buffnut453
Captain
I tend to agree. There was a fire and an explosion, and allegedly the ship sank under them….but none of the men in that line-up have any visible wounds.
Forgive my skepticism.
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I'm sorry but this doesn't pass my smell test. To be sunk in such a manner is hugely traumatic. Then in a couple of days rescue them, transport them back to home port, reissue the uniforms and then stand on parade.
It can be done and may well have happened, but it doesn't feel right.
Interesting - Russia claims Ukraine forces in Mariupol surrendered three days ago.It looks like Mariupol will fall to the Russians within the next day or two.
A big question will be once this war is over will Ukraine get it back?
There have been no parades of captured Ukrainian troops. I suspect very few surrender. Instead they're fighting, escaping or dying.Interesting - Russia claims Ukraine forces in Mariupol surrendered three days ago.
There have been no parades of captured Ukrainian troops. I suspect very few surrender. Instead they're fighting, escaping or dying.
People keep saying Putin must be allowed to save face. In the face of the continuing atrocities I think that time has passed.
I think it is time for the west to tell Putin any use of Nuclear weapons will result in radiation spreading to NATO countries. That will automatically be taken as a declaration of war by Putin, but not the Russian civilian population, on NATO. This also needs to be broadcast from relay transmitters hanging from weather balloons to the Russian population. Such transmitters would be difficult to eliminate and will stay aloft for many hours.
As he knows the Ukranians have proven his army is next to useless and a small NATO force could destroy the rest of his army within days so he needs to sue for peace now. Nothing less than the total removal of all Russian military and quasi-military personnel from all of the 1991 borders of Ukraine will be acceptable.
Unlike Putin NATO does not murder civilians and will do everything in its power to minimize civilian casualties. However, if NATO is forced into this war, they will destroy one Russian city of similar size for every Ukrainian city destroyed and destroy it to the same extent. Unlike Putin however NATO will give the cities 72 hours for all persons to evacuate.
To prevent Putin from defending said cities ten cities will be told to evacuate for every one to be destroyed. To prove that NATO is serious a military target in each of the named cities will be destroyed.
After the conflict Ukraine and NATO will not occupy any part of Russia.
i think it is already happen right now.... Poland just signed deal for delivery of 250 M1 SEP3 with supporting equipment. They are rumors that first 28 units - older versions delivered has been already delivered from US stocks for training purposes.More ranting. Let's start shipping M-1 Abrams to Poland. How long to train crews who might already be familiar with, oh I don't know, T-72s maybe? Let's assume the trainees are motivated.
He's setting up expectations for that announcement.I'll beleive Mariupol is lost when President Zelensky says it is.
Interesting analysis about the Moskva sinking:
Analysis: Chain of Negligence caused the loss of the Moskva cruiser - Naval News
The shock of the sinking of Moskva continues. In the absence of a satisfactory explanation for the event, there has been much speculation.www.navalnews.com
Or drunk.The article stated "The claim reveals that the Top Pair radar couldn't distinguish the Neptunes flying over the sea from the crests of the waves due to the stormy weather."
I'd be surprised if this was the case. Even my 4' open array radar has anti sea clutter capability. Surely the Russians would have some pretty sophisticated systems that would have the capability to filter interference from sea-state. I think the radar operators just weren't paying attention. Or for some reason had turned off alarms/alerts possibly due to false alarms received to that point.