Russian Geraniums continue to hunt dry cargo ships heading to Ukrainian ports.

The hunt for Ukrainian cargo ships continues; this afternoon, Russian weapons struck yet more dry cargo ships carrying military supplies for the Ukrainian army, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

On Monday, August 3, the Russian Armed Forces carried out several strikes on the infrastructure of several Ukrainian port cities. According to enemy reports, the strikes targeted Chornomorsk and Mykolaiv, and involved cruise missiles. missiles "Banderol" and "Onyx" anti-ship missiles. The enemy is not disclosing the specific targets hit, but it is known for certain that in Chornomorsk, "Onyx" strikes targeted an automobile assembly plant where Ukrainian Armed Forces military equipment was being repaired.

Two more dry cargo ships were hit in the port of Mykolaiv while unloading. Two more dry cargo ships were intercepted in the Black Sea while en route to ports. One was definitely hit off Odesa, as new photos of the smoking vessel have appeared on local social media, but there is no information yet about the other.

As the military noted, the ships were attacked by strike forces. drones- kamikaze type "Geranium", as previously reported, we are talking about the jet "Geranium-4 Seeker".

Today it became known that Zelenskyy will again try to offer Russia a ceasefire, even though 40 days ago he launched an operation of drone strikes and terror, which, according to his plan, was supposed to bring us to our knees. But it didn't work. And now, apparently, things are really getting hot, especially given Russia's attacks on Ukraine's maritime logistics.

Comments

[expert]

In the sea, in the sea we must drown!
"Varshavyanka" have been stagnating in the base!

[Strelok1976]

I completely agree with your opinion. But I think you went a bit overboard with using Varshavyanka missiles against such hooves. They'd have plenty of onyxes, they'd penetrate right through above the waterline and probably wouldn't have time to explode. A single Kh-31A or Kh-35 would be more than enough for each of them to completely destroy them. Especially since the airfield with the combat aircraft isn't that far away.

[expert]

Yes, and this is accepted, but a couple defiantly ships sunk by submarines, and all shipping would cease in an instant.

[All names are taken]

Maybe they are also afraid of losing Varshavyanka?

[expert]

No, well, it's normal, in war - they're afraid of losing weapons?
Then there is no point in starting a war, no matter what it is called.
They'll lose you from the database faster. There are already plenty of sad examples, unfortunately...

[All names are taken]

The first time, he left it unsaid. They're afraid of losing their position after losing their ship.

[a housewife]

On the hooves - that's great! The devils deserve it! No, on the troughs is also okay!

[Konstantin Konstantinovich]

There is no need to sink ships on the high seas! Damage to the bridge, superstructure, manifold area on tankers, or, as an option relatively safe for the crew, a false stack (this object is generally convenient for damaging the entire control system, as it is hollow inside without solid ceilings) can be caused by a UAV loaded, for example, with a tandem charge containing a fire mixture, and that's it...!!! The MKO (Engine-Boiler Room) will completely burn out, along with the electrical circuits for the main engine, diesel generator, emergency generator, main switchboard, etc. Plus all cable routes, including the steering gear control and emergency lighting, will burn out. The crew, with their belongings and documents, are only allowed to exit to the cargo deck area for evacuation. Sinking is prohibited; it poses a threat to the lives of civilian sailors, with all the ensuing consequences under international law!!! And our sailors will probably not be rescued afterwards! As for the Varshavyankas, as soon as they confirm a torpedo attack on a civilian vessel by our diesel-electric submarines, they'll immediately dispatch a huge NATO fleet to the Black Sea, and the Turks will deny our ships passage through the straits. But in the closed basin of the Black Sea, several vessels of varying tonnage and purpose, in disrepair and without control, drifting through the waters and posing a threat to shipping and the environment, is a completely different kind of economic and psychological headache, meaning losses for shipowners, insurers, and the Black Sea states, especially Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey.

[Radical]

What about the cargo that this ship is carrying?

