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Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Krismas(m): 7:59am On Apr 15, 2022

tommynico:
The ship was deployed to Syria, and there are no new cruisers of this tonnage under construction. Russia do not have a shipyard with the capacity to construct one, more reason why they are intent on taking Odessa and one other city like that because these were the original places ships like the Moskva were be built. They are fanning out to capture the industrial bases for themselves.

Moskva was not built in Odessa

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by dappydozzy(m): 8:03am On Apr 15, 2022

grandstar:
Frankly speaking, I see warships as sitting ducks. They are easy targets. They are very large and very slow compared to tanks or fighter jets for instance.

A rain of laser guided missiles from afar should be able to take one down.

Just my 2 cents. It's not my field.

You're correct,bro

You are

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Krismas(m): 8:04am On Apr 15, 2022

Flier:
Even when Russia military says the Ship has sunk,you are still posting fake news
Both the Ukrainians and Russian post fake news but it's worse in Russia they don't know what is going out in Ukraine

The ship sunk last night as it was being towed. Wot destroyed the ship is THE SHIP’S OWN EXPLOSIVES and not Ukrainian missiles. The explosives on board that ship exploded. Why? That’s the most difficult question to answer

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by 989900: 8:13am On Apr 15, 2022

layycon:
[s]I actually wasted my time replying a dimwit like you. You know nothing about nothing. [/s]

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Ijaya123: 8:13am On Apr 15, 2022

yrex01:
Na why I like russia bout this war, they always come out plain even gave estimates of soldiers lost in war but till tomorrow wester makes it look like nothing spoil for ukrain just to make country like Finland n co end like ukrain.
Evil west

What is the justification for losing all these lives in the first place?

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by ALFADOS(m): 8:32am On Apr 15, 2022

The war continue so let us just watch from afar

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Wisfem: 8:33am On Apr 15, 2022

Igbofam:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/14/russia-moskva-cruiser-sunk-stormy-seas-defense-ministry

consolation people are dying there is nearly no living things any more in Mariupol and you people are here celebrating sunk flagship, how does that affect Russia a ship that would be repaired in few days from now and float again in the middle of the black sea, Even individual Russia oligarchs haves magnificent warship which can be deployed if there be need..

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Fmghewzy(m): 8:33am On Apr 15, 2022

railone:
If you read the capability of this ship on paper and how it's hyped like this... You would think it's the be all do all.

Small neptune missile, e fall yakata for sea bed.

I hate how Nigerians comment ignorantly, imagine how people from other countries will perceive you;a proud unintelligent slowpoke.

So the javelin is a small tool Hun,and the Moskva ship has no vulnerability.
Tell me just 1 tank that can defend itself against the javelin.
You all just be saying nonsense with pride.

It's Ukraine I pity, innocent people dieing ,their pains and the destruction going on in their country undereported just so as to make Putin look like he his losing.

The rest of the world debating over who is losing and winning as though it's a game.

Just check Reddit, TikTok and YouTube and see how Ukraine is being destroyed.

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Nyascobar1414: 8:34am On Apr 15, 2022

How dem go spend millions of dollars on a ship huh

But now its useless...
Money wey dem for use settle homeless people...
Truly, they gad money for wars

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by GENES11S: 8:46am On Apr 15, 2022

yrex01:
Na why I like russia bout this war, they always come out plain even gave estimates of soldiers lost in war but till tomorrow wester makes it look like nothing spoil for ukrain just to make country like Finland n co end like ukrain.
Evil west

There is no honesty in war. Lies deceits and betrayer are parts of war.

War no be Hollywood ooo

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by texazzpete(m): 8:48am On Apr 15, 2022

layycon:
You seem to be well informed. I applaud your intelligence. However, I can see that Zelensky has gone too far than to beg for mercy or drop his NATO dreams. He will now do all he can to win the war which I am certain he won't. By the time the war ends, his country will be worse than Somalia. Economy going down below zero, 3/4 of the population living in foreign land, buildings and structures and cities totally destroyed...And building the country back to its pristine state will then become near impossible. The footprint will be there for decades. They might never recover. The poorest country in Europe looming. See what foolishness has caused him. Just drop the idea of NATO and dinning with the West and you will be fine.

