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Not to defend Russia, but rather to battle hyperbole: Ukraine temporarily disabled those ships, and I think it's debatable how we're counting "one third" of the black sea fleet. Obligatory Putin sucks and should jump in a lake


Posted [0] on March 6th sounds like significantly more than temporarily disabled

   Ukraine’s military on Tuesday claimed another successful attack on a Russian warship, marking the latest in a string of naval defeats for Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet that Kyiv says has reduced its numbers by more than a third since the start of the war.

  The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine said maritime drones operated by its Group 13 special unit struck and sank the 1,300-ton Russian patrol ship Sergei Kotov in the Black Sea, near the Kerch Strait that separates occupied Crimea from the coast of southwest Russia.

  “As a result of the strike by Magura V5 maritime drones, the Russian ship Project 22160 ‘Sergei Kotov’ sustained damage to the stern, starboard and port sides,” sparking a fire aboard the vessel, a statement said. The military later confirmed the ship had sunk. 
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/05/europe/russian-warship-destro...


My point is that I haven't heard of any instance of a ship being irreparably damaged. They were of course taken out of commission and had to be towed back


The quote from GP comment literally says the ship sunk????


Then you clearly haven't been paying attention. For example, this video shows Feb 1 attack on corvette Ivanovets. Ukrainians drove one naval drone after another into the ship until its ammo exploded and it sank stern first, all captured on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHFlqgCyElo


Any basic search will provide you with examples of Russian ships headed to Davy Jones locker, but here's a nice satellite image of one for your reference. Fortunately, they didn't have to tow this landing ship very far as it was already in port.[0]

[0]https://news.usni.org/2022/03/25/satellite-images-confirm-ru...




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