It’s been more than 50 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. Vladimir Putin believes he will get Kyiv to give up within five days clearly not enough it turns out like he hopes. Russia has suffered a series of military setbacks in recent weeks. The biggest is the sinking of his superior from the Black Sea Fleet, Moskva, last week, which is now located on the sea floor. 600 feet, 12,500 tons are equally small. Ukraine said that it destroyed a ship with sophisticated Neptune missiles. Russia, however, claimed that the ship went down due to a fire on a ship, involving ammunition stored in the stomach. Either Way, the sinking of Moskva is a significant event. Equipped with surface-to-air missiles, the ship provides long-term and cellular air defense for all Russian fleets in the Black Sea.
This includes Russian explorers, frigates, corvet missiles and amphibious landing vessels capable of carrying thousands of troops. All of these fleets are now more susceptible to attacks without a protective cover and shooting power of Moskva. About 500 Russian sailors are on the MOSKVA ship, and most are believed to have been evacuated safely by Russia. Both Russians and America do not comment on the number of possible victims on board, or if there is at all. If indeed Ukrainians managed to attack the ship with their missiles, it would be a big blow to Russia. At least symbolically, if nothing else.
The sinking was embarrassing to the mighty Russia, especially when the moral of his troops was reportedly low, and Ukraine had scored the main propaganda points. The Ministry of Defense Ukraine, meanwhile, has claimed that it killed around 20,000 soldiers and Russian officers from Russian forces. Claims, which have not been independently verified. A Kremlin spokesman has acknowledged that Russia has suffered what she called “troop losses” in Ukraine, but did not give a certain number of victims. The mighty sink of Moskva also damaged the unbeaten myth of the Russian military. At the same time, it has raised the spirit of Ukraine who fought against David versus Goliath Battle. But experts are divided into whether this will make a lot of military impacts. So far, the Russian Navy has not really been used in war, although there is speculation that MOSKVA will be used in attacks on the Odessa Ukrainian region. Otherwise, Russia mainly uses aircraft and land-based systems.
The Pentagon said the Moscow Navy components for war were mostly limited to two attempts and supply of troops in the south and several cruise missiles attacked Ukraine. But the dominance of black sea is actually very important for Russia and this is the key. This is a stepping stone, the black sea, to the Mediterranean for Russia. It is also a strategic buffer between NATO and Russia. Since 2014, Russia aims to get total control over the Black Sea since it exemplifies Crimea. That is why they encourage to capture the city of Port Ukraine Mariupol in the eastern region of Breakaway in Donetsk Oblast. Mariupol was on the verge of falling into Russia. And it will be a significant movement forward for Russia. Military experts said that Mariupol’s arrest would provide Russian control more than 80% of the Ukrainian black coastline and cut the maritime trade. And if the Odessa region also falls, then Ukraine will lose access to the entire Black Sea coastline and will be reduced into a land confined to land. It will destroy the economy.
The loss of the MOSKVA ship can also encourage Russia to truly increase their attacks on Ukraine as they have been witnessed in the last few days. However, it was also clear that Russia had diminished and changed its net in the country. When they first invaded Ukraine in February, it was done from a separate three-way – there was North, East and South. But when the war developed, Putin realized that he needed to cut his losses and his high-ranking officials said that his aim was to focus on freeing the eastern region of Donbass, where the Russian-supported separatist had fought Ukrainian forces for the past eight years or more. However, the West is also worried that Putin who is desperate can use nuclear weapons. The recent CIA director said that “no one can take a light threat to the potential resort to tactical nuclear weapons or low nuclear weapons.” Tactical nuclear weapons and low results refer to those designed to be used on battlefields, where some experts estimate that Russia has around 2,000 that can be delivered by the Air Force, Navy and land. Ukraine has been assisted by the West as far as it concerns the military.
The US also announced another $ 800 million in military assistance last week. But President Zelensky said that he needed more to counteract aggressive Russian attacks in the East. CNN reported that the latest assistance included 185mm Cowitzer Cannons and 40,000 artillery rounds but there was fears that this would all be completed in a matter of days due to heavy battles in the Donbass region. Russia has also warned the Department of Foreign Affairs that there will be, what is the name, “unexpected consequences” if the US and its allies continue to send more severe weapons of tasks that have been searched by Ukraine. For this reason, the US must assess how far it can help Ukraine militarly without allowing conflict to increase and become bigger.
