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Tonight is very busy in Ukraine:

▪️Kiev: Massive explosions in center from 1am, some parts going dark. Many say Calibre strikes, no confirmation yet.

▪️Kharkov: I heard massive shelling starting at 1am.

▪️Ivano-Frankivsk: The last oil refinery in Ukraine has been destroyed.

Shit! I was wrong again! The Ukrainians actually DID sink the Moskva — and it was the Ghost of Kiev who did it!
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Pentagon spokesman John Kirby says that Russia’s Moskva had a fire which set off some ammunition. The ship is functionally out of commission but it has not sunk. And it appears it was not the work of the Ukraine Armed Forces.

lol, So my effort post from this morning was nothing more than a steaming heap of bullshit!

Oh well, you win some you lose some.

Note on my Moskva effort post:

I’m not calling for “Total War Now!” or anything of the sort — I am merely speculating as to what might happen as a result of this situation.

My effort post was to get people thinking us to the effects of this situation. It has nothing to do with my personal desires. If I could wave a magic wand, I would end the war instantly, today, to the status quo ante. Alas, I can’t do that.

2/2 cont’d from above.

7. Another paradox: The sinking of the Moskva will give Russian military command the rationale to go scorched earth on Ukraine’s political and military leadership, just as they would against any other enemy. The Russian Foreign Ministry will raise no objections, because of the Zelensky regime’s intransigence insofar as any negotiated settlement. As you recall, after the last meeting in Turkey, where there seemed to be some progress, the Zelensky regime abruptly backtracked on all the progress made. Lavrov was furious. So with this sinking of their ships, and a clear indication that the Zelensky regime has no interest in finding a negotiated settlement, the political niceties will be thrown out the window.

Russia is going to go into total-war mode.

In conclusion, this sinking of the Moskva might turn out to be the worst decision ever. Because up to this point, the Russians have deliberately tried to reign in the dogs of war. But if the Ukraine side has no real interest in coming to a negotiated political solution, and if now they are actually hurting the Russians — the Russians are going to stop fighting with one hand tied behind their back. And I think the most obvious response will be the use of strategic bombers, which have so far played no role, but which I think are about to be unleashed on a massive scale.

The sinking of the Moskva was an utter disaster — for the Zelensky regime and the people of Ukraine. In one stroke, it has turned Russia’s “special military operation” into an out-and-out war.