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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Appleyard(m): 12:45am On Apr 15, 2022
smallrincowis16:
Are you intentionally being deluded?
You claim US topple Iraq in 10 days, was it done by US or allied forces?, Can you tell me one war US has won alone?? Even it's not 10 days it was about three weeks where did you get your source??

You also claim ukrain is week? You really mean a country producing almost half it's weapon is week compare to a country buying all it's weapon? You must have been misled out of this world.
Are you comparing ukrain that's being armed every minutes to Iraq which doesn't have any alternative??

I think you don't have a shame at all by regurgitation what's MSM is telling you, yes, Russia has not taking a city at all but what's the use of a city without friendly citizen? They can't bear to bombard ukrain like US does in all it's warscos they are faternal brothers. You can check how many people were killed in the first week of US campaign in Iraq, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Libya and compare to casualties of civilians in Ukraine at present. So much for world power,���
Kherson and Mariupol are now under Russian control.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Appleyard(m): 12:41am On Apr 15, 2022
Kingsteve:
The longer the war lasts, the more depleted Putin's army.
Ukraine have nothing to lose anymore.
It's tactical...you may not fully understand.

And as for Ukraine, they will get support from US and EU for the rebuilding process.
You can take this statement to the Bank!
Don't get your dream high. Nobody will build Ukraine for Ukraine. They are just using Zelensky as a pawn. Once Russia succeeded in splitting the country, which is what this phase two is looking at, the Ukraine you know today won't be the same tomorrow. And the west will continue their business as usual.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Appleyard(m): 12:36am On Apr 15, 2022
ocelot2006:
Hmmm.....I must say that this is a major embarrassment for the Russian Military and the Russian Federation at large if the story of the Black Sea Fleet Flagship sunk. The fleet's FLAGSHIP??! So what happens when the donated Harpoons are fully activated? There are so many questions that need to be answered. What happened to the ship's defence systems or that of other ships within the fleet in combat?

This probably won't affect cruise missile strikes and the Naval blockade of Ukraine's coastline will still hold, but any amphibious operations against Odessa are now out of the question for now, unless Russian Navy takes out those Ukranian Coastal Defence systems of Neptune and Harpoon Anti-ship missiles. And I'm willing to bet that they're on mobile launchers.

When this war ends, the Russians will have to sit down, assess their military capabilities, and invest in upgrades, tactics, and strategy from the very bottom to the very top.

Anyway, the Ukrainians have clearly won this bout. This is a major blackeye for Russia.
You're right, is embarrassing for them and they really need to reaccess their choice of inventory. From day one of the SMO, the Russians brought in and relied majorly on old and outdated Soviet era hardware like T72s and old ships at the forefront. Only on few occassion you see them introducing some of their latest tech for 'hit and leave' target. The logic behind this is that this is a special ops, which to me is bad logic cause they must have envisaged that NATO AWACS and E-3 are aiding UAF with real-time intelligence data. I honestly would have wanted the Ukrainian claim to be true but the facts speaks otherwise. Is one to ten that some two Neptune missiles could easily beat all the defense mechanism of the ship and the surrounding ships while inflight to reach it's target without any interception from any of the other ships or the ship itself, giving the huge array of defense capabilities in those ships? The math doesn't just add up. Either somebody (5th columnists) in the Kremlin wants this war over with quickly by trying to provoke a huge response from Russia as was the case with Belgorod, or there is sheer incompetent among the crew.
Whatever, Ukraine has the right to bask in the moment although it doesn't change anything on the frontlines. But, like you noted, the Russians have to sit their butt down and declare this SMO as an outright war, and let the likes of S-400, T-14s, T-90SMs, Thermobarics flame throwers, Su-75s, T-60 blackjacks long range bombers, Subs and the more modern Frigates and Corvettes do their job more regularly. It's folly trying to play 'moderate' when already tagged a war criminal. Using Ukraine to do away with old hardware and as a kind of testing ground is costing lives and integrity also. The main problem here is that nobody really knows what's Russia's real endgame in Ukraine per present.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Appleyard(m): 11:56pm On Apr 14, 2022
muykem:
You don't understand military hardwares. Warship is being protected like a seat of government. Putin made a great mistake by invaded Ukraine, he thought USA will directly involve and ture it to world war. NATO will continue to hide under Ukraine to demilitarised Russia. This war will takes many years and will only end when USA has achieve their desire.
See analyst cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Appleyard(m): 11:49pm On Apr 14, 2022
Frankiss44:
Keep consoling yourself... Ukraine shot down the damn ship and the Russians dont want to admit it for pride and ego sake.. What sort of fire will just start on a ship guarded 247
Oh, so you believe the ship is guarded 24/7 yet the crew didn't see the so-called Neptune missile coming miles away? Think.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Appleyard(m): 11:46pm On Apr 14, 2022
texazzpete:
A floating mine, 60 miles off the coast?

