Putin unleashes Iskander-M missile attack to 'sink container ship in Odesa carrying cargo of British weapons for Ukraine'
Two port workers were wounded in the strike which also damaged infrastructure, Ukrainian reports said.
www.dailymail.co.uk
2 Mar 2025 ~~ By Tom Midlane
Vladimir Putin
unleashed a missile strike to 'sink' a cargo ship amid unconfirmed Russian claims it was carrying British weapons for use by Ukraine.
Two Iskander-M ballistic missiles hit the Panama-flagged container ship MSC LEVANTE F - reportedly Swiss-owned - soon after it arrived in Odesa on March 1, after making a stop in Turkey.
Two port workers were believed to have been wounded in the strike, which also damaged infrastructure, Ukrainian reports said.
The report of the attack comes as
British prime minister Sir
Keir Starmer today hosts Volodymyr
Zelensky and other European leaders to discuss the future of the war torn nation following the Ukrainian president's televised spat with US president
Donald Trump and Vice President
J.D. Vance.
Russian Telegram channel TalipoV [sic] Online Z claimed that the vessel was loaded with drones and weaponry that had been collected from a NATO based in Turkey before being transported to Odesa in Ukraine.
Russian Telegram channel TalipoV [sic] Online Z claimed that the vessel was loaded with drones and weaponry that had been collected from a NATO based in Turkey before being transported to Odesa in Ukraine.
However, the channel is run by pro-Putin, Crimea-based blogger Oleksandr Talipov, who was charged with 'nation-based enmity against Ukrainian citizens' and hate speech by Ukrainian prosecutors in 2022.
Tapipov said: 'It was established that in Turkey the ship loaded additional containers of two colours on board - red and yellow - which contained British sea drones and weapons from the Turkish
NATO base.
Ukrainian vice prime minister Oleksii Kuleba challenged the Russian account and said that the vessel was carrying 'completely civilian cargoes'.
The container ship was struck as it prepared to unload, according to the Russian report.
A strike on the 482ft MSC LEVANTE F was confirmed by Odesa region governor Oleg Kiper.
Commentary:
Guess Keir Starmer kind of invited that didn’t he?
Ol’ Teddy said walk softly and carry a big stick.
Well, Two-tier Keir has not been walking softly but nonetheless I hope he’s carrying a big stick. But I think not. Chest thumping has its consequences.
If European Globalists want a war they may just get one. It would have been better if they had backed Trump.
The Ukrainian people would be better off under Putin than involved in an endless war. So a loss is not a total disaster for the Ukrainian people. Worse would be decades of an unwinnable war and the attrition of manpower. Of course Europe can step in and give up their blood and treasure - which might be in their best interest. But it’s not in our best interest to keep an unwinnable war going for years. That might work for everyone.
Zelensky’s not a Democratic leader - he’s an elite thug. He’s cancelled all elections, doesn’t allow free speech, closed the churches - how is he that much better than Putin?
While the United States can concentrate on our hemisphere -slowly China's move into South American to take rare earth metals.
Additionally, THE U.S. would save a bundle NOT supplying munitions to the Ukrainian thug. Europe seems well prepared to give their money to Zelensky for years. So let them. Not our circus - not our monkeys.
That was fast
