Posted on 03/24/2022 4:03:34 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Ukraine claims to have destroyed a huge Russian ship just days after state media filmed it unloading reinforcements at a captured port, as Putin's army continues to suffer punishing losses at the hands of Kyiv's men.
The Ukrainian navy said early Thursday that it had scored a direct hit on the Orsk, a 370ft Russian Alligator-class tank carrier, as it was sitting at anchor in the captured port of Berdyansk, in the south of Ukraine.
Multiple photos and videos showed flames and thick black smoke towering over the port. Just three days before the strike, Russian state media had filmed the Orsk at the port unloading armoured vehicles which it said would reinforce troops in nearby Mariupol - prompting speculation that Ukraine could use the video to target the vessel.
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“The only issue is that a lot of tanks and equipment could have been offloaded in the three days before the ship was attacked.”
True.
It looks like the whole pier went up.
They were killed after being paid, prodded and manipulated by certain factions in our government.
They laid their lives down—as many others in history—for a cause they believed in but was actually bullshit.
Are the 2 on the right running away ?
Yep. Watch the video
Time-lapse video showing the events at the port of Berdyansk this morning. Two LSTs left the port, one of them was on fire.
https://twitter.com/COUPSURE/status/1506969662789140480
“#BREAKING US, allies discuss anti-ship missiles for Ukraine: US official”
“Boris Johnson: The UK will provide an additional 6,000 missiles to Ukraine, in addition to the 4,000 NLAW’s and Javelin missiles already supplied. Including Starstreak high-velocity anti-air missiles”
BIG.
“The United States (🇺🇸) will reportedly receive Russia’s (🇷🇺) Krasukha-4 mobile electronic warfare system, which was recently captured in #Ukraine (🇺🇦).
This is one of Russia’s most capable Electronic Warfare Systems and potentially an intelligence goldmine.”
https://twitter.com/space_osint/status/1506688082657091584
Krasukha-4 in exchange for Anti-Ship Missiles? Sounds like a good deal to me.
You can see the third ones Bow right next to the dock with what appears to be secondary’s going of below the line of the deck. the ship is obliterated
Pardon me if this looks like propaganda coming from both directions.
1. I refuse to believe that the Russians are so stupid as to let Ukrainian forces approach this facility close enough to fire at it from any direction.
2. Had the Ukrainians done this I’d expect them to have arranged to capture video of the attack as it would be a huge propaganda coup.
3. An anti-ship missile would not have been very effective with the backdrop of so much clutter at the port. Yet one lone missile supposedly hit the bullseye?
4. The video of the aftermath shows an absence of air cover for the Russian ships. Were missiles a factor here you’d expect the Russian commanders to launch their helicopters to spoof any other missiles.
5. I think this is far more likely to have been an accident that took place during replenishment or offloading of munitions. The Russians would rather let the Ukes take credit for the kill than to admit they pooched their own ship in port.
6. The two surviving ships were idling their engines and were immediately able to sortie. This tells me they were at alert and their defenses should have been active and engaging any enemy...the absence of fire or aircover would make me think the commanders didn’t see the threat as coming from the direction they were sailing towards.
7. Regardless of the cause, my compliments go to the two Russian commanders and crews that were ready to put to sea and who did so at a moment’s notice. They saved their ships and I hope to God that fool Putin recognizes them for this instead of cashiering them for not stopping what the evidence makes me believe was an imaginary Ukrainian attack.
Actaully you could be right: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkfzmglTxyM
The guy walking on the beach is the best! Too funny.
Dumbassery is also an effective way to sink a ship. (-:
Most likely a neocon.
I have to admit that I admire the Slavic penchant for indifferently shrugging off disasters and carrying on with the day.
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