Posted on 04/13/2022 4:43:14 PM PDT by Brellium
(Reuters) - The most important ship in Russia's Black Sea fleet, the Moskva missile cruiser, was badly damaged after ammunition on board blew up, Interfax news agency quoted the Russian defence ministry as saying on Thursday.
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“Flagship of Russian navy is reported to have been hit with 2 Ukrainian Neptun missiles, and is on fire in the Black Sea. “
Do you have a citation for the missile hit?
Someone drop a cig?
Or missile hit??
Great news!
It might have been the Ukrainians, but considering the general level of competence from the Russian military the ammo exploding story is just as likely.
RE: ammunition on board blew up,
Looks like an inside job. Somebody on board doesn’t want to continue this war.
A Ukrainian navy missile battery reportedly has struck the Russian navy cruiser Moskva off the coast of Odessa, a strategic port city on the Black Sea in southwest Ukraine.
Multiple Ukrainian government officials claimed Wednesday that a Neptune anti-ship battery, apparently hidden in or around Odessa, scored two hits on Moskva, setting the 612-foot vessel ablaze.
“after ammunition on board blew up”
Oh, sure, it was just Boris taking a smoke break in the magazine again, not Ukrainian missiles.
Hard to tell with Russian equipment. Either is just as likely.
This is all just propaganda anyway.
Russian ships don’t get hit and suffer damage. Their top
notch crews don’t make mistakes.
I can’t believe everyone is falling for this.
/s
The only thing holding those Russian ships together is the paint and if that catches fires they’re done ,LOL
“Don’t believe the media! They hate He-man (of my dreams) Putin! You want a nuke war with Russia?!!! You NaziJew!”
— response from typical Putanista.
They will still say this, even though it’s Russian media.
No pics? Need proof.
From what I have read on freerepublic, the "mopping up" exercise in the Donbas is about to start up any day now.
With much more "mopping up" such as the Moskva debacle, the Ukrainians may pull this off...
This is allegedly the ship the Snake Island defenders told to “go f**k yourself”, so maybe some crew member finally took the advice.
LOL. We’re should wait for the Putiinst youtube experts to chime in on this one. They’ll give us the straight dope without the neocon filter. /s
Ammunition will explode if subjected to a missile strike. If you’re the Russian Navy a simple ammo explosion sounds better to the world than missile damage. Just sayin’.
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