Russian telegram is saying this morning Ivan Khurs was attacked by five instead of three kamikaze boats and that two hit the vessel and that she is severely damaged and at risk of sinking. They go on to further state casualties. 1 officer killed 5 enlisted killed. Two of them… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
See my tweet last night. In terms of damage from the one drone that we have confirmation of hitting the vessel, I have no idea if a second drone hit not were along the vessel so preliminary damage.
With this second video showing an explosion gotta say that there is likely a hole 1/5 the size of the ship on top of the tail shaft, propeller destroyed very hard time to keep this ship afloat.
If it is accurate that two of these kamikaze USV's hit Ivan Khurs he's in for a very bad day. 880lbs of high explosives against a 4000 ton vessel. Ouch! Then you add the tail shaft being destroyed. It's literally going to be pumping water into the ship across multiple… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
~415km from strike location to Sevastopol. This class of ship can do a bit less than 40km/h at it's absolute best... so, Ivan Khurs docking less than 11 hours from it's return trip start is physically impossible. And yesterday they acknowledge that the ship was damaged and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
It would be great if you guys stopped sharing footage from 2020 and 2021 of the ship entering port in Istanbul and Sevastopol. Thank you. Also I would like to know from the Russian propagandist when did the vessel enter port? Because you told me it entered port yesterday with no… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Also Forte-chan seems to have diverted her attention from looking at Crimea and has been doing multiple search tracks in the Black Sea along the coast with Turkey. Doesn't necessarily mean that the ship sunk, but Forte is definitely interested in activity over here instead of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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My assessment of area likely damaged yesterday by 🇺🇦 kamikaze USV on the Yury Ivanov-class intelligence ship Project 18280 Ivan Khurs. The 🇺🇦 kamikaze USV are assessed to be capable of carrying 400lbs of explosives. This is a similar amount of explosives used against the USS Cole… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
This ship is a light vessel not designed to be in combat. With a 400lb bomb the damage may be more extensive. The ship is likely dead in the water unable to sail under power and likely has lost maneuverability. With the known lack of training of 🇷🇺 Damage Control crews it is… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Strelkov Girkin has confirmed that the Russian ship Ivan Khurs a Yury Ivanov-class intelligence ship
Has been damaged and is "under its own power for repairs."
There has been some misinformation showing old video of the ship coming into port being recycled as today and recycled… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Also, as a side note since it's listed as a restricted maneuverability and has not moved in a day, it's not under its own power. It's dead in the water. Now we just have to wait for a distress signal to come up on the CW bandwidth like the Moskva.
Delete it my last tweet for spelling errors and to add some clarity there are several tugs in the vicinity of the Ivan Khurs most of them are positioned at nearby oil rigs the Commander is not. The Ivan Kurz has not moved in 24 hours and the commander is listed as restricted… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The Russian State Duma adopted in the second and third readings a bill on the punishment of the distribution of maps or images that in any way challenge the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation . Amendments… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The Russian federation is in complete violation of all international law by denying the right to self determination may also be in violation of decolonization laws as well.
From the UN Charter Chapter 1, Article 1, part 2 states that the purpose of the UN Charter is: "To… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
We must call upon the Russian federation to withdraw all forces from The Bilhorod People's Republic, Ukraine, and the Kuril islands immediately and to condemn the Russian federation for its draconian archaic colonial imperialistic actions into effectively recognizing the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Kremlin Regional Occupation Governor for Bilhorod Oblast Vyacheslav Gladkov stated in the aftermath of probing attacks by Liberation forces of the Bilhorod People's Republic that he is seeking legal routes to arm members of the "territorial defense units" which were created on… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
5 days ago residents of the Belgorod region published video asking authorities to arm them so that they can protect their families and homes. Commenting on the idea, a Russian Occupation special forces soldier with the call sign "Rekrut" warned that if civilians were given… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Kremlin Officials also have dismissed proposals from Wagner to provide training and weapons tell Prigozhin that Kremlin Border Forces and Kremlin military forces can defend the border.
It appears Kremlin military officials are afraid of handing weapons to residents of Bilhorod… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Russian Volunteer Corps have claimed to have crossed the border into Bilhorod Region near 2 different settlements this morning with heavy fighting reported in the Towns of Shchetinovka and Bogun-Gorodok; this area of the border is over 20 Miles east from the advances made… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
From @officejjsmart unconfirmed reporting at this time that the "Russian Volunteer Corps" and "Free Russia Legion" control a line up to forty kilometers along the border, from Graivoron to Shchetinovka.
In either case, this is no longer just a simple raid as Russian media would like to describe this. A raid does not hold ground and it does not build fortifications.