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In military rout, Russia seizes 51 Ukrainian ships in Crimea

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In military rout, Russia seizes 51 Ukrainian ships in Crimea

One-Ship Ukraine Navy Defies Russia to the End - WSJ.com

In its invasion and annexation of Crimea, Russia has seized 51 vessels belonging to the Ukrainian navy, according to information compiled by Dmitry Tymchuk, director of the Center of Military and Political Research in Kyiv.

Among the Ukrainian vessels reportedly captured by the Russians are submarine Zaporizhia, management ship Slavutych, landing ship Konstantin Olshansky, landing ship Kirovohrad, minesweeper Chernihiv and minesweeper Cherkasy.

The Cherkasy was the last of the ships to have been overtaken following weeks of threats and ultimatums to surrender. It was finally chased down and overtaken by the Russian navy on March 25 after failing to slip past a blockade of two ships intentionally sunk by the Russians to trap it and other vessels in a narrow gulf, keeping them from escaping into the Black Sea.
As of March 26, just 10 Ukrainian vessels remained in its navy's possession, including frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy, gunboat Skadovsk, intelligence ship Pereyaslav and diving vessel Netishin.
Looks like they captured most of the Ukranian Navy. Trapping a Navy by sink a few ships tells me they weren't in the best location.
 
Putin is playing the Hitler playbook. And the US is too chicken**** to stop him.
 
Putin is playing the Hitler playbook. And the US is too chicken**** to stop him.

What a bunch of bullcrap. Obama got caught with his hand in the cookie jar (Ukraine) and Russia was forced to protect its' interests and people. The USA should be tried in th eUN for coercion, insurrection, and creating instability in Ukraine. The USA Media won't admit it, but shootings in Kiev were by the opposition, not Yanukovych.
 
What a bunch of bullcrap. Obama got caught with his hand in the cookie jar (Ukraine) and Russia was forced to protect its' interests and people. The USA should be tried in th eUN for coercion, insurrection, and creating instability in Ukraine. The USA Media won't admit it, but shootings in Kiev were by the opposition, not Yanukovych.
You should see a doctor about those hallucinations.
 
Looks like they captured most of the Ukranian Navy. Trapping a Navy by sink a few ships tells me they weren't in the best location.

Yes and no.

Most of those ships were either non operational, or barely operational. Ironically, so are many of the Russian naval ships in the area. Likewise, the number of "52" siezed probably includes barges and launches.

Even still, I cant believe that the Ukranian armed forces are not scuttling them, or at least drainging out the lubricating oil from engine machinary- then starting the engines and letting them sieze.
 
In complete truth. Putin was clever enough to capture the Fleet without firing a shot. He scuttled two Russian vessels to block the access channels and it appears to have been a complete success. No casualties. No snipers. No firebombs. No blood. Could Putin be the "good guy" in this embroglio? I think he is.
 
Well, everyone who claimed this wasn't a military conquest of Ukraine was just proven wrong. But they will just change their mantra to fit the situation.

Countries better start building nuclear weapons and FAST. Biological weapons, chemical weapons and dirty bombs in the interim. Its every country for itself now.
 
In complete truth. Putin was clever enough to capture the Fleet without firing a shot. He scuttled two Russian vessels to block the access channels and it appears to have been a complete success. No casualties. No snipers. No firebombs. No blood. Could Putin be the "good guy" in this embroglio? I think he is.

I don't see how violating Ukraine's sovereignty and invading it makes Putin the good guy, he would be the good guy if he let Ukraine join the EU and choose it's own path.
 
In complete truth. Putin was clever enough to capture the Fleet without firing a shot. He scuttled two Russian vessels to block the access channels and it appears to have been a complete success. No casualties. No snipers. No firebombs. No blood. Could Putin be the "good guy" in this embroglio? I think he is.

Of course you do. He's a racial segregationist as are your messages. Putin is your great white hope to save the white race's genetic purity and all that crap.

You make no secret of your hatred of the United States because of racial desegregation. Your malcontent messages are becoming boring.
 
I don't see how violating Ukraine's sovereignty and invading it makes Putin the good guy, he would be the good guy if he let Ukraine join the EU and choose it's own path.

He, (Putin) probably plans on swallowing up the Ukraine either in whole, or in bits and pieces, and turning it into Russia. He's acting like Russia will be the bully in the area.

Not much the USA can do about it, unless Americans want to send father, sons, mother and daughters off to another war we cannot afford. I have to believe most Americans are tired of wars by now.
 
He, (Putin) probably plans on swallowing up the Ukraine either in whole, or in bits and pieces, and turning it into Russia. He's acting like Russia will be the bully in the area.