As for Russia, once the war ends, they have their population intact. The people can't even run away because no one will welcome them 'cos they are the villain...With the population and cities intact, they will rebuild their economy. It might take time but they will.

Its a lose lose for both countries but the biggest loser is Ukraine.

Moral of the story: Never make a jester president.

The problem with you is that you’re unwilling to learn, to read or to research. You gullibly swallow propaganda from RT and dump here. And that’s a shame.

You ask why Zelensky is fighting. Because all his peace overtures have been rebuffed. He was DESPERATELY calling for talks and discussions before the war. That is in the public domain.

Since the war started, he has been pushing for negotiated settlements on reasonable terms. Russia has simply been acting on bad faith and stalling all negotiations. They did so because they thought they’d quickly overrun Kyiv and install a puppet.
The Ukrainians fight on because they’ve seen in Bucha what happens to areas Russia controls. They’ve seen the cases of rape, abduction, forced resettlement and murder. They’ve seen Russians burn Ukrainian books and try to institute the primacy of Russian language. They’ve seen the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church essentially call for the total occupation and annexation of Ukraine. They’ve seen Russian TV hosts and Russia parliament members insist that Kyiv is the goal and Ukraine should be ‘purged’.

So you sit there in the comfort of your home and insult a strong wartime president for not surrendering his people to slavery and conquest. You attack them for fighting for their freedom. But then again, you’re descended from people who sold their fellow men into slavery for glass beads and mirrors.

When the war Ends, If it ends with a free, independent Ukraine, that would be a victory. Damage cities can be rebuilt. An enslaved nation will struggle to regain their freedom.

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Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by DerrickzB: 8:53am On Apr 15, 2022

Maynman:
You are in denial, okay

Bro please, not today man!!!! Deny what?? The missile hit and there were chains off the ship’s missiles explosion!! Did you even read through??

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Maynman: 8:59am On Apr 15, 2022

DerrickzB:
Bro please, not today man!!!! Deny what?? The missile hit and there were chains off the ship’s missiles explosion!! Did you even read through??

Why are you reading one part and ignoring the other, how can a missile hit such a ship, and the missile is from something basic.

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by tommynico(m): 9:11am On Apr 15, 2022

Krismas:
Moskva was not built in Odessa

I know, but it was built in the Ukraine, in mykolaiv, a city near Odessa.

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by gamechanger547: 9:15am On Apr 15, 2022

Al Jazeera

Here are all the latest updates:

1 min ago (08:06 GMT)
Russia says killed up to 30 ‘Polish mercenaries’ in Ukraine
Russia has said that it has killed up to 30 Polish mercenaries fighting for Ukrainian forces in the war-torn country’s northeastern region of Kharkiv.
The Russian defence ministry said its strategic rocket forces “eliminated up to 30 Polish mercenaries” in a strike on the village of Izyumskoe, not far from the city of Kharkiv.

4 mins ago (08:03 GMT)
Russia pledges more strikes on Kyiv
Russia’s defence ministry has promised more strikes against Kyiv and said it had struck a military target on the edge of the capital overnight.
The ministry said its forces had also completely taken control of the Ilyich Steel Plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol.

50 mins ago (07:17 GMT)
‘Bad PR’: analyst comments on Russia losing warship Moskva
The sinking of the Russian warship Moskva was “a very big loss” for Moscow, defense and military analyst Pavel Felgengauer told Al Jazeera.
“Losing a flagship during a war is really bad, it’s bad PR,” Felgengauer said. “It’s going to increase the morale of Ukrainians at a time when they are on the verge of losing Mariupol,” he added.
“The ship was important at it was specifically designed in soviet times to attack and destroy American aircraft carrier groups with very long range supersonic cruise missiles,” Felgengauer said, adding that nuclear weapons may have been on board.

1 hour ago (06:53 GMT)
CIA chief worried Putin’s military setbacks may lead him to nuclear weapon use
President Vladimir Putin may resort to using a tactical or low-yield nuclear weapon in light of Russia’s military setbacks in Ukraine, the CIA director, William Burns, has said.
During a speech at Georgia Tech university in Atlanta on Thursday, Burns said given the potential desperation of President Putin and the Russian leadership, “none of us can take lightly the threat posed by a potential resort to tactical nuclear weapons or low-yield nuclear weapons”.
“We’re obviously very concerned. I know President Biden is deeply concerned about avoiding a third world war, about avoiding a threshold in which, you know, nuclear conflict becomes possible,” he added.

