The Royal NZ Navy ship’s HMNZS Manawanui sank this morning after running aground on a reef near the southern coast of Upolu, Samoa, last night and catching fire.
$100 million down the drain
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All 75 crew and passengers onboard were safely rescued overnight. Two people needed hospital treatment for minor injuries, one with a dislocated shoulder and another with a hurt back.
"Rescuers battled currents and winds that were pushing the life rafts and sea boats toward the reefs, and swells made the rescue effort particularly challenging.
Those on board the lifeboats and sea boats were transferred to vessels that responded to the rescue call and were transported ashore."
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The Defence Force said "the exact cause of the grounding is unknown and this will need further investigation".
Defence Minister Judith Collins told media in Auckland there will be a Court of Inquiry launched to establish why the ship ran aground, caught fire and then capsized.
—> How about diversity and inclusion as hiring policy? Check the lesbian captain.
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The $100m vessel was on fire and listing heavily, after running aground before 7pm last night. Footage from the scene showed smoke billowing from the stranded ship.
The ship ran aground near the southern coast of Upolu, with all on board evacuating to "life rafts and sea boats", according to the Defence Force.
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HMNZS Manawanui purchased for over $100m in 2018
The HMNZS Manawanui was purchased for $103 million by the Defence Ministry in 2018.
Then-defence minister Ron Mark said in a press release at the time the ship would “fill an existing capability gap” created when two vessels were decommissioned – the survey ship HMNZS Resolution in 2012 and dive tender HMNZS Manawanui in 2018.
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She’s a trained teacher
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🇺🇦🚨‼️ CORRUPTION: Ukranian officials steal $18 million from the military food budget in 4 months and buy hotels in Croatia!
Ukrainian anti corruption office officially states that the Ministry of Defense stole hundreds of millions of hryvnias from purchases of eggs and other products in 2022-2023.
At that time, we recall, the department was headed by Alexey Reznikov.
According to the investigation, during the first two years of the war the department overstated the prices of some products and understated others, while formalizing the purchase of a single set of military food items consisting of 409 items.
This includes the high-profile story of eggs at 17 hryvnia each. ($0.41)
-> Thus, ONLY in August-December 2022, two suppliers illegally received more than $18 million (UAH 733 million) from the budget.
And they wanted to also steal $19 million (UAH 788 million) from eggs, but the hype on the egg story in the press disrupted the purchase.
-> These funds likely were then used to purchase hotels in Croatia and other real estate abroad.
The former head of the Department of Defense, the owner of the supplier companies, and an individual were suspected.
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$18 million just in 4 months and only from the food budget.
-> That would make $162 in 3 years only on military food.
Same is happening in other areas, there was ret same story for purchasing a shells for example.
PS: Original post
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The corruption scheme of the Ukrainian leadership: “They buy ammunition for a higher price and pocket 1843€ per shell!”
-> Zelensky is stealing hundreds of millions of our tax money!
He is Geo Leros, a now suspended member of the Ukrainian Parlament.
The special forces unit "Nomad" is armed with pickups with increased cross-country ability, which are equipped with machine guns and night sights, but also with a laser system for combating UAVs, apparently mounted on a GAZ Sadko Next C42A43 truck.
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— Source TG: milinfolive
Ukraine is using mobile groups fairly effectively.
As long as you know where the drones are and more or less where they fly to, you can send these pickups to intercept the drones.
The dudes drive there and shoot the drones down.
Russia’s introduction of such groups, implies their effectiveness.
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Looks like one of the vehicles is equipped with a radar.