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Prescient Philately
Usually the stamp commemorates a historical event, and yes, that’s what as intended here. But things move fast these days.
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Of particular note, Russia can’t replace what was by far its most potent shore bombardment & area denial weapon in the Black Sea, because Turkey has closed the Bosphorus to military vessels.
Interesting thread here:
The Ukrainians who made the stamp did.
I’d think it would be too embarrassing to say we blew ourselves up. But I guess not.
Not just embarrassing, perhaps deadly, if Putin is jailing – and worse – officials who “failed him.”
The real story is the “storm.” That’s not nor’easter territory. :-) :-)
The Ukraine military should adopt a play on Obama’s “Be the change” nonsense. “Be the Storm!” :-) :-)
That’s pretty ballsy to make the commemorative stamp first, and then create the event. Sounds like something Oleksiy Arestovych would recommend. (He also explained recently (today?) why the Ukrainian government lied when it knew an invasion was coming.)
Somebody pointed out that the last time a Russian flagship was sunk was in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japan war. That came as a shock to Russia, and that war had long-term consequences, ending in regime change.
Before we get too excited, we should remember that the new regime was not an improvement over the old one.
Regime change took almost a dozen years and another war. For those interested, there is this book about the naval aspect of the Russo-Japanese War.
The video I posted above covers the Russian forces that sailed around Africa to get sunk at the Battle of Tsushima.
The stamp is selling like hotcakes in Ukraine.
It’s impossible to say from this one picture for certain, but it looks like it could very well be a missile strike. The two missile tubes on the port side next to the superstructure don’t appear to be there anymore.