Not sure how you can claim this proves anything about Russian ‘honesty’. They couldn’t deny anything na. Not when Ukrainian sources say it was hit by Neptune missile, or when the Morse code for help was being broadcast openly. Or when satellites will provide pictures that will show the sunk vessel.
I said 'probably' cause there are floating mines reported there. You can research it, but that doesn't mean it's definite. Ukraine did nothing here. They just jumped at the opportunity to claim responsibility.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Appleyard(m): 11:42pm On Apr 14, 2022
Igbofam:
grin This one is still in self denial grin

Ukraine actually first announced that they shot missiles at the warship about an hour before Russia came with their denial.

So tell me how Ukraine knew the ship was struck before Russia did if they were not the ones who fired on it? cheesy

Ukraine knew the exact condition of the ship and that it was sinking but Russia kept denying it. Now has it not sunk and has Russia not confirmed what Ukraine said?

Make you try dey use the brain inside your skull even though I know you are bleeding and hurt from self denial cheesy
Stop being a kid. Ukraine did nothing there, just claiming glory to boost troop moral. cool We know how it works. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Appleyard(m): 11:39pm On Apr 14, 2022
CoronaVirusPro:
You are a learner! A ship of that caliber had a fire incident and sank?
A ship of that Calibre you say? Is your Covid-19 affecting you?

Here is a US ship currently sinking on its own as we speak while on port:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fjyk2vosUs

You can't shit old age.


Even new ships develops and encounter problems, not to mention ship built in the 1980s.

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/13/us/navy-ship-milwaukee-breaks-down/index.html

Change that your username o. Just kidding. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 11:25pm On Apr 14, 2022
texazzpete:
1. Ukraine never claimed they sunk the ship.

2. The ‘people who own it’ are Russians who are well known for lying.

In the other thread you were claiming the ship sailed on its own power to Sevastopol. Now you’re on board with the claim that it sank while being towed �
Ukraine said they sunk the ship, that it capsized.

Both sides in war are guilty of propanganda. Everyone knows that except those who are too emotionally inept.

In the other thread, I based my claim on US own intelligence report, which link I posted. I reassessed that formal Intel based on the new Intel that it was lost while being towed, which also corroborate the first US Intel that it did not sank from the word go as claimed by the Ukrainians.

At the end, the ship was lost, and that's the button line.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Appleyard(m): 10:19pm On Apr 14, 2022
Ukraine did not sink the ship. Even the US said they cannot verify the Ukrainian claim. That ship probably ran into a floating mine or had some internal incidents that led to the explosion. Ukraine lied it sunk it from the word go, but how do you tow a ship that is already sunk?

Whatever, the ship was lost on its way being towed to port. So a loss is a loss. At least, it proves the Russians are more honest with their losses compared to Ukraine who claimed to have only lost 1000+ soldiers since the war began. And I guess they have not lost any plane, ship or machine.
Foreign AffairsRe: Bird Poops On Biden As He Claims US Inflation Is Due To "Putin Price Hike" by Appleyard(m): 10:10pm On Apr 14, 2022
Even creatures now hate this dementia case man.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 10:05pm On Apr 14, 2022
texazzpete:
BWahahahahahaha!

