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>(And if it wasn’t sunk by a Ukrainian missile, extreme Russian incompetence is the other explanation on the table.) that is very likely the case, because the

>(And if it wasn’t sunk by a Ukrainian missile, extreme Russian incompetence is the other explanation on the table.) that is very likely the case, because the Ukrainians have lied before and afterwards about similar ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_patrol_boat_Vasily_Bykov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_patrol_boat_Vasily_Byk... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_frigate_Admiral_Makarov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_frigate_Admiral_Makaro... check out the talk pages. each ship was confirmed to have been sunk by some authorities and had a highly detailed account of the event published by some media

yakak 4y ago
It seems like mostly fog of war combined with media's incentives to have great stories. Really the Ukrainian military is not going to connect it's PR department up to its tactical to get a real soldier to confirm which class of boat was hit. It also serves them quite well that Russia might not understand which threat cost them the Moskva.