"Admiral Kuznetsov". © Photos from the site utro.ru
Posted on 10/28/2016 7:23:29 AM PDT by Leo Carpathian
Comical march of so-called "Russian aircraft carrier group" headed by aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov" to the shores of Syria at war, amused the entire Internet, it seems, risks to become the biggest shame in the history of the Russian Navy. The reason is simple: no country in the region has agreed to fill the aggressor ships. By all indications, they will be destined to stupid drift in the Mediterranean without fuel until they get own tanker with fuel oil from Russia itself. The last hope of the Kremlin admirals was refueling in Malta, but today, 27 October, Foreign Minister of the island nation, George Vella said in an interview with local edition of the Times of Malta, a Maltese oil will not fuel Russian aggressors for any money.
"Admiral Kuznetsov". © Photos from the site utro.ru
Initially, the Kremlin planned to refuel his clown squadron in Spain - it was based on and developed the whole scenario for a long voyage. However, as recently as yesterday, the Spanish government, criticized his colleagues in NATO, politely declined to share fuel with those who are bombing innocent Syrian children. In turn, Moscow said that they themselves refused to refuel in Spain, obviously hoping to get cheap heating oil for the "Admiral Kuznetsov" and its accompanying ships in neutral Malta. But here came, shall we say, some misunderstanding.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malta, George Vella, a decision to refuse the Russian ships to refuel, government was pushed by a petition from the citizens of the country. They strongly demanded from their government to follow the example of Spain.
- In Madrid, a very simple and easy refueling stop for this deadly fleet was denied, - stated in the document. - We urgently need to make it clear to his government that the people of Malta also do not want to be involved in the bloody war crimes. We must act to stop this massacre, and not making money on it.
Frankly, the Russian admirals, with last drops of fuel in tanks is not to be envied: refuel in the western Mediterranean after the failure, and Spain, and Malta, is resolutely nowhere. No chance in the next states in the region: France and Portugal are also members of NATO, and thanks to a harmonized fuel Alliance countries' positions "Admiral Kuznetsov" just will not be refueled there. Gibraltar is a territory under the control of Great Britain. Libya has not yet regained consciousness after the revolution, and in addition - its ports controlled by the pro-American insurgents. In Tunisia, a similar pattern: a democratic government that came to power after the overthrow of the dictator Ben Ali, under any circumstances, does not want to spoil relations with the civilized world.
The only illusory hope to refuel smoky Russian squadron left are the ports of Egypt - with Vladimir Putin had not yet had time to quarrel with this country. However, they still need to be reached, and the fuel is likely not enough. Of course, they do not have it to return home, so in the coming days we may witness the funniest in the history of the Russian Navy's rescue operation of Russian Navy.
(Google translation slightly polished by Leo Carpathian)
So it is true!
Putin’s floating junk yard.
I do not know to laugh or cry.
Heads will roll.
Egypt will refuel these ships. They are a close ally to Putin.
I don’t buy it. It’s a mobile tripwire.
It may be fun to laugh at the Russians but I would not underestimate them. They always play chess when the rest of us play checkers...
I guess that the Russian Navy learned nothing from the fiasco at Tsushima a few years ago.
They did have fleet oilers for the Black Sea fleet not too long ago.
"You lost ANOTHER Carrier?"
Hussein Obama, America's FIRST Muslim President, has been overthrowing governments for Islamic takeover since Libya. He tried to support the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt but was not successful.
The Russians seek stability by supporting the Syrian government, Hussein Obama is working to overthrow the Syrian government for Islamic takeover.
So much disinformation. Who to believe? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37791523
“However, they still need to be reached, and the fuel is likely not enough. Of course, they do not have it to return home, so in the coming days we may witness the funniest in the history of the Russian Navy’s rescue operation of Russian Navy.”
They only need enough fuel to get to Syria where they have a full service naval base where they can refuel. I also think they are being sent for the long term deployment there until their ground operations in the region are complete.
When countries can’t get oil for their war machine, that’s when they tend to attack.
Everyone can laugh all they want about changes in the logistics for resupplying the diesel black smoke carrier, but the fact remains those planes in her below deck hangars can fly, have bombs and missiles.
Even if there isn’t a local diesel station for them now, there is likely Russian diesel tanker(s) on the way.
I would expect Putin and the Russian Navy to hold a grudge over this. I consider it a mistake by Spain and by Malta to have rejected him.
The carriers and subs would still move, but those carriers would be sitting ducks without destroyers and aircraft.
Is this a Ukrainian site? It just has that childish propaganda tone of theirs. The breathless comment about bombing of innocent women and children in Syria was especially funny.
But my guess is that the fleet will fish refueling from the two oilers with them, spend some time at the navy base in Syria, then eventually wind up in Crimea and base out of there for a while.
Seems logical.
That was a funny scene
No real comment on the underlying story, but who did that Photoshop? It’s brilliant.
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