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Putin Dealt Double Blow as Ally Admits Black Sea Fleet Failure
Newsweek ^ | 7/29/2024 | Isabel van Brugen

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


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1 posted on 07/29/2024 11:51:19 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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2 posted on 07/29/2024 11:53:32 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: Who is John Galt?

What Black Sea Fleet doink?


3 posted on 07/29/2024 11:55:34 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Russian Forces Press Toward Strategic Ukrainian City of Pokrovsk

Massive Ukrainian failures lead to loss of more land. Another couple weeks of this and Ukraine will be smaller then Monaco.
4 posted on 07/29/2024 11:55:49 AM PDT by JoSixChip (P.S. There’s a fed in that thread you’re in right now.)
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To: Who is John Galt?

5 posted on 07/29/2024 12:00:11 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: marcusmaximus

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.


6 posted on 07/29/2024 12:09:23 PM PDT by Jumper
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Hyper-sonic missiles? Not going to hit a moving target. Plus the HE warhead is not going to sink a CVN. If they shoot a nuke first then all bets are off. No possibility of a nuclear first strike. So that is out too.
7 posted on 07/29/2024 12:13:59 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: marcusmaximus
Chasiv Yar Breakthrough | Russian Forces Cross Canal
8 posted on 07/29/2024 12:14:22 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Kazan

Chasiv Yar in 3 days! Bring your parade uniforms!


9 posted on 07/29/2024 12:22:33 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: JoSixChip

Pokrovsk in 3 days!


10 posted on 07/29/2024 12:23:05 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

First of all, the Russians still have their aircraft carrier, Big Smoky...

Also, this is not a naval war.


11 posted on 07/29/2024 12:26:28 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: marcusmaximus

Hard to believe the Black Sea has been destroyed by a country with no navy, jus a bunch or RNC drones.


12 posted on 07/29/2024 12:33:42 PM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: DownInFlames

Moskva was sunk with a Neptun missile.


13 posted on 07/29/2024 12:43:05 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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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.


14 posted on 07/29/2024 1:03:37 PM PDT by Owen
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To: JoSixChip
According to Isabel [aka The Pout]


15 posted on 07/29/2024 1:17:04 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: lurk

Don’t get between marcus and his cookie.


16 posted on 07/29/2024 1:17:58 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: marcusmaximus
What Black Sea Fleet doink?

Patrolling the floor of the Black Sea!

Regards,

17 posted on 07/29/2024 1:34:13 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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Also, this is not a naval war.

Well, not anymore, any way!

Regards,

18 posted on 07/29/2024 1:35:16 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: marcusmaximus
Well, heeeeyyy, meghanmarklemus!


19 posted on 07/29/2024 1:40:56 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: JoSixChip

BS.


20 posted on 07/29/2024 1:44:52 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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