Watch the pridefulness of the Russian fleet pain successful an connected committee fire
- Published: 10:03, 24 Sep 2024
VLADIMIR Putin's cursed naval flagship is improbable to ever sail again aft helium sent the unit to combat successful Ukraine.
The Admiral Kuznetsov is the tyrant's lone craft bearer and has not been successful work for 8 years.
A hopeless Vlad has present designated immoderate of the 1,500 unit members from the rustbucket arsenic crushed forces to his brutal invasion.
They've formed a land-based "frigate" battalion wrong Russia's 1st Guards Tank Army, according to OSINT researcher Moklasen.
Some of those troops person already gone missing oregon died, Forbes reported.
Putin had wanted the 305-metre-long Soviet-era warship to play a relation successful the war, but the accident-prone vas with up to 2,000 unit volition sink if it sails again.
The floating dump has been deed by 2 fires portion nether repair, successful 2019 and 2022.
The broken ship is presently docked successful a subject larboard northbound of the arctic Russian metropolis of Murmansk.
There has been nary authoritative announcement of the crew’s redeployment, which could beryllium seen by Russians arsenic a motion of failure.
Mothers and wives of the unit are furious their men person been sent to battle groups connected the frontline -m acting arsenic Putin’s cannon fodder.
One crewman, Oleg Sosedov, 21, who had served connected the craft bearer is present reported to died during an onslaught successful Kharkiv connected July 23.
His parent Natasha Simbirtseva has been told by chap servicemen that helium had been killed.
Russia's doomed craft bearer gets rescued aft breaking down
She said: “He has not been successful interaction since July 21.
“He was seen live connected July 23, and has not been seen since.
“But determination is simply a chap worker who confirmed that the 2 [dead] are my lad Oleg Sosedov and Dmitry Teplukhin [another seaman].”
The hopeless parent said: “No authoritative accusation has come.
“The commanders are not calling and are not reporting immoderate information.”
She slammed the “complete inaction” of apical brass successful failing to hunt for missing men connected they battlefield and repatriate the corpses of fallen fighters.
“It's ****ed up that fighters are being sent from our lone craft bearer to tempest a colony successful the Kharkiv region,” she raged.
Missing excessively is Ivan Akenchenkov, 51, different unit subordinate of the Admiral Kuznetsov.
He was past successful interaction with household connected 27 July.
The flagship of Russia’s Northern Fleet, the Admiral Kuznetsov - commissioned successful 1990 - has been progressive successful naval convoys passing the British coast.
It tin transportation up to 28 planes (Su-33 and MiG-29) and 17 helicopters (Ka-52K and Ka-27), and is equipped with P-700 Granit missiles.
When the Admiral Kuznetsov came to the English Channel
The Admiral Kuznetsov "sulked" past the UK connected its mode backmost to Russia from Syria successful 2017.
UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon dubbed the bearer a "ship of shame" arsenic the vessel and its task radical was escorted by a Royal Navy frigate and jets.
Britain sent HMS Albans and Typhoon fighters to show the walk and "provide reassurance" to countries bordering the North Sea and English Channel.
Fallon said: "We are man-marking these vessels each measurement of the mode astir the UK arsenic portion of our steadfast committedness to support Britain safe."
Cmdr Chris Ansell, successful bid of HMS St Albans, said: “This tasking demonstrates the Royal Navy’s committedness to protecting our location waters and readiness to undertake abbreviated announcement operations.
“The movements of the Russian ships are being continually monitored successful a co-ordinated effect betwixt the Royal Navy, RAF and our NATO partners.
"As an land nation, the information of the seas astir our coastline is captious and this benignant of task is regular concern for HMS St Albans and the Royal Navy, which stands acceptable astatine each times.”