Fight of Russian small rocket ship ‘MIRAGE’ with Moldova motor ship ‘LOTOS-1’
Fight of Russian small rocket ship ‘MIRAGE’ with Moldova motor ship ‘LOTOS-1’
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On August 10, 2008, Russians declared a loud victory over the Georgian Navy in the ‘first naval battle of the Russian fleet in the 21st century.’ Russian ‘journalist’ Arkady Mamontov even made a cartoon about this significant event. But the newspaper of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ‘Red Star’ published a pathetic article: ‘… ships with an accelerated turn screwed on the screws of miles …, half a ton flying with an awesome speed of the explosives (this is about the missiles), well, in such a spirit. In the products of Russian propaganda, this epoch-making battle looked like this: on August 10, 2008, a detachment of Russian Black Sea Fleet warships consisting of 2 VDKs (Kunikakov and Saratov), IPC Suzdalets, MRK Mirazh entered the territorial sea of Georgia ( literally – Abkhazia). The 50-km safety zone was announced (keeping in mind that in this zone the Russians will use weapons for defeat). At a distance of 38 km, five high-speed naval targets were identified, classified as missile boats of the Georgian Navy, which are being attacked by the Exocet missile. After the precautionary salvo of the Kunikov VDK from RS-A-215 ‘Grad-M’ and the precautionary launch of one missile ‘Osa’, the weapons were used for defeat – 2 PKR ‘Malakhit’ and more than 10 ZKR ‘Osa’. As a result of the battle, an armed seyner ‘Gantiadi’ and a hydrographic boat DHK-82 type ‘Yaroslavets’ were sunk. Russian ships did not suffer damage. This was a version of Russian propagandists. Well, in fact, happened on August 10, 2008 in the Black Sea off the coast of Georgia? Confused and contradictory information (the lie is always inconsistent) under a thick layer of propaganda, nevertheless, allow us to draw some conclusions. Moreover, Russian officers sometimes shared information with officers of the Ukrainian Navy. So. That day in the territorial waters of Georgia near Abkhazia a detachment of the warships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation under the command of Rear Admiral Minyaila SI operated. The Russians, indeed, have identified several goals that they have taken for the group. But they found not on 50 km, and kilometers for 30 (to put it mildly, soaked). On the GKP of ships and on the FKP flagship began turmoil and confusion (according to the traditions of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia, on each ship, there was a boss to support the trousers of commanding ships in combat). Cries of bosses were overwhelmed by the general mess of the ‘organization’ of the GKP. As a result, in the eyes of the Russians, slow-moving boats (the front run of no more than 10 knots) became high-speed, and if they were high-speed, then, of course, ROCKETS (and who, in addition to rocket boats, has a high speed?). Russian commanders made a false conclusion that they were attacking Georgian combat boats, with Russian ships in the zone of their defeat. From there, the reason for panic and subsequent allogic actions of the Russians on the use of weapons. For 25-30 minutes, the Russians ‘fight’ to launch ‘Grady’, anti-aircraft missiles and launch two anti-ship missiles P-120 ‘Malakhit’. After such a ‘firework’ all five Georgian boats had to be sunk. But… From the beginning, Russians reported unofficially that ‘Dioscuria’ and ‘Tbilisi’ rocket boats were sunk off as a result of the ‘battle’. Then, when these boats in Poti destroyed the Russian special forces, began to talk about the sinking in the battle of the armed seiner ‘Gantiadi’ and hydrographic boat DHK-82. However, the armed seyner ‘Gantiadi’, who rusted to the berth in Poti, remained rust in the same place after ‘hit’ him ‘half a ton flying with an awesome speed of explosives.’ After the war it became known that no Georgian boat was sunk in the sea. All lost naval vessels of Georgia were destroyed in the port of Poti by Russian land units. But the anti-ship missiles ‘Malakhit’ still found their target. It was the ship ‘Lotos-1’ under the banner of Moldova and the Russian crew. That day, Lotos-1 was 30 miles northwest of the port of Poti, 25 miles from the coast of Abkhazia. He carried 1 475 tonnes of wheat from Yeisk to Poti. Crew of the ship 11 people. There were favorable weather conditions: the light time of day, the message was full, no other ships were near. From ‘Lotos-1’ they heard explosions a little ahead of the left traverse. However, they have not heard any messages about the 50-km zone. And suddenly something exploded in the air from the left side for 50-100 meters from the ship. Wreckage of an anti-ship missile was poured onto the deck. Fortunately, none of the people was injured, the ship practically did not get injuries. But immediately from the running bridge ‘Lotos-1’ started on the international 16 channels screaming on the radio under the fire. The first responded by the Georgian dispatcher from the ‘Kulevi-traffic’, and then the communications went out to the Kunikov VDK and gave the command back to the reverse course (135 degrees), and then from VDK again commanded to change the course and lie at 270 degrees (actually again in the opposite direction). Such contradictory commands show that the Russian Navy’s flagship detachment, the Kunikov VDK, did not actually go through the situation, and recommendations for changing the course on ‘Lotos-1’ were given without calculations, on the ‘convex naval eye’. Apparently, in the same way, they also discovered a rocket-boat shock group of the Georgian Navy, and then, using the same method, they inflicted a defeat on the ‘strike group of the enemy.’ By the way, Georgians only learned from the Internet that their warships sank in the sea. None of the ships and boats of the Navy, or Coast Guard of Georgia was destroyed at sea. Then it was confirmed that all the ships declared by the Russians, as destroyed by the sea, were in the port of Poti. Who exactly destroyed the Russians in that ‘battle’ is still not known (except damage to the Moldovan motor ship), apparently the victims were casual fishermen from the same control of Abkhazia. This case of the Russian-Georgian war is not the only one in the history of the Russian fleet. Somewhat similar, but to a lesser extent, happened on December 13, 2015 in the Aegean Sea, when Russian SRS Smetlivyy discovered a warning fire on a Turkish fishing vessel. And in 2016, the Russians fired a ship and aircraft of the Ukrainian Navy near the trapped gas fields. And even earlier, in the distant 1904, the famous ‘Gul incident’ occurred when a Russian friend of the Pacific squadron on the Dagger Bank in the North Sea ‘fought’ with British fishing boats (Russian sailors burst out Japanese destroyers). As a result, five British fishing vessels were plunged and damaged, three British fishermen were killed and many were injured. Russians also suffered losses. They fired in their ‘battle’ their future legend – the cruiser ‘Aurora’ and the cruiser ‘Dmitry Donskoy’, the cruisers were damaged, the ship’s priest ‘Aurora’ was killed. The British press at that time called the Russian squadron ‘this fleet of lunatics’ (‘this fleet of lunatics’). So the story is repeated. In the twentieth century, the Russians ‘repulsed’ the torpedo attacks of Japanese destroyers, and in the XXI century – rocket attacks on Georgian boats. The handwriting is the same, with the features of insanity – the loss of the situation, panic, chaotic use of all types of weapons in the ‘white world’, without disassembling where. Conclusion: Russian sailors are ready to use weapons, even when the situation is not cleared, despite the danger to civilian navigation, and, due to their illiteracy and unprofessionalism, they are also dangerous for themselves. P.S. For the heroic ‘victory in battle’ with the Moldavian ship of the commander of the missile ship ‘Mirage’ captain 3rd rank Ivan Dubik was awarded ‘Order of Manhood’. The Russians still believe that on August 10, 2008, the Russian Black Sea Fleet ships defeated the Navy in ‘the first naval battle of the Russian fleet in the 21st century.’
