In my opinion, Finns did the procedures one should do in this case - boarded, redirected and seized the ship. And did it quickly, to avoid destruction of evidence.
I wonder what kind on projection of power Russia is planning. Missile cruiser “visiting” Finnish waters.
Amusingly, the Baltic fleet doesn’t have anything larger than a frigate.
Do you really need anything bigger? Costal missile batteries have a good reach, passive sonar can hear pretty much everything and planes/radar can pinpoint anything on the surface.
immediately breaks apart because it is shit
Didn’t they just have a troop carrier and some oil tankers sink?
They were using oil tankers that were designed for river use on the black sea. Three of them snapped in two leaving a huge oil slick which they’re not bothering to clean up.
Then, a cargo ship on route to Syria to evacuate russian bases of equipment had its engine explode near Spain. That ship sank leaving the Spanish to rescue the crew.
The first case is using an inappropriate vessel. The second case appears to be that ships in this shadow fleet are no longer visiting any ports apart from russian ones and so don’t need to have their paperwork in shape. No paperwork means no maintenance. No maintenance means engine go boom.
I think the main point is to intimidate us. Like “boo, I’m your big scary neighbor, look at what I can do!”
look at what I can do!
I don’t wanna saaaaay
Tugboat army
Was it accompanied by a tugboat I hope? Those ships dont tend to be very well built, leak oil and pollute a lot, and rescue efforts for broken down Russian ships arent cheap. They should pay a deposit for entering Finnish waters with that garbage scow.
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Watch Russia do that surprised Pikachu face when it sees its ship’s right of innocent passage out of the Baltic Sea revoked.
Whoever is behind it (All signs point to Russia or China). this is war posturing behaivor, and they’re relying on legal loophole to commit hostile actions against Finland, the EU, and NATO. good on Finland for taking action, regardless of what lawyers say. you dont call the police when armed hooligans are already breaking into your house. You grab your strap.
Seize it and sell it for the damages. If the cook islands have a problem with it, I’m sure they will say so.
Finnish it!
The writers are doing a really good job keeping us guessing where WW3 will really kick off this season, the Baltics, the mideast, the south China sea, or some secret fourth place.
