NATO - The Ukraine

[Pelican]

What’s the sudden interest in Kaliningrad?
See attached and then below.

Nato’s ‘achilles heel’: alliance conducts war games in nervous Lithuania

Baltic nation is calling for increased military presence in response to Russian invasion of Ukraine.
See - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... ww9YqpaNy8

[Pelican]

Navy Lookout

UNCONFIRMED:
Ukrianian sources say they have hit the Russian crusier RFS Moskva with two Neptune anti-ship missiles in the Black Sea.
This is the 3rd, as yet unverified, claim of a strike on a Russian warship and should be treated with caution.
See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 7239031813

[greendragon]

It is said that Russia confirmed there was " an amunition explosion on the cruiser, ship has been burning and abandoned by the crew".
We need realiable info from the NATO intel side.

gd

[Pelican]

Navy Lookout

Russian sources won't admit Ukraine hit the ship with missiles but say the cruiser RFS Moskva suffered “ammunition detonation as a result of a fire”.
11,490 ton, flagship of the Black Sea fleet had a crew of around 500.

Also see - https://ria.ru/20220414/kreyser-1783435471.


Previously from this source - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 7239031813
Ukrianian sources say they have hit the Russian crusier RFS Moskva with two Neptune anti-ship missiles in the Black Sea.
This is the 3rd, as yet unverified, claim of a strike on a Russian warship and should be treated with caution.

And - https://news.usni.org/2022/04/13/russia ... doned-ship


2 Wars going on here - The Actual War and the Disinformation War.
Personally I try to post info obtained from normally reliable sources and let members make up their own minds.
This is worth a read - https://www.nytimes.com/article/ukraine ... ussia.html

Meanwhile - https://tass.com/politics/1437605?utm_s ... errer=t.co

[Pelican]

Moskva cruiser sank while being towed in a storm - Russian Defense Ministry

"During the towing of the Moskva cruiser to the designation port, the ship lost stability due to hull damage, sustained during the detonation of ammunition because of a fire. Amid the heavy storm, the ship sank," the Ministry said.
See - https://tass.com/russia/1438045?utm_sou ... errer=t.co

[Pelican]

MOSKVA & NOTTINGHAM IN HAPPIER TIMES

See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 9984261120

[Pelican]

Russian cruiser Moskva sunk in the Black Sea – assessing the implications

On 13 April, Ukrainian sources say they struck the Russian cruiser RFS Moskva with two Neptune anti-ship missiles in the Black Sea. The Russian Ministry of Defense subsequently admitted there was a fire on board, crew being evacuated and ultimately the ship had sunk under tow. Here we look at the background and implications of this action.

For detailed article see - https://www.navylookout.com/russian-cru ... lications/

[Pelican]

This type of missile allegedly sunk Russian Cruiser Moskva

R-360 Neptune: A Ukrainian coastal anti-ship cruise missile

See - https://special-ops.org/r-360-neptune/? ... zSZc1zDUDg

[Pelican]

Small remembrance ceremony held in Sevastopol yesterday for loss of cruiser RFS Moskva.

Not confirmed officaily but ex-Russian MP says only 58 survivors out of her crew of around 500 indicating catastrophic explosion/fire.
See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 9169309697
And - https://sevastopol.su/news/moskva-eto-c ... -flagmanom


Navy Ukraine
Another interesting video shot during the testing of the warhead of the Ukrainian anti-ship missile R-360 ”Neptune” on a target barge in April 2020 in the Black Sea off the coast of the Odessa region. We fix the detonation of the warhead.
See - https://twitter.com/Capt_Navy/status/15 ... 8337247232

[Pelican]

RFS MOSKVA

Russian FSB agents have reportedly arrested the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral Igor Ossipov in connection with the “accidental fire” that sunk the cruiser RFS Moskva

See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 3370211333
And have a scroll down thru at - https://twitter.com/hashtag/UkraineRuss ... htag_click