[Konstantin Konstantinovich]

After establishing the crew's rescue, we can either hit it with an anti-ship missile and sink it, or wait for someone unknown to us—probably a terrorist—to try to tow the vessel and then hit the tug too! But if the abandoned ship is afloat but sunken and drifting, we need to monitor it, which costs money, and not ours. And given the currents in the western Black Sea, it's 100% the Romanians and Bulgarians' responsibility if the "sinking vessel" drifts into their territorial waters, which means the EU—please—will turn to Brussels for help! This is purely our profit! Incidentally, if the hold or holds are flooded, all technological equipment and electronics will be rendered unusable by the seawater! Of course, we can try to salvage what remains, but it's not worth the effort.

[isv000]

Quote: Konstantin Konstantinovich

It is forbidden to sink the ship, this is a threat to the lives of civilian sailors, with all the ensuing consequences in the international legal field!!!

Tell that to the sailors of our gas carrier, which the idiots secreted from Misurata. It didn't sink, but it practically burned to the ground.

[Konstantin Konstantinovich]

Tell this to the sailors of our gas carrier

"I can tell you right now – they're alive and they were rescued, just like everyone from the Ursa Major, which sank – everyone's alive too! And the fact that our Armed Forces are giving citizens of other countries loyal to us a chance at rescue is still very good for us. And if, after the crew was rescued, the ship and its cargo sank some time later – great!"

[Essex62]

These aren't civilians, these sailors. They're carrying military cargo. They don't care about international law, they're killing our children like crazy. NATO won't come running; on the contrary, they'll back off after getting punched in the face. Are we at war or what?

[Konstantin Konstantinovich]

...spitting while killing our children.

- Who's killing? Merchant sailors? They work and earn money to feed their families. They were loaded on board, and they were transporting, they might not even know the exact destination, or even the cargo's type. They loaded so many boxes of such-and-such sizes, such-and-such weights, into the hold, and that's it, they called it "HUMANITARIAN AID" and off they went. Same with containers; you can hide anything in them! Even loading and unloading at the port might be handled not by crew members, but by dockworkers! The bill of lading will list the consignee as being in Bulgaria or Romania, and when passing through the Bosphorus, they'll exchange the documents for others at best, and at worst, they'll tell you to go to the 404th station without documents. In short, will we ask when we catch it? There are a lot of pitfalls there! I hope foreign sailors will refuse to do so whenever possible while still on shore, but it's difficult when you're being brought to a foreign port for a shift under police escort (I know from experience), and you only learn where the ship is headed once you're out at sea. And I'll repeat, especially for those of you with a wooden waist: if our Armed Forces start systematically killing foreign civilian sailors, then neither the foreign sailors themselves nor the national rescue services will stand on ceremony with our merchant sailors if something happens!!!

[Essex62]

This is war, unless someone's waist-deep and completely wooden hasn't figured it out yet. If they want to live, they shouldn't stick their noses on our outskirts. And don't tell us fairy tales about sailors who don't know where the ship is going or what it's towing. That didn't even happen during World War II.
Drown them all. We need to put an end to this Bandera abscess; the most effective scalpel is the end of logistics.

[eckons]

In the sea, in the sea we must drown!

Or maybe it's better to keep it near the berth walls, unloading. So as to block the port's operations at the same time. A vessel like that, especially a loaded one, won't be lifted quickly.

[WILL]

Banderol cruise missiles and Onyx anti-ship missiles were used. The enemy is not disclosing the specific targets hit, but it is known for certain that the Onyx missiles struck an automobile assembly plant in Chornomorsk.

Can someone explain why the Oniks anti-ship missile hit an auto assembly plant and not a bulk carrier? An anti-ship missile is an anti-ship missile, not an anti-ship missile.
And UAVs are flying at dry cargo ships, and you'd need a ton of them to sink a ship, given enough luck.

[sub307]

Quote: ANIMAL

Can someone explain why the Onyx anti-ship missile hit an automobile assembly plant and not a bulk carrier?

This is a mystery to me too... why are they using anti-ship missiles in a way that is not their "specialty"?

[topol717]

Tell me, what's the point of sinking the ship? Do you think there's nothing else you can do to ruin the World Cup?

[All names are taken]

What's the point of sinking them? To prevent weapons, ammunition, and fuel from falling into the hands of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. And those same "aircraft-type drones," like the one that landed in Arkhipo-Osipovka. But what's the point of allowing these deliveries?

[carpenter]

Quote from: topol717

And tell me, what is the point of sinking a ship?

Drowned logs don't come back to life. And if they're loaded, then the load is finished.