2 hours ago (06:35 GMT)
More than 2,500 evacuated from Ukrainian cities on Thursday
A total of 2,557 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
Of that, 289 people evacuated from the besieged southern port of Mariupol by their own transport, Vereshchuk said in an update over the Telegram messaging app.

2 hours ago (06:33 GMT)
Two people dead and two injured in Luhansk
Two people have died and two were injured after a day of shelling in the Luhansk region, the governor of Luhansk said on Telegram.
Serhiy Haidai wrote that Russian troops shelled houses and infrastructure 24 times.
People look at a crater of an explosion in the village of Horodnya, Chernihiv region on Thursday [George Ivanchenko/AP Photo]

3 hours ago (05:29 GMT)
Russia likely to review posture in the Black Sea: UK
The sinking of Russia’s flagship missile carrier Moskva marks the second time Russia has had a key naval asset damaged since its invasion of Ukraine. Both events will likely lead Moscow to review its maritime posture in the Black Sea, says the UK defence ministry in its latest intelligence briefing.
Russia’s Alligator-class landing ship Saratov, which had been docked at the Russian-occupied port of Berdiansk on the Sea of Azov, was damaged on March 24.
On the Soviet-era vessel Moskva, the UK’s defence ministry provided some background, saying it was commissioned in 1979 and was later extensively refitted, returning to operational status only in 2021.

3 hours ago (05:07 GMT)
27 fires caused by shelling in Kharkiv region in 24 hours
Rescuers of the Kharkiv state emergency services went out 33 times in the past day to eliminate fires, 27 of which were caused by Russian shelling, the press service of the State Emergency Service in the Kharkiv region has reported.
The fires were in residential high-rise buildings, private houses, garages and cars, as well as warehouses and trade facilities.
Pyrotechnic units were called out 83 times to clear ammunition and other explosive objects, the press service added.

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by tommynico(m): 9:15am On Apr 15, 2022

Krismas:
The ship sunk last night as it was being towed. Wot destroyed the ship is THE SHIP’S OWN EXPLOSIVES and not Ukrainian missiles. The explosives on board that ship exploded. Why? That’s the most difficult question to answer

Were you expecting them to admit that a Ukrainian missle did the damage to their capital ship?

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by railone(m): 9:15am On Apr 15, 2022

Udemzy05:
You call javelin small?

Haba

man portable and lightweight so yeah it's small

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by gamechanger547: 9:16am On Apr 15, 2022

Both sides are escalating...

Al Jazeera

Here are all the latest updates:

1 min ago (08:06 GMT)
Russia says killed up to 30 ‘Polish mercenaries’ in Ukraine
Russia has said that it has killed up to 30 Polish mercenaries fighting for Ukrainian forces in the war-torn country’s northeastern region of Kharkiv.
The Russian defence ministry said its strategic rocket forces “eliminated up to 30 Polish mercenaries” in a strike on the village of Izyumskoe, not far from the city of Kharkiv.

4 mins ago (08:03 GMT)
Russia pledges more strikes on Kyiv
Russia’s defence ministry has promised more strikes against Kyiv and said it had struck a military target on the edge of the capital overnight.
The ministry said its forces had also completely taken control of the Ilyich Steel Plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol.

50 mins ago (07:17 GMT)
‘Bad PR’: analyst comments on Russia losing warship Moskva
The sinking of the Russian warship Moskva was “a very big loss” for Moscow, defense and military analyst Pavel Felgengauer told Al Jazeera.

“Losing a flagship during a war is really bad, it’s bad PR,” Felgengauer said. “It’s going to increase the morale of Ukrainians at a time when they are on the verge of losing Mariupol,” he added.
“The ship was important at it was specifically designed in soviet times to attack and destroy American aircraft carrier groups with very long range supersonic cruise missiles,” Felgengauer said, adding that nuclear weapons may have been on board.

