Ukrainian sailors blew up their own flagship to prevent its capture by Russia

[Ohio Joe]

Ukraine sunk its own flagship, the frigate Hetman Sagaidachny, recently to avoid capture by the Russians as their full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues.

"It is difficult to imagine a more tough decision for a brave warrior and the whole team," Ukraine's Defense Minister wrote in a Facebook post. "But we will build a new fleet, modern and powerful. The main thing now is to resist."

Link to tweet

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukrainian-sailors-blew-up-their-own-flagship-to-prevent-its-capture-by-russia/ar-AAUD38O?ocid=msedgntp

Better than giving it up.

[Wingus Dingus]

1. Ukraine is hard core.

I love them.

[pecosbob]

2. For those in peril on the sea

[Cognitive_Resonance]

3. It can be refloated someday. Use proceeds from selling Oligarch yachts to buy them sister ships. nt

[pecosbob]

4. The ship is over thirty years old now...in our Navy it would be near the end of it's life cycle

I think we could probably make them a swell deal on a Ticonderoga class cruiser...we're de-commissioning four of them in the next few years.