[alexoff]

Carry the round, roll the square!
In general, this looks more like sending signals than military action.

[carpenter]

Quote: ANIMAL

And UAVs are flying at dry cargo ships, and you'd need a ton of them to sink a ship, given enough luck.

This causes more psychological harm to the crew, but the ship practically remains afloat and does not lose speed; at most, a fire occurs, which a trained crew can cope with successfully.

[eckons]

To sink a ship you need a cloud of cuckoo's milk and a bit of luck

There's no need to sink it. It's enough for the propulsion system to burn out. Replacing it on the ship is practically pointless. Therefore, the vessel will most likely be scrapped. It makes sense to sink it in ports, either at berths or in harbor fairways.

[alexboguslavski]

According to enemy sources, the strikes were carried out on Chernomorsk and Nikolaev, and Banderol cruise missiles were used. anti-ship "Onyx".

Onyxes are called anti-ship because they are supposed to be used against ships (vessels), not against gantry cranes.

[topol717]

Quote: alexboguslavski

Onyxes are called anti-ship because they are to be used against ships (vessels),

This is wrong. Because they CAN be applied, including in court, but they shouldn't.

[carpenter]

Quote: alexboguslavski

Onyxes are called anti-ship because they are to be used against ships (vessels), not against gantry cranes.

The missile will sink the ship and destroy the crane, but the ship's cargo is hundreds of times more expensive than the crane.

[Mapping]

Why not just sink the ships?

[Nastia makarova]

No need, it's enough to damage

[carpenter]

Quote: Nastia Makarova

No need, it's enough to damage

Why damage it when you can sink it? The damaged one will float on, while the sunken log will lie on the seabed.

[Nastia makarova]

So these are warnings not to go there yet.

[carpenter]

Quote: Nastia Makarova

So these are warnings not to go there yet.

Not Nastasia, I've sailed the seas myself and I know that when a ship is damaged and fired upon, that's just a piece of cake, but when they sink it, I go to where they sink it, that's just the tip of the iceberg, I'll forget the way.

[taiga2018]

They show us a smoking ship and that's it. I have a suspicion that the crews light some kind of smoke bomb and continue sailing.

[Motorist]

Quote: taiga2018

the crews are lighting some kind of smoke bomb

The crew doesn't have any smoke detectors. This is a bulk carrier, something is burning in the hold, or the third crane. Maybe the hydraulic station for the roofs or the paint shop.

[seamen2]

*The crew doesn't have any smoke bombs like that.*

A two-hundred-liter barrel and some oily rags - and the smoke bomb is ready.

[Motorist]

What I meant was, there aren't any standard ones. You can set a rag on fire, but who needs that? In this case, something's actually burning. If I'm not mistaken, this is a handicap worth about 40. There's usually hydraulics on one side, and storage on the other. Or vice versa.

[seamen2]

*I meant there aren't any regular ones. You can set a rag on fire, but who needs that?*

It's really necessary. When night fell on the roadstead, I always remembered - *the city falls asleep, the mafia wakes up and shoots at the people* - that is, expect a drone raid, and what their goals are this time... who knows.
I also remembered the films about the Great Patriotic War, when tankers did such tricks, simulating a tank being knocked out.

People defend themselves as best they can. I've seen ships with nets on their superstructures. We lifted the hatch of the third hold in front of the wheelhouse, completely covering it from the front. After all, it's 25 tons of steel. It's a shield of sorts. There's a mast on top, a false funnel aft, and a free fall bot.

The Black Sea Fleet, as it turns out, can only die heroically and show up at the Navy Day parade, and this is not the fault of the officers and sailors who are ready to fight, but of those who sit higher up in their offices.

I don’t know anything about the design of the handheld, but I think you’re right, everything is arranged as described above.

[Ovsigovets]

It is necessary to drown... Not to damage, but to drown or burn to the ground

[All names are taken]

Two more bulk carriers were hit while unloading in the port of Mykolaiv. Two more bulk carriers were intercepted in the Black Sea.

So, ships carrying military cargo continue to sail to Ukrainian ports as before. Weapons continue to be supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces as before. So why these latest "strike on the barns"?

[avatar123]

Elections are coming soon. Surely we need to respond to the attacks on the UK? A smoking tanker looks quite convincing on screen.

