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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You don’t have to sink a carrier to disable it. When disabled, they become sitting ducks. Check it out in World War 2.
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Dude will fall out of a high window within 10 days. Fact!
Gravity poisoning.
“Ukraine’s success was partly made possible by their innovative naval technology: Neptune, their homegrown anti-ship missiles; Sea Baby, their domestically produced unscrewed surface vessel; Magura V5, their own multi-use unscrewed surface vessel,”.
How can you say that? There is always a possibility of a first strike.
Give me a scenario where a first strike doesn't lead to the total destruction of the country launching the first strike.
There isn't one, that's the point! Remember way back when that one kid in the neighborhood didn't get his way and takes his ball and goes him? He didn't get to play either.
When the possum can't roll over and play dead, he hisses and shows you a quite formidable mouth full of teeth.
He will not win the fight but he sure will make you pay for his death.
There is always a possibility of a Total Global Thermonuclear War first strike. It will not make sense to anyone except the person who pushes the button but anyone that thinks it cannot happen is a fool.
Hint: there are people out there who think, why have nuclear weapons if you don't use them.
Another hint: There are even more who think they can survive a Total Global Thermonuclear War, just for the opportunity to make a fresh start.
If I didn't have a wife of fifty years and a daughter to think of, I might be one of those guys.
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Matters little, Ukraine has lost. Western welfare will only prolong Ukraine’s massive losses.
Spamming again. the problem for Ukraine is they are losing badly on land. They’re wasting effort sinking the Russian navy.
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