31 July 2022

Official news or not...

 

Ukraine war: Mighty force of patriotism whipped up by Putin overwhelms doubts about Russia's power

Putin has promised more big guns. The long touted Tsirkon hypersonic missile will be delivered to Russia's armed forces in the coming months. According to Putin, the Tsirkon missile systems will have "no equal in the world".


Sunday 31 July 2022 16:22, UK

Think back to April though and the loss of the Moskva - the flagship warship of Russia's Black Sea fleet.

A direct hit Ukraine's defence ministry said; a fire onboard according to Russia.

A significant blow both to Russia's prestige and its Black Sea capabilities. Nor is it the only loss for the Black Sea fleet, against a Ukrainian navy massively diminished since the annexation of Crimea and largely barricaded inside its ports, just like its commercial shipping.

The Black Sea blockade has been a major strategic win for Russia, forcing Ukraine to mine itself in.

Stasis at Ukraine's ports has left huge swathes of the world without grain, most significantly, but also fertiliser, sunflower oil and a host of other exports which would have brought much needed cash into the Ukrainian economy.

tsirkon missile from thebarentsobserver.com
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Posted: Feb 23, 2022
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Posted: Jun 3, 2022

Ukraine Latest: Putin Flaunts Naval Power; Chubais Hospitalized

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President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s navy would soon be fitted with powerful Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles, which can fly at five times the speed of sound. He signed an expansive new naval doctrine and vowed to respond “with lightning speed to anyone who decides to encroach on our sovereignty and freedom.”

Anatoly Chubais, who quit as Russia’s climate envoy in opposition to the war in Ukraine, said he’s hospitalized in Europe with a diagnosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome. Russian shelling killed a Ukrainian grain magnate and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged civilians in the Donetsk region to evacuate in the face of a lengthy ground battle.

Russia’s defense ministry said it had invited experts from the United Nations and the Red Cross to investigate the deaths of Ukrainian POWs in the Olenivka detention center in occupied Donetsk. 

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Vladimir Putin attends the military parade during Navy Day celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia. 
Photographer: Dmitri Lovetsky/AP

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