Ukraine threatens Russian vessels, reminds Moscow of sinking of the Moskva
Ukraine said any ships heading to Russian ports may be military targets, a tit-for-tat response to a threat from Moscow that escalates the war’s risk to global food markets.
Since Moscow halted the Black Sea agreement that allowed Ukraine to export part of its grain harvests, Russia has attacked Ukrainian grain storage facilities and warned that all vessels heading to Ukrainian ports would be considered potential carriers of military supplies.
The escalating threat to vital Black Sea trade steps up the risk of turmoil on global markets for everything from oil and food staples to fertilisers. Russia’s attack on its neighbour has already severely disrupted exports from Ukraine, a major producer of grains and vegetable oils.
Ukraine has previously attacked Russian ships in the Black Sea, sinking the flagship Moskva cruiser with a Neptune anti-ship missile soon after Russia’s invasion.
it's not sunken it's on a special underwater deep sea operation...Putin remains a strategic mastermind!
Moskva has been promoted to Submarine!
Making preparations to recover the next drone that goes down by setting up a forward base, manned by a skeleton crew. eh?
I don't see this ending well for Russia. You have a few things that can happen. 1. They get called out and they are bluffing, making them look even weaker. 2. They attack and Ukraine sinks more ships making them look weaker. 3. They attack a cargo ship and this escalates one or more countries to take military action against them. 4. Nato works with Ukraine to find another way to export grain and sunflowers so Russia no longer has this as a bargaining chip. 5. They attack a ship from a major country (USA, UK, France, China) and all hell breaks out.
And who says China would be happy if Russia nukes the west? They make up their biggest trading partners.
It makes more sense to have China keep selling Russia 4th rate equipment while keeping the economy going.
Every notice how the only threat vatniks have is "we'll nuke ya!"
Like, get a new fucking threat bro. We've seen your military. Your nuclear arsenal can't be in much better shape..... if it hasn't already been sold off or let to rot.
Tritium costs $30k a gram & has to replaced every 3 months in (supposedly) 6000 warheads.
I doubt China has forgotten the time Russia tried to nuke Honolulu and make it look like the Chinese did it, which in theory would have killed two birds with one stone. US uses up the nuclear stock pile responding to China, this the US is weaker and China would be no more... Nixon's swans did not happen in a vacuum.
I didn't know Russia was planning on downsizing their fleet. Good on them.
You know Putin, he is very conscious about Russias ecological footprint /s
Donating more coral reef starter kits to the world. What a country!
The US should send a carrier group to escort a grain vessel and see if Russia dares...
(I know theres no way this would happen, but it should)
Just finished a book about the Lusitania sinking in WW1, this situation (very vaguely) reminds me of that, given that Germany was publicly threatening to sink vessels headed to Britain under the assumption they could be transporting supplies. They went so far as to take an ad out in the paper warning the ship not to sail, as it would be a target.
Would highly recommend it by the way, it was called Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of The Lusitania and it was meticulously researched and very well written. There is a lot more to the story than what I said here and is well worth the read.
Weren't the germans right though?
Yup
Supposedly, Turkey wouldn't let them pass the Bosphorus.
The "good guys" need to send more of those Neptune missiles & a few ATACMS for good measure. Sink the Black Sea fleet for good.
Neptune missiles are Ukrainian-designed and Ukrainian-made.
Well that makes sense, seeing as I'd never heard of them until the Moskva got turned into an artificial reef.
Behold the wrath of Neptune!
The narrative said Ukraine only attacked military targets, now Zelesnky is threatening a civilian ship transporting food. They also killed a child just the other day.
Both sides in this war are despicable.
I'd say the side doing the invading is probably just a wee bit more despicable if we're keeping score, but good try there, comdrade.
Fair enough.