Kyiv, Ankara and the UN agreed on the movement of 14 ships in the Black Sea, probably with grain, on Monday as part of the "Black Sea Initiative", - Coordination Center.
Russia was also notified of the decision.
So let's see if Russia dares to attack peaceful ships. The moment of truth.
The USS Gerald Ford is home to more than 90 aircraft and helicopters, including F-35C fighter jets. It will also be in a group with a guided-missile destroyer and a nuclear-powered submarine. Currently, an aircraft carrier strike group of the US Navy led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Bush was stationed in the Adriatic Sea of the Mediterranean Sea. The naval group operates near Croatia. @uaobozrevatel
I will keep my bird app open, just to watch the fire. But all indicators are that, ahem, the market, will have a say
This morning we are getting a tad more light on what happened in Sebastopol
https://nadinbrzezinski.medium.com/further-information-on-sevastopol-60075e8d8342
Well, seems three or four ships were hit, #sebastopol #ukraine
At least three ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet were hit by drones on October 29 near Sevastopol Bay in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Among them is the flagship of project 11356R ("Petrel") "Admiral Makarov"
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I absolutely do not understand why no one has yet thought of raking guest workers from Central Asia into penal battalions and sending them to the war to storm Avdos, for a labor patent. Migrant! Win your right to lay tiles, be a taxi driver, deliver pizza☝️
During WW2 Russia did exactly this with these central Asian populations. They were part of the USSR, but the Russians did not trust them with a gun. So, they used them in penal engineering battalions. Seeing this brings both that history, and the manpower issues of the Federation. Yes, read Telegram to see where they are
Ok, cobbled together some info. Realize we are yet to have an actual damage assessment #crimea #ukrainewar
My gut, given the Russian reaction, damage was likely extensive
https://nadinbrzezinski.medium.com/black-fleet-came-under-ukrainian-attack-aabbc41c58e6
Sevastopol…WAG on my part, but at least one ship is down…perhaps in the channel. Russians getting a bad case of the sillies
❗️"The Russian side intends to draw the attention of the world community, including at the UN Security Council site, to a series of terrorist attacks committed against the Russian Federation in the Black and Baltic Seas, including Britain's involvement in them" - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova we deserve.
Yes, medium is where I run the longer pieces. And my notes are just groaning at this point
After the war, I hope to be able to look into the reconstruction of #ukraine. But I a,so expect the #federation to likely break apart and a #civilwar is possible.
The chances are growing, in my view.
So, been writing since February about the war, doing analysis, chiefly on #russia. I have also been eating my wheaties regarding the #caucasus because I expect those to blow.
This is especially the case with #dagestan. This also means a lot of #telegram using Google translate.
I wonder if #COSO has a group of dedicated people to do this? We have formed a tight group at the bird app, but I suspect a lot of changes come our way.
Historian by training, at times reporter, these days doing some analysis on medium