1 hour ago (06:53 GMT)
CIA chief worried Putin’s military setbacks may lead him to nuclear weapon use
President Vladimir Putin may resort to using a tactical or low-yield nuclear weapon in light of Russia’s military setbacks in Ukraine, the CIA director, William Burns, has said.
During a speech at Georgia Tech university in Atlanta on Thursday, Burns said given the potential desperation of President Putin and the Russian leadership, “none of us can take lightly the threat posed by a potential resort to tactical nuclear weapons or low-yield nuclear weapons”.
“We’re obviously very concerned. I know President Biden is deeply concerned about avoiding a third world war, about avoiding a threshold in which, you know, nuclear conflict becomes possible,” he added.

2 hours ago (06:35 GMT)
More than 2,500 evacuated from Ukrainian cities on Thursday
A total of 2,557 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
Of that, 289 people evacuated from the besieged southern port of Mariupol by their own transport, Vereshchuk said in an update over the Telegram messaging app.

2 hours ago (06:33 GMT)
Two people dead and two injured in Luhansk
Two people have died and two were injured after a day of shelling in the Luhansk region, the governor of Luhansk said on Telegram.
Serhiy Haidai wrote that Russian troops shelled houses and infrastructure 24 times.
People look at a crater of an explosion in the village of Horodnya, Chernihiv region on Thursday [George Ivanchenko/AP Photo]

3 hours ago (05:29 GMT)
Russia likely to review posture in the Black Sea: UK
The sinking of Russia’s flagship missile carrier Moskva marks the second time Russia has had a key naval asset damaged since its invasion of Ukraine. Both events will likely lead Moscow to review its maritime posture in the Black Sea, says the UK defence ministry in its latest intelligence briefing.
Russia’s Alligator-class landing ship Saratov, which had been docked at the Russian-occupied port of Berdiansk on the Sea of Azov, was damaged on March 24.
On the Soviet-era vessel Moskva, the UK’s defence ministry provided some background, saying it was commissioned in 1979 and was later extensively refitted, returning to operational status only in 2021.

3 hours ago (05:07 GMT)
27 fires caused by shelling in Kharkiv region in 24 hours
Rescuers of the Kharkiv state emergency services went out 33 times in the past day to eliminate fires, 27 of which were caused by Russian shelling, the press service of the State Emergency Service in the Kharkiv region has reported.
The fires were in residential high-rise buildings, private houses, garages and cars, as well as warehouses and trade facilities.
Pyrotechnic units were called out 83 times to clear ammunition and other explosive objects, the press service added..

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by railone(m): 9:17am On Apr 15, 2022

SarkinYarki:
We know it was American stealth missiles that hit that ship ..there is no way that that Ukrainian copy called Neptune could have hit this ship

really?
I thot you guys said anything American is western propaganda and Russia is more advanced technologically than the US and their defense system is the best in the world.

I wonder what happened to that claim

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Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by railone(m): 9:19am On Apr 15, 2022

Bigchristo:
Lets just agree with you Russia is North Korea wit land mass but your super power couldn’t stand them that’s what baffles me

Because it's 3 years now since the US don't rate Russia as on the grade 1 threat level anymore.
They are more concern with China that have prospects unlike the wannabe regional power that's a paper tiger

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Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Maynman: 9:19am On Apr 15, 2022

SarkinYarki:
We know it was American stealth missiles that hit that ship ..there is no way that that Ukrainian copy called Neptune could have hit this ship

You are right, ordinary stealth missiles from US was undetected by almighty Russia and they allowed it hit them, or did they intentionally allow it? cheesy

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Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by LordReed(m): 9:20am On Apr 15, 2022

Maynman:
Why are you reading one part and ignoring the other, how can a missile hit such a ship, and the missile is from something basic.

The Neptune missile is not basic.

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Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by jaafree: 9:20am On Apr 15, 2022

firefox4th:
The headline is a lie!!

And when will you also learn that for Russia to confirm the attack will be accepting defeat. They will always deny it to stay strong in the war. Your source is also a lie.

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Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Maynman: 9:21am On Apr 15, 2022

LordReed:
The Neptune missile is not basic.

I know, I’m using it to counter how powerful they portray Russia.
That is, Almighty Russia could have shot it down.

