States gets for 2T? Hooties ran a carrier group off. Naval presence is more a liability than asset these days. Hypersonic missiles and drones have changed how forceis projected.
Chasiv Yar in 3 days! Bring your parade uniforms!
Pokrovsk in 3 days!
First of all, the Russians still have their aircraft carrier, Big Smoky...
Also, this is not a naval war.
Hard to believe the Black Sea has been destroyed by a country with no navy, jus a bunch or RNC drones.
Moskva was sunk with a Neptun missile.
This story appears to be bogus.
The originator of these supposed quotes from Yevgeny Fyodorov is Anton Geraschenko — on X.
It pictures Fyodorov in a video. It looks a little bit odd, but I am not an expert in AI produced imagery. But . . . the figure is in uniform. That is not in doubt.
I went looking for Yevgeny Fyodorov and images for him. He has not held any ministerial positions that are military related. Every photo I found of him was in a business suit. He served 3 years in the military in the 1980s. Never again a posting for such things.
The avalanche of cover for this story looks contrived. I don’t think the video is him.
Don’t get between marcus and his cookie.
Patrolling the floor of the Black Sea!
Regards,
Well, not anymore, any way!
Regards,
BS.
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