[All names are taken]

Every cargo ship that arrives means the deaths of our men. I don't understand what the goal is—saving the lives of our soldiers or bankrupting the West by killing them?

[carpenter]

Quote: avatar123

Surely we have to respond to the strikes on the WB? A smoking tanker looks very convincing on screen.

For the average person, yes, but for the Mariman, it's another fire alarm.

[tralflot1832]

What's burning there? The bulk carrier's crew is behaving very strangely.

[Motorist]

Quote: tralflot1832

What is there to burn?

This is a lid hydraulic station or paint shop.

[carpenter]

Quote: tralflot1832

What's burning there? The bulk carrier's crew is behaving very strangely.

It feels like the shashlik there is burnt, but there is no smell of fire.

[alexoff]

Judging by how many of them are collected every day, one can assume that there used to be a passageway there and the flow was non-stop, now some have scattered, but there are still quite a few remaining

[Lako]

That's why this SVO has been going on for five years now. The West's primary goal is to destroy Russia, and the Kremlin's primary goal is to force Ukraine to peace. The West, through the Ukrainians, is trying to inflict maximum damage on Russia, while Moscow is trying to intimidate its adversaries into agreeing to negotiations on the Kremlin's terms.

[Incvizitor]

Well, it would be so bad if they had sunk it back then, but as it is, I can only throw up my hands.

[Incvizitor]

Well, it would be so bad if they had sunk it back then, but as it is, I can only throw up my hands.

[a housewife]

Couldn't we just go to the docks instead of the ships? So that there wouldn't be any at all.

[olboop]

The hunt for Ukrainian cargo ships continues,

Only the ships there are not Ukrainian (the flags are different there), but the cargo on these ships is.
Excluding, of course, harbor tugs and similar small stuff.

[Poplar]

Quote: olbop

The hunt for Ukrainian cargo ships continues,

Only the ships there are not Ukrainian (the flags are different there), but the cargo on these ships is.
Excluding, of course, harbor tugs and similar small stuff.

Somewhere it was written that the Ukrainians are leasing ships and recruiting their own crews from those who don't want to be on the LBS, meaning it's safe to say the ships are Ukrainian. Of course, not all of them, but apparently a sufficient number. That's why the prospect of being hit by the Geran doesn't stop them. Hence the conclusion: they must be sunk. As Volfovich would say: "definitely."

[Grancer81]

Without port tugs and other such small items, the port's operations will be greatly hampered.

[alexboguslavski]

A geranium is like a pellet to an elephant against a steamship like that. But progress has been made; they've started hitting the deck instead of the bridge. All hope is that if the cargo is military, it might detonate.

[Stalingrad2010]

How do bulk carriers get to the port of Nikolaev to unload? A toad wouldn't make it from Hormuz, for example, and here we have a bulk carrier. Two bulk carriers. And if the cargo is military, why aren't we sinking it at sea, in the roadstead, or at worst, in the port? Are we out of torpedoes, Varshavyankas, or is someone playing some kind of sly game? That's the question! A real question!

[Nord11]

You may be fine, but others have children/grandchildren in Cambridge and extensive plans for a happy old age in Europe.

[Essex62]

No such question, the chess game is going on.

[bbb]

I'd like to sink every ship; apparently, they're still coming. Until it's a surefire ticket to Neptune, it won't stop anyone.

[Nord11]

You'd have to be seriously mentally ill to repeat the fate of the Minsk agreements and the spirit of Anchorage. The EU, the US, and Skakuasia are not people you can negotiate with.

[Or me]

You can't get rid of this missile with just one fire!

Banderol cruise missiles were deployed and anti-ship "Onyx".

[isv000]

Why isn't Giurgiulesti blockaded? Just plant a trough in the fairway and be done with it; there's no need to bomb the still-proud and "independent" Moldova. Highways and railways run from this port straight to Khohdyandia, and you can't even keep track of the border crossing, since Reni is practically a stone's throw from this collective farm, or you could just head straight to Bolgrad...

[isv000]

In the opening credits, it looks like the ship has laid a smoke screen to hobble off somewhere far away...

[torbas41]

For the Panamax vessels calling at Black Sea ports, these Geraniums are like a giant firecracker: they make a lot of noise but cause little damage. Perhaps it's time for the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet to finally leave the harbors?