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Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by railone(m): 9:21am On Apr 15, 2022

HBB1:
What Tank can withstand the 250K USD a shot javelin?

The Abrams tank
Israeli tank
British tank
and of 2024, The Leopard 2 or 3 if the name will change after the upgrade.

The all have tank defense system built and manufactured by Israel

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by gamechanger547: 9:22am On Apr 15, 2022

Police foil 'plot' to kidnap minister
Four German nationals were arrested over a plan to kidnap the health minister and destroy power facilities

German police have arrested four people on suspicion of plotting to kidnap public figures, including Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, as well as planning to carry out a series of attacks on power facilities with the intent to cause a nationwide power outage.
“The two main suspects are believed to have agreed with others to mount an attack on the federal health minister,” said a spokesperson for the Koblenz prosecutor’s office on Thursday.
According to the police, the group, which called themselves Vereinte Patrioten – German for United Patriots – were detained on Wednesday and found to be affiliated with anti-Covid-19 groups as well as with the far-right “Reichsburger” movement, which denies the legitimacy of the modern German state.
State prosecutors claim that by carrying out the kidnapping of public figures and the attacks on German power facilities, the group
“intended to cause civil war-like conditions” which would enable the toppling of Germany’s elected government and its democratic system.
Investigators say they searched 20 residences and found a number of weapons during the arrest, including a Kalashinkov rifle, ammunition, cash, and gold and silver ingots. Police also confiscated mobile phones, data drives, computers and written documents pertaining to the group’s plans. They also noted that they had found forged coronavirus vaccination and test certificates.
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach responded to the arrests by saying they demonstrated the radicalization of people protesting against coronavirus restrictions, adding that it went far beyond the issue of Covid-19.
“There are forces that intend to destabilize the state and democracy. They are using the Covid protests. This is a small minority in our society but they are highly dangerous,” Lauterbach said.
The arrest comes as anger in Germany has been on the rise over restrictions on those unvaccinated against Covid-19 as well as a government proposal to make vaccinations compulsory for the general public.
Last week, German police conducted a series of nationwide raids against far-right extremist groups, involving almost 800 police officers. The authorities searched the residences of several dozen suspected right-wing extremists belonging to neo-Nazi groups.
Authorities arrested four “key figures” believed to be the leaders of a group called Knockout 51. The federal prosecutor’s office claims they were involved in protests against Covid-19 measures in cities such as Leipzig and Kassel that resulted in violent clashes with police and counter-protesters.
One of the arrested suspects was also said to be connected to the Atomwaffen Division – a neo-Nazi terrorist organization with ties to the US, which has been linked to at least five murders.

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by railone(m): 9:22am On Apr 15, 2022

DerrickzB:
[s][/s]

Did you read in detail or you just ran to display your character here

e sink abi e no sink??

no long talk. where is Moskva resting now?

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by railone(m): 9:23am On Apr 15, 2022

DerrickzB:
I don’t think you read the full article bro!! After the missile hit the ship, there was a chain of explosions by the ship’s missiles!! It was this same ship they used to capture snake Island hope you know!! Just one Russia ship sank you guys are celebrating?? Lool.. smh!! Thousands of Ukrainian troops are surrendering and right now air raid alarm are roaring all over Ukraine!! It’s about to get bloody!!

e sink abi e no sink?

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by LordReed(m): 9:23am On Apr 15, 2022

Maynman:
I know, I’m using it to counter how powerful they portray Russia.
That is, Almighty Russia could have shot it down.

Oh OK.

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by railone(m): 9:24am On Apr 15, 2022

hope4nigeria:
I've said it here before, US and NATO just use ucrain to set trap for Russian to test her capabilities, Russian fall for the traps, Russian are just noice maker

empty vessels.

They fumble so big in Ukraine, US is now sending attack weapons to Ukraine in their latest funding round

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by railone(m): 9:25am On Apr 15, 2022

Trevor007007:
You want righteousness22 the Russian supporter to cry for you

lol... that one is still looking for how to spin it to how America has fallen because of this and Russia attack Israel

Re: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by railone(m): 9:27am On Apr 15, 2022

zinaunreal:
War is now advanced and Ukraine is nato and Americas testing ground for new weapons.

well I don't take people that say US and NATO seriously

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