NATO Estimates 40K Russian Troops Killed, Wounded, Taken Prisoner or Missing

another Russian flagship on fire?

I hope so.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/5…une-missile-snake-island/

VLADIMIR Putin's new flagship is on fire after being hit by a missile off the coast of Snake Island, Ukrainian officials have claimed.

The 409ft Admiral Makarov has reportedly been struck by the same Neptune missiles that sunk the Russian missile cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea last month.

Putin's Black Sea Fleet was already down to just three major warships after the sinking of Moskva on April 14.

The new missile-frigate Admiral Makarov is thought to be a valuable target for Ukrainian missile crews as one of the most modern vessels in the Russian Navy.

Anton Gerashchenko, a Ukrainian government advisor and former minister, said on Twitter: "Russian ship is on fire. It seems to be one of the newer Russian ones, Admiral Makarov."

Naval tracking sites claimed a Russian rescue boat was dispatched to the last known location of the ship - with unconfirmed local media reports suggesting the vessel is on fire.

Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko claimed the warship was burning - but had not sunk.

He said on Telegram: "The frigate Admiral Makarov, the Russian Navy’s patrol frigate, is on fire.

"Yes, yes, you got that right! The God of the Seas is taking revenge on Ukraine’s abusers."

In its daily report on Russian losses, Ukraine's defence ministry said another ship had been wiped out - although it's unclear whether it is referring to Admiral Makarov.

According to the Ukrainian government website Dumskaya said that a Burevestnik class frigate was located at midday near Snake Island.

The site said that Russian aircraft were circling the warship and rescue ships were being send from Crimea.

Ukraine is said to have harassed the 611ft vessel with a drone as a distraction before striking the with two cruise missiles.

The Russian ministry of defence said explosions ripped through the ammunition stores triggering a major blaze.

Flight trackers show a number of aircraft - including a US Air Force drone - circling over the area of the Black Sea.

Vladimir Putin's spokesman said the Kremlin was unaware of the alleged missile attack on the Russian frigate.

"No, we do not have such information, " Dmitry Peskov said, according to Russian state-owned news agency TASS.

It comes just weeks after the Russian vessel Moskva sank in the Black Sea following a fire and an explosion.

Moscow lost the 12,490 ton missile cruiser after it was hit by a pair of Neptune cruise missiles fired by Ukraine.

Moskva played a deadly role in the war by bombarding towns and cities in Ukraine from positions at sea.

lol. I think that their whole system is so corrupt. Whatever money filters in the military probably get skimmed off by everybody along the way. Putin's buddies. And then when they really need to fight they don't have anything.

No wonder Putin's always hinting about his nuclear weapons. He knows that they're so fucked up that anybody could come kick their asses.

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LOL!

Ukrainians wiped out maybe two Russian battalions trying to cross a river.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/d…-ukraine/?sh=7ca989911689

The Russians Lost An Entire Battalion Trying To Cross A River In Eastern Ukraine

The better part of two or more Russian army battalions—potentially 100 vehicles and more than a thousand troops—in recent days tried to cross a pontoon bridge spanning the Siverskyi Donets River, running west to east between the separatist provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine.

Ukrainian artillery caught them at the river bank—and destroyed them. The rapid destruction of around six dozen tanks and other armored vehicles, along with the bridge itself, underscores Russia’s deepening woes as its troops try, and fail, to make meaningful gains in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region.

“We still assess Russian ground force in the Donbas to be slow and uneven,” an unnamed U.S. Defense Department official told reporters on Tuesday.

The Russians’ inability to cross rivers might explain their sloth. To be fair, “conducting river-crossings in a contested environment is a highly risky maneuver,” the U.K. Defense Ministry noted.

The Siverskyi Donets, which threads from southern Russia into eastern Ukraine then back into Russia, is just one of several water barriers Russian battalions must cross in order to advance west into Ukrainian-held territory. According to the Ukrainian armed forces’ general staff, the battalion that got caught at the pontoon bridge apparently was trying to strike at Lyman, a city of 20,000 that lies 17 miles west of the doomed crossing.

Russia had no valid reason to invade, plus they are threatening other countries just for wanting to be on NATO s team

Fuck Russia. They have always been a boil on the world's ass. They serve no purpose other than to bring misery to everyone .

They are self-important fuckheads.

I read awhile back that even though Russia has a lot of tanks, most of their "frontline" tanks in the inventory were pretty much rotting in fields. Then recently their largest armor manufacturer had to shut down production for lack of supplies.

I keep waiting to hear that Putin has had a heart attack. Dead. It's the Russian way.

What a POS country they have always been. Just a pile of shit, worthless boil.