I took my post down about another Russian ship being sunk

[Tomconroy]

Last edited Fri May 6, 2022, 09:14 AM - Edit history (3)

because hours went by without any solid info but there seems to be more info this morning so I'm beginning to suspect the rumor is true.

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This sounds definitive:

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Real confirmation! The fire is not small:

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PS Last night Wikipedia had this ship being listed as a submarine. He he.

[Quakerfriend]

1. Thanks for posting this- I've been hoping it was true.

I read that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has confirmed this, as well.

But, some reports are saying it was sunk.

Wait- is there a second ship that’s been hit ???

[Emile]

2. I hope it's true too!

[Lovie777]

3. Strong possibility that it is very true . ..

[Raine]

4. Hope, hope, hoping it's true! 🙏🤞 nt

[secondwind]

5. Thanks for the update! Sounds like you were right!

[secondwind]

6. As of 40 minutes ago, they are now saying it is on fire.....

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-russias-admiral-makarov-warship-26889015

[Tomconroy]

8. I think it has to have happened. It's the same slow rollout

as the sinking of the Moskva.

[Best_man23]

9. The Moskva needs company

Sink quickly.

[xocetaceans]

7. I wish they would hurry up and christen their new submarine. n/t

[getagrip_already]

10. So then there was one?

Frigate left that is. I think I saw a report that pooty had 3 frigates and one (diesel) sub in the black sea.

Wonder what the sailors on that remaining ship are talking about?

[KS Toronado]

11. 24,900 Liquidated Personnel is a good start

May Russia lose their entire army & navy.

[Quakerfriend]

12. Still nothing on BBC, CNN

Still talking about the Moskva…

[Tomconroy]

13. This war is covered on twitter.

[James48]

14. Update

One article suggests this ship is a "juicy target"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/05/06/the-russian-frigate-admiral-makarov-might-be-the-juiciest-target-in-the-black-sea/?sh=37cad34774d5

Another says the ship has been hit, and is on fire:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ship-admiral-makarov-ukraine-war-b2073007.html


The Russians say none of that is true. (Of course they do). Well, actually , the quote is that they don't know.
"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters "we do not have such information" about the reported strike, RIA Novosti reported."
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-peskov-admiral-makarov-black-sea-ship-1704189


I kind of think the Russians aren't going to be very happy when it sinks- which just might happen.

Sure would be a SHAME if anything bad happened to your ship, Comrade.

[machoneman]

15. These ships have the latest anti-air, anti-missile systems. I wonder how the Ukes tricked....

...these protection systems so that missile attacks were successful. Btw, modern warships have amazingly little armor to protect the sides, decks and upper works compared to say WWII cruisers and battleships. We and the Brits learned this the hard way when our warships took missile hits (Argentinian war, Gulf War) even with similar protections.

This tells me some level of spoofing/misdirection is at work to fool Russkie anti-air systems from properly defending their ships. One can be sure our U.S. Navy is closely watching these developments in order to further protect our warships.

[Mister Ed]

16. And I think Russia is unable to send any naval reinforcements into the Black Sea(?)

Turkey controls the Dardanelles, and as I understand it, Turkey's policy is to refuse passage to any nation's warships when there are hostilities in the Black Sea.

If I'm right about that, then Russia can't bring in other vessels to replace those that are being lost in the war.