Love how humble this news has made you.

Going from ‘fake news’ to ‘it’s just a scratch’ and now the cold acceptance.

Too bad sha
It's only an emotional ediot that sees factual reality and replace it with emotional reality like most of the kids here. The people who own the ship says it sunk on its way being towed to port, what else do you expect me to say? Ukraine said they sunk it from the word go; how do you tow a ship that sunk already? So either way, it proved the Ukrainian initial claim was a lie, but it doesn't change the fact that the ship was later lost. A loss is a loss. And that is one very important ship.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 9:49pm On Apr 14, 2022
Foreign AffairsRe: 1,000 Ukraine Marines Have Surrendered In Mariupol. (pics) by Appleyard(m): 9:42pm On Apr 14, 2022
KillerCrocodile:
And if Evil Putin have is way,

He would pump deadly gas into that underground complex to kill everyone there....
Lmao. If Putin wanted everyone below there dead, they would have done it already with bunker bursting bombs. Just flatten the who place. But I guess they want to catch whomever that is there alive suspecting they would have valuable intel.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 9:39pm On Apr 14, 2022
omis1:
russia already claimed they are gonna tow it,how do u tow a ship that’s still functioning,or u don’t believe Russia media again?
Their initial assessment may have suggested to them they would have to tow it. But at last, it made it to port on its own. Even if the ship was towed, it still nullified the lie told by Ukraine that it sunk the ship. You don't tow a ship if it is sunk. You can only tow a damaged or faulty ship. So either way, the Ukrainian claim is a lie. Do you agree?
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Navy Evacuates Flagship In Black Sea. Ukraine Claims Its Missiles Hit by Appleyard(m): 9:33pm On Apr 14, 2022
RiceProducers:
The ship probably hit a floating mine (not true) but you don't realize how pathetic even that sounds of Russia?
It is a disgrace.
They don't have the capability to be invading a country like Ukraine
Really? US warships has caught fire in time past, have rammed into civilian objects, does that dictate their capability to invade nations?
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 3:12pm On Apr 14, 2022
Svlla:
Pentagon Press Sec John Kirby just confirmed the ship is afloat, so you no longer listen to your mighty USA?
He probably must have given John Kirby one weed from his Igbofarm hence, the press secretary is yapping anyhow. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 3:10pm On Apr 14, 2022
Igbofam:
Russia destroyed ANTONOV
Ukraine destroyed MOSKOVA

equation balance grin
Okay. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 3:05pm On Apr 14, 2022
Igbofam:
The ship has sunk. Cry more grin
Okay, we Don hear. Oya relax. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 3:02pm On Apr 14, 2022
Svlla:
grin grin grin

The guys is blackhole of stupidity
Even the US he so much love to support blindly is contradicting his claims, yet he won't pause to think for himself. Just the behavior of a typical child.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 2:59pm On Apr 14, 2022
omis1:
show me Prove of usa comfiming it,Una go just dy lie
Read what US Press Secretary John Kirby said here:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/europe/russia-navy-cruiser-moskva-fire-abandoned-intl-hnk-ml/index.html


Don't tell me you know better than the US intelligence.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 2:57pm On Apr 14, 2022
Svlla:
The guy sense no complete having a conversation with him is extremely difficult
I hardly engage him in discussion cause it's like talking to a shrieking baby.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 2:49pm On Apr 14, 2022
Svlla:
to the point of sinking yet it sailed from Odessa to Sevastopol which is over 200 nautical miles

Your ignorance is at another level

The SC was from Aljezeera, your typical msm confirming the ship sailed to Sevastopol
Just let him be.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 2:48pm On Apr 14, 2022
Teaser4:
You Dey mind the kid….. fake news monger
The guy is an addicted Uki propangandist. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 2:46pm On Apr 14, 2022
Igbofam:
So a ship that missiles damaged to the point of sinking its was not destroyed? grin

Chai Russian zombies and empty head are 5 and 6.

