Posted on 08/05/2023 11:08:19 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
Russia said on Saturday it would punish Ukraine for using a sea drone to attack a civilian tanker near the Kerch Strait in what it said was a "terrorist act" that threatened the lives of the crew and risked "a large-scale environmental disaster."
Both sides said on Saturday that a Ukrainian sea drone full of explosives had struck a Russian fuel tanker overnight near a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea, the second such attack in 24 hours.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Moscow would retaliate.
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Looks like Ukraine was punishing Russia. Now watch as the insurance companies shut down commerce to both countries.
No word from Greta Thunberg...
LOLOL!!!
Is strictly civilian tanker. No fuel in tanker to be used for military or special military purpose. You haff my vord as a Putin.
Enemy merchant ships are a legitimate target during a war. How is this a terrorist act?
Given the Washington’s statements is the US shipping a fair game? Also most of the oil shipped from Novorossiysk belongs to Chevron. They pump it from Kazakhstan by KTK pipeline.
It’s all fun and games on the Escalation Escalator, until you get to the top floor...
The Escalation Escalator...
Why sink a ship 🚢 when you can fry it’s computers?
So like Russian bombs an apartment building killing dozens and they think that’s okay, but when ....
“Terrorist attack” IN A WAR?????!!!!!
NO SUCH THING!
The ONLY thing that matters in a war is WINNING!
You will LOSE if you fight a “woke” war.
Did the Nazis worry about killing civilians when they bombed London? No, they were the TARGET!
Did we worry about the civilians in Dresden? No, while they were not the target, they were just “in the way”.
Did we worry about our B-17 air crews or the planes themselves in bombing Germany?
NO! Because we could build the planes and train the crews faster than the Germans could shoot them down. It was just MATH! Civilian AND our military casualties were not an issue.
Was stopping Hitler and the Nazis from taking over the world one country at a time, worth “war” ?
YES!!!!! IT WAS!!!!
Vietnam? NO!, Ukraine? for Ukraine yes, for US, NO!
Russia deeply miscalculated when they hit some days ago Ukraines civilian food-depots (grain). Ukraine is responding to that aggression with great precision and efficiency. One tanker, and war ship out of the picture for a long time now.
Then life can be a real bi...
...sand covered, lovely, scenic location. 
“Enemy merchant ships are a legitimate target during a war. How is this a terrorist act?”
As an historical note the Germans in both World Wars were very quick to use the label ‘terrorist’ for any action that did not conform to their rules of warfare. In WWI they executed a British merchant captain for attempting to ram the U-boat that was trying to sink him.
Why stop at the computers? With the right setup...
/morbid train of thought
“So like Russian bombs an apartment building killing dozens and they think that’s okay, but when ....”
>>>>>>>
Here is the thing. The deep-state warmongering politicians in the Kremlin have decided that there are no human beings deserving to Iive in Ukraine. They have all been declared as being “Nazis” so they can be dehumanized and hunted like animals. It’s the trick the Democrats are using against us conservatives here in America. Every true conservative is often being nick-named a “nazi”, and all msn media it piling on at it. That way he can be “socially eliminated”. In Russia it goes a step further : it’s “bloody eliminated”. The principles are the.
Killing a Ukrainian is nothing for the Kremlinists. They feel themselves entitled to eradicate anything and everything that is not PRO GOVERNMENT. Its true deep-state behavior.
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