Former Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov, 61, who had held the post for five years, paid the price of the savaging of the Russian Black Sea Fleet by Ukraine kamikaze marine drones.
The Russian dictator is facing an immediate crisis in the war since the fleet’s warships have not put to sea for six days - for fear of more sinkings.
One theory is that Moiseev’s promotion from commander of the Arctic-based Northern Fleet is that his appointment is meant to send a signal to the West over the threat of nuclear war.
Moiseev - a recipient of the Kremlin’s highest honour, "The Hero of Russia" - was the first man to launch satellites into space fired from the submerged K-407 Novomoskovsk which he commanded.
Independent Vot Tak TV reported: “The reasons for Yevmenov's resignation were not disclosed, but they seem obvious — the complete helplessness of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, which continues to lose combat ships at a rate of one vessel per month in confrontation with Ukrainian naval drones, as well as deep systemic problems in managing the Russian Navy.”
Last Tuesday the £51 million Sergey Kotov patrol vessel, one of Putin’s newest naval ships, was sunk by a flock of unmanned MAGURA V5 attack drones.
A video clip of the patroller, Sergey Kotov corvette, showed the ship being blown to pieces by a swarm of Ukrainian jet-ski-powered sea drones.
The £51million vessel was seen being hit multiple times in the early morning strike near Feodosia, in occupied Crimea.
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Putin probably has come to the conclusion that rather than maintaining a defensive posture while attempting to establish a buffer zone in Ukraine will ultimately have to go to an aggressive first strike mode. He is fully aware that there can be no winners in a nuclear exchange, but it is strategically better to strike first. Now until the end of 2024 will be the riskiest. Putin will hold but ready position during these next few months. Flash points in the Middle East and the outcome of the election in the United States might change his posture. The next 8 to 9 months will be the riskiest time frame humanity will have ever face since Noah was told to build the ark.
On a side note. Could you imagine in today’s world all the hoops Noah would have to jump thru to build the ark. Union, permits, environmental checks, licensing, diversity training, he wouldn’t be able to take aboard one each of the two genders, by the time he filled out all the forms and negotiated all the required regulations the flood would have enveloped the world and he and his family would have been left treading water.
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