Not much the USA can do about it, unless Americans want to send father, sons, mother and daughters off to another war we cannot afford. I have to believe most Americans are tired of wars by now.
And Putin knows it. He has a free hand to expand Russian interests any time any where now.
 
I don't see how violating Ukraine's sovereignty and invading it makes Putin the good guy, he would be the good guy if he let Ukraine join the EU and choose it's own path.

The USA violated Ukraine sovereignty by spending $5 billion to train and support an insurgency to get their man (Yats, Victoria Nuland conversation) installed as leader to get him to move Ukraine under the EU/NATO umbrella. Explain to me how the USA found three (3) Billionaires to be the new leaders instead of three "heroes of the Revolution." These three were operating out of the US Embassy in Kiev during the protests. Stop reading the US Mainstream News and watching the boob tube and try reading some foreign news stories about Ukraine on the Internet.
 
Once again the cold war is being turned back on. Russia gets to subjugate East Europe and the USA/West gets the former South Soviet bloc countries, with the USA, the EU and China dividing up the oil of the Persian Gulf Region.

At that same time, Americans will be raging at the methods the NSA and Department of Homeland Security use to stop the ever increasing terrorism attacks. And when they happen again the USA, EU countries and Russia will declare there is no reason for anyone to attack us - when it would be more accurate to define them as minor counter-attacks compared to takeover and subjugation of their countries and the deaths, imprisonments and occupation of their countries.
 
He, (Putin) probably plans on swallowing up the Ukraine either in whole, or in bits and pieces, and turning it into Russia. He's acting like Russia will be the bully in the area.

Not much the USA can do about it, unless Americans want to send father, sons, mother and daughters off to another war we cannot afford. I have to believe most Americans are tired of wars by now.

Well people are saying he will not go after the rest of Ukraine but after Transnistria, which is a breakaway region of Moldova. I don't think anyone would care too much about that but it give Putin access to the rest of Eastern Europe. My issue is that there areas are not connected to Russia in anyway, they depend on their neighbouring nations, it would be like the U.S. annexing parts of Indonesia or something, it is highly impractical for logistical reasons.
 
The USA violated Ukraine sovereignty by spending $5 billion to train and support an insurgency to get their man (Yats, Victoria Nuland conversation) installed as leader to get him to move Ukraine under the EU/NATO umbrella. Explain to me how the USA found three (3) Billionaires to be the new leaders instead of three "heroes of the Revolution." These three were operating out of the US Embassy in Kiev during the protests. Stop reading the US Mainstream News and watching the boob tube and try reading some foreign news stories about Ukraine on the Internet.

Your messages are just bizarre. You declare Russian military occupation and conquest is heroic, while cursing non-military actions of your own country. Obviously you want the white race to go to war - literally - against the mongrel races.
 
Putin is on a roll and at this point with this pres all we can do is stand by and watch. It's like being charged by a grizzly bear, the bear is in control of the situation and all you can do is hope it's a bluff charge.
 
Well, everyone who claimed this wasn't a military conquest of Ukraine was just proven wrong. But they will just change their mantra to fit the situation.

Countries better start building nuclear weapons and FAST. Biological weapons, chemical weapons and dirty bombs in the interim. Its every country for itself now.

Uh... how did you come to that conclusion?
 
Of course you do. He's a racial segregationist as are your messages. Putin is your great white hope to save the white race's genetic purity and all that crap.

You make no secret of your hatred of the United States because of racial desegregation. Your malcontent messages are becoming boring.

You're not a closet rascist, you're an out front rascist. I don't give a damn what color Putin is. Your entire post is a blatant lie. If you don't know anything, I guess that is all you have to work with, eh? I don't hate the USA, I'm a patriot that wants teh USA to defend the IDEALS it professes to believe in and defend. I despise the Empire and Imperialist and Exceptionalism that the Media has chosen as the new IDEALS. I want freedom, democracy, liberty, and justice, not meddling in foreign OIL geographies and Corporate opportunities.
 
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The USA violated Ukraine sovereignty by spending $5 billion to train and support an insurgency to get their man (Yats, Victoria Nuland conversation) installed as leader to get him to move Ukraine under the EU/NATO umbrella. Explain to me how the USA found three (3) Billionaires to be the new leaders instead of three "heroes of the Revolution." These three were operating out of the US Embassy in Kiev during the protests. Stop reading the US Mainstream News and watching the boob tube and try reading some foreign news stories about Ukraine on the Internet.

They do have the heroes of the revolution, they were the leaders of the opposition form prison not the U.S. embassy. Russia poisoned the democratically elected president that tired to get closer to the EU. I don't watch US mainstream media, thank you very much, I also have never watched TV news.
 
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