Even Russia admits that it was their flagship naval vessel in the conflict.
It was the same one that interacted with the Snake Island soldiers.
Russia-Ukraine War
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Even Russia admits that it was their flagship naval vessel in the conflict.
It was the same one that interacted with the Snake Island soldiers.
Abdisamad
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The Institute for the Study of War (IOW) says it was not able to verify that Ukraine had sunk the warship, but the Moskva’s loss – regardless of the cause – was a “major propaganda victory for Ukraine”. In contrast, it was likely to undermine Russian morale, the institute said.
What is the significance of the Moskva sinking?
The Black Sea Fleet flagship entered service in Soviet times and had been deployed in conflicts from Georgia to Syria.
The Institute for the Study of War (IOW) says it was not able to verify that Ukraine had sunk the warship, but the Moskva’s loss – regardless of the cause – was a “major propaganda victory for Ukraine”. In contrast, it was likely to undermine Russian morale, the institute said.
What is the significance of the Moskva sinking?
The Black Sea Fleet flagship entered service in Soviet times and had been deployed in conflicts from Georgia to Syria.www.aljazeera.com
The new weaponry and updated tech has finally reached Ukraine.
I still expect them to lose this war but Russia will be hurt.
Putin is not ruthless enough and it causing problems for Russia. it should have been scorch earth policy from day one.
and that ship was their best. Ussr never really had a good navy they relied on ground forces and now we can see their ground forces not being that good.
Nilotic
VIP
Russian tanks are not badly designed; the Russians pioneered composite armour, APS, soft-kill systems, sabot rounds and spall linings for main battle tanks. These are all designed to increase the safety and survivability of the crew.
The rounds in the autoloader are actually safe because they are under armour, have armour shields and are stored in the part of the tank that is only hit in 2% of all engagements; the only rounds that are susceptible are the 18 stowed rounds that used to be placed outside the autoloader.
The Russians no longer store extra rounds outside the autoloader in the T-72 and T-90 tanks -- drastically increasing survivability.
The T-80 is a different story because the rounds in the autoloader are placed vertically -- making it dangerous.
PS: All Western tanks (except the Abrams) store the bulk of their rounds in the hull and do not isolate them from the crew compartment; and there are no blow-out panels for these rounds.
The Russians are clearly lying; that ship was hit with a missile; its destruction was not a result of negligence or ammunition storage.
Abdisamad
VIP
They're not ruthless enough in Ukraine and Ukrainian army are hiding inside civilian populated areas and using their own citizens as human shields, if the Russians bomb the area they'll claim genocide and war crimes against the civilians and the West will use this to further fuel their anti Russia propaganda.. This war is very dirty and Russia has no solid strategy on how to win it..
Around 45k dead in total over the span of 50-odd days, that's insanity. The Yugoslav wars had 130k dead over 10 years. Ukraine&Russia don't have the demographic for this war
Gonna be a bloody summer, expecting Ukraine's GDP to contract by 80% and the death toll to hit 100k+
Gonna be a bloody summer, expecting Ukraine's GDP to contract by 80% and the death toll to hit 100k+
They got probed slowly. The west is sending better and better equipment as time goes by. Now they are sending tanks/airplanes and just 3 weeks ago that was a huge no no.
Truth is they figured Putin out he is weak. He should have said if a single bullet is sent from the west we will launch nuclear weapons on any country that sent equipment.
Soon the west will give ukraine long range ballistic missiles. And Putin won't do anything about it. Imagine russia sending military equipment to saddam in 2003. Usa would have declared war on Russia.
Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine
On 15 April 2022, Ukrainian Defence Ministry stated Russia used Tu-22M3 bombers to strike targets in Mariupol for the first time since it has started its invasion to Ukraine. The bombing hit the Nazis who had settled on the Mariupol "Azovstal". The use of these bombers is a bad sign for Ukraine. The fact is that the height of the Tu-22M3 is so high that all kinds of stingers and other NATO gifts simply cannot get them. And thanks to the electronic warfare systems on bombers, it is difficult to hit them even with S-300s and BUKs
fighting a lion
Nilotic
VIP
I am neutral.
