Posted on 04/15/2021 12:32:50 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian President Vladimir Putin took advantage of the Biden administration’s decision to abandon plans to send two destroyers to the Black Sea by closing off the Kerch Strait, connecting Crimea to Russia, to foreign warships until next fall.
The action comes as Russia warned the US on Tuesday to stay away from the area “for their own good” after the Biden administration said it was going to send two destroyers – the USS Roosevelt and the USS Donald Cook – to the Black Sea in response to Moscow’s increasing its military presence near Ukraine.
Putin will close the Kerch Strait beginning next week until October, blocking foreign warships that are conducting military exercises, including the US, the Ukraine foreign ministry said Thursday.
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The 'Trump-Russia collusion' story was of course a hoax, a COVER, to hide what THEY (the notoriously traitorous Democrats) were doing, as the only evidence for Russia collusion involves THEM!
1) Newly unclassified docs reportedly state (surprise-surprise) Russians actually wanted HILLARY to win, not Trump! Obama CIA chief Brennan hid the evidence!!
2) Top Putin aids (Vladislav Surkov and Vyacheslav Trubnikov) provided disinformation (fake 'dirt') on Trump! (via RUSSIAN AGENT Igor Danchenko) for Clinton campaign/DNC paid-for Steele dossier!!
3) Obama-Biden DENIED desperately requested military assistance to Ukraine during the 2014 Russia invasion of Crimea!! At the time (2014) Trump had sharply and publicly (on NBC's Today Show, and elsewhere) criticized the Obama administraion, asserting that "Putin has eaten Obama's lunch" once again.
4) $3.5 MILLION (via Hunter Biden) from the wife of a former mayor of Moscow! (Elena Baturina) The former mayor of Moscow (Yuri Luzhkov) was a strong advocate for Russia invading and taking over Crimea. The $3.5 million reportedly passed hands within WEEKS of the Russia invasion of Crimea! (Feb-Mar 2014). Obama admin did nothing but provide them food rations and blankets! They had begged him for military equiptment.
5) Burisma owner (Mykola Zlochevsky) was/is a RUSSIA ALLY! Joe Biden's son worked for and brought in millions from Burisma. Joe is ON VIDEO BRAGGING about extorting the Ukrainians into firing the prosecutor who was investigating his son and the corrupt RUSSIA-ALLIED owner of the company. Zlochevsky was an official of the former 'puppet' regime that Putin had installed in the Ukraine via a rigged election. Viktor Yanukovych, the 'puppet' president of that regime's pro-American opponent in the election (Viktor Yushchenko) barely survived an assassination attempt by poisoning. His face was left badly pock-mocked for a long time afterward. Putin is widely believed to be responsible.
6) For 8 years the Obama-Biden-Clinton admin immensely HELPED the Russians, via Obama's promised and delivered "flexibility" on missile defense, the Russia-favoring New Start nuke treaty, the Putin-loving Iran deal (Iran and Syria are pawns of Russia in the oil/gas-rich Middle East), the Uranium-One deal, where Obama-Hillary allowed Russia to take ownership of 20% of our uranium production!
7) They (Obama-Biden) deliberately slashed OUR military to pieces. Fortunately, Trump has/had since brought it back times 10.
The title is not accurate. Closing off the Bosphorus and Dardanelles can only be done by Turkey which controls both.
Joe Stolen eyeball to eyeball with Putin. Joe blinked.
Not surprising when considering who is Secretary of State for the US now.
obama ceded Crimea - joe appears to be doing same with Ukraine.
Yep. He slapped some meaningless “sanctions” on Russia for public consumption so the media and twitterheads can say he’s tough on “Trump’s handler” while he gives Russia a tacit green light for more foreign incursions.
Now someone told me that Ukraine was threatening to try to reclaim the Crimea and that is why Russia is amassing forces on the border. But who knows for sure with the uninquisitive and disingenuous media we have. They just print and say what they are told to.
Best. Joke. EVAH
Biden doesn’t make any decisions anyway...he has a committee of weak kneed USA haters who are more concerned about the 14 different genders and blm...and wiping out Trump supporters...
The Turks can’t close the Bosporus Strait, Canada can’t isolate Hudson’s Bay, but the Russians can close this strait?
Something does not compute here...
Yup, Russians are closing off access to the Sea of Azov not the Black Sea. 
Russia would not be able to take all of that territory with 80,000 troops.
But they could get their Mariupol to Kherson land bridge as well as control of the North Crimean Canal.
The Kerch straits are the entrance to the Sea of Azov, between the easternmost part of the Crimean peninsula and the Tamir peninsula. Closing them will not prevent access to the Black Sea. That would be done by Turkey closing either the Bosporus or the Dardanelles.
expect it
“OMG, Biden bowed”
Actually, China Joe “BLINKED!”
But, who can tell if he is blinking when his eyes are closed most of the time?
This is not a laughing matter, to have a p_resident who is suffering from diminished capacity. This will turn out bad for the USA, count on it.
Joe Biden was the lowest-common denominator candidate agreed upon for the Nov. 3 coup.
What we now have is Executive Power by the Democrat Party, Federal Bureaucrat interests, and the Intelligence Community.
Government by faction and committee will always show irrationality, contradiction and instability.
Geography challenged NYPost..........
Russians have some serious self propelled SSMs coastal defense cruise missiles.
Taiwan has 2 nuclear power plants and enough technology to create a bomb or 3 in record time if need be, plus a delivery system that would easily put every major Chinese city in reach. China could easily overwhelm Taiwan but it could come at a terrible cost.
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