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Russian Navy cruiser Moskva sank while being towed in a storm- Russian Ministry of Defence quoted as saying
ELINT News ^ | 14-APR-2022 | ELINT News

Posted on 04/14/2022 1:07:24 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas

Russian Navy cruiser Moskva sank while being towed in a storm- Russian Ministry of Defence quoted as saying

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: accordingtoplan; cruiser; isaidbudlight; justafeint; justmoppingup; moskva; navy; notthisagain; notwinning; nyuknyuknyuk; putin; russia; ukraine; yousankmybattleship; zottherussiantrolls
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To: SpeedyInTexas

So after looking at Twitter I decided to go over to the Tass website. Nothing about the Moskva on the main page but doing a search for Moskva yielded this:
https://tass.com/russia/1438045

So I guess she’s well and truly gone.


41 posted on 04/14/2022 1:27:16 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: GreenLanternCorps


42 posted on 04/14/2022 1:27:27 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: RightOnTheBorder

“I do wonder why they think it’s better to admit incompetence than to admit the enemy sank a ship.”

Putin is purging leadership right now and this would support purging the Russian navy.


43 posted on 04/14/2022 1:28:12 PM PDT by MercyFlush (The Soviet Empire is right now doing a dead cat bounce.)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Wow.

These were not the flowers Putin eas expecting.

Pretty incredible that Ukraine pulled this off.


44 posted on 04/14/2022 1:28:23 PM PDT by SE Mom
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To: SpeedyInTexas

I hope Ukraine wins this war, but I don’t think anyone who has been on a ship of war takes pleasure in the thought of men being swallowed by the sea.


45 posted on 04/14/2022 1:28:32 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: SpeedyInTexas
I though Little Pukin was playing 10th dimensional chess while Zelensky was playing checkers...

Pootie is playing quantum mechanical chess with quantum entangled pieces. He’s like Schrödinger’s cat.

46 posted on 04/14/2022 1:29:52 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Missile Storm apparently.


47 posted on 04/14/2022 1:30:14 PM PDT by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Mariner

“The Pentagon says she’s underway to home port under her own power.”

I was watching their press conference just a little bit ago and heard the same thing. Yet TASS is saying the ship went down (links above this one in Speedy’s post #20)


48 posted on 04/14/2022 1:31:27 PM PDT by MercyFlush (The Soviet Empire is right now doing a dead cat bounce.)
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To: alloysteel

And..was the “Flag” on the ship. Was he one of the 54?


49 posted on 04/14/2022 1:31:30 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: RightOnTheBorder

That really is some odd face-saving calculus, no?


50 posted on 04/14/2022 1:32:03 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Husker24

They went to inflate the lifeboats, but only found Milo Dollars where it should be.


51 posted on 04/14/2022 1:33:44 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: SpeedyInTexas

The Ukes claim that they fired two anti-ship missiles at the Moskva. The Russkies claim it was a fire from the detonation of ammunition. Both put the Russkies in a bad light.

The Moskva had a crew of 500, with only 54 reportedly rescued.


52 posted on 04/14/2022 1:34:32 PM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Where are all the Putinas who were telling us it wasn’t badly damaged?


53 posted on 04/14/2022 1:34:41 PM PDT by dangus (I had some sympathies for Russia's positions... until they started a G-d-damned war.)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

For the sake of argument, let’s say that it was being towed. Why was it being towed? What broke?


54 posted on 04/14/2022 1:35:14 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ridesthemiles

The Edmond Fitzgerald was an American freighter that sank in a storm. Not a cruise ship.

You obviously don’t know the song or story, but commented anyway. The point was that Russia said the Moscow sank in a storm…


55 posted on 04/14/2022 1:36:07 PM PDT by datura (Eventually, the Lord and the Truth will win.)
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To: Afterguard

Not only was it their flag ship, but they can’t bring any more into the Black Sea because Turkey is blocking the Straits of the Dardanelles, or whatever they’re called.


56 posted on 04/14/2022 1:36:08 PM PDT by dangus (I had some sympathies for Russia's positions... until they started a G-d-damned war.)
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To: Vermont Lt

“It had a compliment of almost 500.

That’s gonna leave a mark. Somewhere.”

Reported earlier that crew was evacuated.


57 posted on 04/14/2022 1:36:19 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: dangus

Waiting for instructions.


58 posted on 04/14/2022 1:36:19 PM PDT by Izzatso
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To: Renfrew
This threatens the regime.

I agree. First the fiasco with the column in front of Kiev now losing the flagship of the Black Sea fleet... I don't know how long Putin can continue to sustain these military embarrassments.
59 posted on 04/14/2022 1:36:40 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: RightOnTheBorder

Well, the us navy wont blame a girl fight for a collision with a freighter.


60 posted on 04/14/2022 1:36:46 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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