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Russia Sinks Ship to Block Ukrainian Navy Ships
2014-03-06
The Russian Navy Ochakov Kara-class cruiser was sunk last night to block the Ukrainian Navy ships deployed in Novoozerne, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said in a press release today.
Nice trick: block the shipping channel and pin the Ukrainian ships to their docks.
The information was confirmed by the Ukrainian military of the South Naval Base who were observing the operation.

The RF ships blocking the Ukrainian ships in Donuzlav lake in the Crimea left the zone at 23.30 p.m. (March 5). Then, the Russian military towed their ship Ochakov to the navigating channel and filled her with water. Then, there was an explosion. The depth in this area is 9-11 m, it is possible now to observe the upper part of the ship. Therefore, the ships cannot leave the Donuzlav lake.
Pic at the link. Looks like the Russians put a cork in the bottle alright...
Ochakov was stationed in the Russian Black Sea Fleet as of 2011, however it has not been operational since the early 2000.
That sounds like much of the Russian navy...
In 1961 the Donuzlav Lake was connected to the Black Sea by inlet, in fact turning the lake into the bay of the Black Sea. It is the largest lake of Donuzlav Tarhankut group of lakes and the deepest lake in the Crimea and in Europe.
Posted by:Steve White

#11  Another sign of Putin NOT backing down agz the Bammer.

* TOPIX > OBAMA VERSUS PUTIN - WHO WILL BLINK FIRST?

* SAME > [WaPo] THE US RETREATS | AS THE US RETREATS, WHO WILL FILL THE VACUUM?

Lets ask the OWG Globalists shall we???

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > [Guardian] RUSSIA REFUSES TO ORDER CRIMEA SELF-DEFENSE FORCES TROOPS TO PULL BACK IN TALKS WID US.

versus

* TOPIX > [Daily Star] US GAINS FROM UPDATING THE LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL ORDER.

Once again, wid feeling, LETS ASK THE OWG GLOBALISTS, SHALL WE???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-03-06 22:08  

#10  This signals Putin intends to take more than Crimea.
Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815   2014-03-06 18:39  

#9  OTOH - perhaps the views are changing - what does Russia want and how will they get it? Is this simply blockading their own port? And that is defined as success how? Tactically? Strategically?

Sure, The Ukraine could go nuts and do something stupid, but every day which passes without violence makes Russia look sillier. More importantly, every day which passes makes the next violent incident more certainly Russian.

And if Czar Putin thinks he dealt with the Caucasus efficiently, wait until he faces fellow Slavs under like conditions.

If Germany and Turkey hold bilateral meetings, he's completely boxed himself in. Could happen by this weekend.
Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division   2014-03-06 16:40  

#8  Ukrainians should counter by threatening to sink a ship blocking the Bospurus in some way. Spite, its what's for dinner.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2014-03-06 15:30  

#7  Hey, Ukrainians! You sank a Russian ship and didn't lose any of yours! You won!
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-03-06 14:48  

#6  Wonder if they completed an environmental impact statement

To misquote some guy, you go to war with the paperwork you have.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-03-06 14:26  

#5  Wonder if they completed an environmental impact statement before they sunk it?
Posted by: USN,ret   2014-03-06 14:16  

#4  ..I'm not a Military Strategery guy, and I didn't sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night, but it is, I believe, not a far stretch to see this Ukraine thing blow up into something really bad. Although I am sure the P-gon Brass Hats are doing their best to keep a lid on it, President Ego and the Minions (TM) could push this beyond controllable (but, hey, at least it will get O-Care and the other scandals off the above-fold, eh?).

In a past life, I was required to be very aware of the price of precious metals and I have an empirically-founded belief that their prices represent, to a large degree, the confidence the world has in the ability of the US to keep things reasonably sane. Of recent, said prices seem to be saying "maybe not so much"..
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-03-06 13:10  

#3  And here we've been mocking the Russian Navy for their collection of rusting hulls. Well played, comrades.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-03-06 12:32  

#2  not bad at all...

Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2014-03-06 11:21  

#1  Classic.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-03-06 10:55  

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