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
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And the 54 survivors will be redeployed to Donbas once they’re back on land. Maybe they won’t leave Turkey.
You were saying?
L
Special military operation is still going according to plan. Ukrainian rockets successfully destroyed. No repair needed. Artificial reef skillfully placed.*
(* I shamelessly stole this from twitter).
The same Pentagon that thought it was a good idea to give up Bagram.
There was no evacuation. A Turkish ship saved 54 crewmen yesterday and the rest went down with the ship last night in bad weather.
“Rest went down with the ship.”
How many is “rest”
The Pentagon must be consulting with the FBI.
That’s a horrifying loss.
over 400
450 or so.
Hes going to have to severely escalate or pretty much surrender. I expect the Russians will soon do some sort of mass mobilization with wide spread conscription.
“There was no evacuation. A Turkish ship saved 54 crewmen yesterday and the rest went down with the ship last night in bad weather.”
There was an evacuation.
The bit about the weather holds true:
https://www.buoyweather.com/forecast/marine-weather/@44.040218713142146,36.9140625
Thursday 4/14
Morning
Moderate to strong W winds with choppy seas. Hazardous Seas Warning. Large short period waves.
Winds: W 18 to 20 knots.
Seas: WSW 10 feet at 8 seconds.
“450 or so.”
You are just making that up!
Here’s the thing:
Everyone’s acting like Russia and Ukraine are equally committed. As if Ukraine losing 300 out of 1300 in-service tanks (if they lost anywhere NEAR that) leaves them in worse position that Russia losing 500 out of 3,500 in-service tanks*. But it doesn’t. Russia is on an expedition; Ukraine is defending the homeland. Russia can’t use its entire army. It committed to 1,200 tanks because that’s what it thought it could spare. Ukraine has nothing to lose.
(* Russia probably has 13,000 tanks total, but God knows what condition they’re in. Ukraine probably also has a proportional number of out-of-service tanks.)
I believe it’s commission and upgrades put it at about 850 million $. Cha-ching!
That is one for any serious stamp collector.
“over 400”
ROTFLMAO!
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