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The Ukrainian military has hit the Russian cruiser Moskva by Neptune missiles, causing serious damage to the warship.
Ukrinform ^ | April 14, 2022 | Ukrinform staff

Posted on 04/13/2022 5:28:09 PM PDT by Widget Jr

Maksym Marchenko, the head of the Odesa regional military administration, announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"It has been confirmed that the missile cruiser Moskva went today exactly where it was sent by our border guards on Snake Island. The Neptune missiles guarding the Black Sea caused very serious damage to the Russian ship," Marchenko said.

The cruiser Moskva is part of the 30th Surface Ship Division of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; invasion; isaidbudlight; moskva; navy; nyuknyuknyuk; russia; ukraine; yousankmybattleship
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It's the 14th in Ukraine right now, hence tomorrow's date for the U.S.

Related to this, Russia says ammo aboard famed warship detonated (BBC).

"Ammunition stockpiles aboard a Russian ship that was famously defied by Ukrainian troops early in the war have detonated, according to a statement from the Russian defence ministry.

Either by Ukraine's anti-ship missiles (good) or by accident (even better), another bad day for the Russian Navy.

1 posted on 04/13/2022 5:28:09 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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A Russian source is saying the Moskva has sunk and that the explosion was from a Ukrainian Neptun missile strike. Apparently, Ukraine flew a TB2 UCAV to distract the ship while it was targeted by the Neptun. The ship rolled onto its side after the strike.

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1514398732611211271


2 posted on 04/13/2022 5:33:44 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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There will come the day when people realize that the Ukies are a basket of snakes and will wish the Russians prevailed. Neither one of them is worth one drop of American blood or treasure, though.


3 posted on 04/13/2022 5:36:06 PM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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"Ammunition stockpiles aboard a Russian ship that was famously defied by Ukrainian troops early in the war have detonated, according to a statement from the Russian defence ministry.

I hope this is true it would be great, but I recall 3 weeks they claim to have sunk the same ship that attacked that island. Perhaps this is a different ship, I don't know. Perhaps its the same ship and they damaged it the first time and scored a direct hit this time.

I believe nothing at this point.

4 posted on 04/13/2022 5:36:33 PM PDT by usurper
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5 posted on 04/13/2022 5:36:55 PM PDT by sauropod (So may we start? It's time to start.)
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To: Lion Den Dan

The day will come when Russia will wish it never allowed
Putin to pull this out of his -—!


6 posted on 04/13/2022 5:38:35 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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7 posted on 04/13/2022 5:38:39 PM PDT by tlozo (Trump-the Russian invasion of Ukraine is " truly a crime against humanity")
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8 posted on 04/13/2022 5:40:10 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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There will come the day when people realize that the Ukies are a basket of snakes and will wish the Russians prevailed.

During the Cold War the enemy of the West wasn't the Russian people. It was the Nomenclatura. Of whom the Russian people were just as much victims as were the Poles or the Czechs.

I'm not sure if it's appropriate to refer to Putin and his thugs by the same name, but they're no better, and arguably worse.

What we wish is for the Russian people to prevail. And that requires freeing themselves from strongmen like Putin.

9 posted on 04/13/2022 5:42:54 PM PDT by jdege
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10 posted on 04/13/2022 5:44:16 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Liberated and denazified!


11 posted on 04/13/2022 5:44:41 PM PDT by FreshPrince
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There will come the day when people realize that the Ukies are a basket of snakes

I like that basket of snakes part. The Rooskies should GTFO or be fatally bitten. This works for me.

12 posted on 04/13/2022 5:48:25 PM PDT by dennisw
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Have you ever been to Ukraine? It is a beautiful country with beautiful people. Have you ever been to Washington, DC?


13 posted on 04/13/2022 5:50:46 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (To the barricades !!!)
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Andrei, you've lost another cruiser?

14 posted on 04/13/2022 6:04:49 PM PDT by Enterprise
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#2. More likely, the drone was used for targeting, possibly for decoying (jamming or dropping chaff), then Russian antimissile defenses were saturated by multiple missiles. If the ship really was sunk, then the Russian Navy’s history of poor damage control was a factor in her loss.


15 posted on 04/13/2022 6:10:13 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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Works for me


16 posted on 04/13/2022 6:21:40 PM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowsk)
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Ship’s complement 510 sailors. If in fact ship rolled, rescue seems somewhat complicated.


17 posted on 04/13/2022 6:25:49 PM PDT by donozark (Masochists for Biden. 2024.)
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“There will come the day when people realize that the Ukies are a basket of snakes...”

It seems to me that it is the “snakes” who attacked another nation on February 24th. The snakes may be winning, but their victims are giving them a hell of a battle. I’m rooting for the underdog!!


18 posted on 04/13/2022 6:53:44 PM PDT by elpadre (And here in NCini)
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No true American should ever wish that the Russian commies prevail.
Ukraine for Ukrainians!


19 posted on 04/13/2022 6:54:49 PM PDT by nbenyo
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Unless that American is conservativer-than-thou and want to virtue signal that he is against something Biden is for.


20 posted on 04/13/2022 7:05:10 PM PDT by Reynoldo (BurnLootMurder)
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