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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Oh, so Israelis are okay with breaking blockades then? Someone better tell Turkey and Gaza, since Israel is still blockading Gaza and attacked the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Putin complains about Nazi in Ukraine, then wants to stop Israel from doing business... Hmmm.. 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile, in Palestine...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So now where putin can steal the grain that he promised to give for free to those african friends?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm interested to see if it'll leave the port.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not sure what Russia’s options are here, beyond creating hazards to navigation. They certainly can’t fire on a foreign flagged ship. The P-8 they have monitoring it is signaling that the US is potentially prepared to respond in real time. In addition, attacking a foreign-flagged civilian vessel, especially one so clearly identified, would be a very dangerous gambit with a low payoff and potentially lethally high cost. It’s not even the Israelis. It’s that the world might become involved if it’s the straw that broke the camel’s back about Russia being a rogue nation that needs to be contained before the conflagration spreads.

I don’t even think they can mine the harbor at this point. That ship sailed, no pun intended. Mining the harbor at this point could be interpreted as an attack on this vessel.

If they can present a physical blockade such that the Israeli shipment (the ship is not Israeli flagged btw, but that’s not unusual), they might be able to do it. That’s easier said than done, because they’d have to do so at sea out of range of Ukrainian weapon systems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The article mentioned the Poseidon providing security but what can it really do? If something happens it will just monitor the status as I thought those didn’t even have weapons.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If something happens it will just monitor the status as I thought those didn’t even have weapons.

Poseidon would be able to say: "right before the Israeli grain ship was struck, exploded and sunk, we tracked an alpha class sub that entered from X direction a Y speed. We saw it discharge 2 torpedoes and seconds later the grain ship exploded. We then tracked the sub as it turned back to Sevastopol. Here you can see in the pictures as it surfaced before entering the harbor."

Russia would have attacked a civilian transport of Israel live on camera. Countries take action with things like that.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Israel isn't big on turning the other cheek. They would absolutely retaliate for the destruction of that grain hauler.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm interested to see what assets Israel destroys if Ruzzia fucks around & sinks that hauler.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They might throw out some sea mines but doubt they would sink a foreign civilian ship directly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

After ship "mysteriously" sinks: "The vessel died of suicide after shooting itself twice in the back of the head, and then falling off a tall building." - Russia, probably

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That pic looks like a meme frfr

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"That boat over there, officer"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Look it's getting away"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Israel..."mul-ti-pass. Mul-ti-pass."

(Sails right through)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

This is click bait. There is no Russian blockade, they haven't even tried to blockade Ukraine and probably won't try to.