Russian build up along Ukraine

Run over yes, still to be confirmed that he died.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/25/russian-troops-mutiny-commander-ukraine-report-western-officials

Haven't heard of any mass killings but there's lots of documented killings of one or two civilians alright, some captured on drone footage.

How much of a tankie do you have to be that civilian murders must reach a certain quantity before you class them as a mass killing?

We aren't talking about casualties from air strikes here. These are people shot at close range, some with hands tied behind their back.

Tankie, a term coined as early as 1968, referred to the kind of hard-left person who believed Soviet Russia would always be justified in sending armed forces to suppress anti-communist rebellion, whether in Czechoslovakia in that year, or Hungary in 1956, or anywhere else, as necessary. What is surprising is that this position has survived into the post-communist era.

Best definition from: Surprisingly for the post-communist era, the "tankie" rises from the mists of history - New Statesman

If Tass said it happened. It probably happened, though not necessarily in the way they reported it, but in other ways which do not meet with Kremlin approval.

Either way, there was a good few quid in scrap value they lost.

It was a serious piece of equipment. It has a range of 18k kilometres and a top speed of 60kph.

Technically it should not have been sunk. It had three tiers of defence.

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The cruiser is equipped with a triple-tiered air defence system that if operating properly should give it three opportunities to defend itself from a Neptune missile attack.

In addition to medium- and short-range defences, it can engage six short-range close-in weapon systems (CIWS) as a last resort.

"The Moskva should have 360-degree anti-air defence coverage. The CIWS system can fire 5,000 rounds in a minute, essentially creating a wall of flak around the cruiser, its last line of defence," Mr Bentham said. ''

That’s what the Russians said.

Like a lot of their talk it has shown up be a load of Rubbish.

id be surprised at this stage if the even have a functioning ICBM.

Credible reports emerging that the Russian frigate Admiral Makarov has taken cruise missile hits and is afire in coastal waters of the Black Sea.

If true, its almost more devastating to them than the Moskva, because the Makarov is basically brand new with the best of offensive and defensive kit in the fleet.

As Israel found out a number of years ago, you can have the best anti-missile countermeasures in the world, but they are pointless unless they are powered up & ready, and have a clear view of the potential threat.

I presume the yanks are giving advice how to beat their defense systems, on fire near snake Island apparently, the rest of the fleet on the way to help makes it sound like a serious fire.