The identification of the Russian identical ships is problematic because after the start of Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, the hull numbers and names of all Russian warships were overpainted.
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Crimea likely target, Ukrainian TB-2 intercepted incoming helicopter on radar
Yes, most likely Crimea – I don't think they'd want to fly along the coast. It's quite possible the Ukrainians detected the incoming helo on radar and sent up the TB-2 to intercept it.
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Two Project 775 landing ships in Sevastopol’s Sukharnaya Bay
Currently, there are two Project 775 landing ships in Sevastopol's Sukharnaya Bay. One of them is presumably the Tsezar Kunikov, according to @radiosvoboda's Krym.Realii project, who shared the photo of the damaged ship.
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Moskva’s loss hurts Russia’s Black Sea missile cover, forcing island abandonment
This is where the loss of the missile cruiser Moskva is really hurting the Russians: they've lost a lot of their missile cover in the Black Sea. Ukraine has shown it can interdict travel to the island, so Russia now will likely have to abandon it. /end
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Russian Island Fortifications: Defense or Strategy?
But if the island was already held by the Russians, why would a purported Russian evacuation force take up defensive positions? Who did they think they were defending against? Here's what it tells me. /8
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Search aircraft activity in Black Sea due to lost ship, hopes it went to Bikini Bottom.
Apparently, all the increased activity with search aircraft, drones in the Black Sea was due to the fact that no one could find the location of the ship. Let's hope the ship decided to visit bikini bottom.
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No evidence Ukrainian troops or helo involved in incident.
Some Twitter commentators have suggested that the defensive behaviour of the troops indicates that they're actually Ukrainians and that it was a Ukrainian helo that was destroyed. There's nothing to suggest to me that that's true. /7
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Spéculations sur livraison d’armes à l’Ukraine
It's not clear what they're unloading, but I would guess at a minimum rations, medical supplies, ammunition and probably MANPADs, to replace the fixed air defences destroyed by Ukraine's TB-2s in previous attacks. /6
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Fires on two landing ships after Saratov fire in Berdyansk
Fires were spotted on two other landing ships which were leaving the Berdyansk port after the Saratov caught fire on 24 March:
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Ukrainian Su-27s bomb Snake Island
In the most recent attack, Ukrainian Su-27s bombed buildings on the island, causing massive secondary explosions. Most if not all of the members of the Russian garrison were likely injured or killed in this surprise attack. /4pic.twitter.com/dGE3WqseB1
— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) 8 mai 2022In the most recent attack, Ukrainian Su-27s bombed buildings on the island, causing massive secondary explosions. Most if not all of the members of the Russian garrison were likely injured or killed in this surprise attack.