Even Forbes calls you Ode grin
Truly you're a kid. So damage and destroy are same thing? This ya igbofarm must be sooo big. I will have to call NDLEA on you soon. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 2:42pm On Apr 14, 2022
Igbofam:
So you fell for this cheap propaganda from Russia that it was not hit by a missile but for some reason all these years there was no fire on it even when it went to Syria but for some mysterious reason it caught fire just like that during it's war with Ukraine grin

Funny enough it was the Ukrainian side who first reported that they shot missiles at it before the Russian side trying to downplay it said it was an ammunition explosion on board grin

So how did Ukraine know it was hit and first reported it seriously damaged before Russia did?

Russian propaganda will always fail my dear. Get another job grin
It's your call....
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 2:38pm On Apr 14, 2022
omis1:
he might be using d wrong picture but Russia state media already confirmed it and they are trying to save d 500 sailors on board .
Every time Russia suffers a massive lose ,it’s always fake news to you guys like Russia are invisible.
That’s Russia Black Sea flagship btw and one of there biggest cruise
The ship was hit by explosion, but not by Ukraine as they claimed. Neither did it sink. The US confirmed that. So Ukraine just lied to boost moral since it's soldiers are surrendering in mass.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 2:34pm On Apr 14, 2022
The US said the ship is able to make it to dock for repair, and it's actually doing so. They can see it from their satellite images and besides,Turkey and Romania have assets in that area too. But Kiev claimed the ship has sunk. cool I understand they are trying to boost moral but lying don't win wars.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Cruise Ship "Moskova" Destroyed By Ukrainian Neptune Missiles. by Appleyard(m): 2:30pm On Apr 14, 2022
Igbofam:
Same Cruise Ship that attacked Snake Island has been hit and sunk by Ukrainian forces grin

Ol boy Ukrainians do not forgive and forget cheesy

Russia should come and try to take Odessa grin
You fell for this cheap Ukrainian propaganda? Well, I'm not surprised. Ukraine did nothing here.

There was an explosion, probably from a floating mine (which are in that area) or some other form of incidence (they do happen to ships).

Even the US have contradicted all the Ukrainian claim of sinking the ship.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/europe/russia-navy-cruiser-moskva-fire-abandoned-intl-hnk-ml/index.html

Ukraine is just claiming glory to boost moral as it's forces keeps surrendering enmass in the east.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Navy Evacuates Flagship In Black Sea. Ukraine Claims Its Missiles Hit by Appleyard(m): 2:21pm On Apr 14, 2022
Ukrainian propanganda that they hit the ship with Neptune missiles. What a joke.

The Ukraine I know will film themselves releasing the missiles and hitting the ship and put it on social media since that is where they're winning the war. But here, no filming of the missile being released, no evidence of ship sunk. Even the US have said it cannot verify the Ukrainian claims. cool

The ship probably hit a floating mine since there are lots of them in that area, or some form of incidence within it. Ukraine is just claiming a glory that doesn't belong to it to high moral amongst it's forces as many of them have been surrendering en mass lately.

Foreign AffairsRe: 1,000 Ukraine Marines Have Surrendered In Mariupol. (pics) by Appleyard(m): 2:03pm On Apr 14, 2022
KaluwisxPRO:
How many soldiers dey Mariupol if you take 1000 marine and the city is still standing?

Russia and their lying propaganda.
There are no soldiers fighting in the main city anymore except for a few pockets which are hiding in buildings and they're being flushed out by Chechen special ops. The ones left are those holed up in the Azovstal steel complex, which is an underground facility.
Foreign AffairsRe: 1,000 Ukraine Marines Have Surrendered In Mariupol. (pics) by Appleyard(m): 2:01pm On Apr 14, 2022
Samken2:
So I thought the say the will die fighting.
Omo what's our peace ETA of Istanbul , I thought talks were ongoing
How can you die fighting when you're hungry? They are short of food supply, ammo and many wounded colleagues are among them. They have no option but to surrender.

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