Note the hurried wording of the press release, and misspellings.
It's the 14th there.
Ukrainian forces seemingly had a very well planned strategy to destroy the Moskva cruiser. They planned to distract the ship with a TB2 drone before shooting the Neptune missiles.They practiced this tactic earlier in the week with a smaller ship to see reaction & response times.
https://twitter.com/jon96179496/status/1514426213963649025
Russian Mod posted a video yesterday of them using their air defense. They tested to see what Russia protocol and reaction would be
https://twitter.com/StephenKolanko1/status/1514402554049929227
The Russian MoD posted a video yesterday showing the Black Sea Fleet’s Admiral Essen frigate allegedly engaging a TB2 UCAV with its Shtil-1 air defense system.
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1514138241829642245
maintenant où ai-je mis mon sabot?
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
I wonder how good Russian damage control is. (Rhetorical)
Putin is pissed about this. I have a bad feeling that everything is about to escalate. Like our ‘Remember The Arizona’ moment, this is going to be their ‘Remember The Moskva’ moment.
An SS-N-19 Shipwreck couldn’t possibly have leaked turbojet fuel and been ignited by a sailor’s negligence.
Nah.
Kursk was a psyop. /s So was the Losharik fire. /s/s
The USN set fire to the Bonhomme Richard just to one-up the Russians. /s/s/s
I just hate this when it happens! Not really :)
Wow. And just this morning there were news bits describing the boat had unchallenged supremacy of the Black Sea.
neither a missile strike nor blowing themselves up is a good look for the russkie navy ...
That was a hell of a shot by the Ukranian's. Took out their best ship in the Black Sea.
If the best ship the Russians had in the Black Sea was built in 1983 and is now at the bottom of the Black Sea, I'd say the Russkie's are f***ed.
They do not know how to fight a war. Clearly the Ukranians do. They're certainly fighting the smarter war here.
