Analysis of consequences for Russia's war effort of Moskva destruction:

[tblue37]

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[wnylib]

1. Where does that figure of 54 rescued come from?

I haven't heard anything on survivors or casualties.

[Crunchy Frog]

2. I read something last night about Turkish sailors rescuing 54 Russians from the wreck.

I don't know whether any others were rescued or not. The sea was very rough, the water very cold this time of year, and it was night, so...

[Brother Buzz]

3. A Turkish ship evacuated 54 personnel onboard the Moskva...then it sank

Turkish ship rescued 54 sailors on damaged Russian naval cruiser Moskva

A Turkish ship evacuated 54 personnel onboard the Russian Black Sea Fleet flagship cruiser Moskva, which was reportedly hit by Ukraine, Lithuania’s Defense Minister said Thursday.

The Russian cruiser sent out a distress call at night, Arvydas Anusauskas said on Facebook.

"At 1.14 a.m., the cruiser lay on its side, and after half an hour, all the electricity went out. From 2 a.m., the Turkish ship evacuated 54 sailors from the cruiser, and at about 3 a.m., Turkiye and Romania reported that the ship had completely sunk. The related loss of Russian personnel is still unknown, although there were 485 crew on board (66 of them officers)," Anusauskas said.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/turkish-ship-rescued-54-sailors-on-damaged-russian-naval-cruiser-moskva/2564125#:~:text=A%20Turkish%20ship%20evacuated%2054,Arvydas%20Anusauskas%20said%20on%20Facebook.

[Crunchy Frog]

4. According to Malcolm Nance,

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[wnylib]

5. Thanks. I'm guessing that the crew who

were flown out or picked up by the Turkish ship were the high level officers.

[Crunchy Frog]

6. May have just been the luck of the draw.

They saved whoever they managed to fish out. If they were floundering around in lifeboats or life jackets around a burning, sinking ship, in the dark, I'm guessing they probably couldn't tell who was or wasn't an officer.

[modrepub]

7. Give The Turks Some Credit

You're taking a chance going near a boat probably stuffed with ordinance that could detonate at any moment. Those 54 could have been all that was left after the explosions that ship went through.

[Brother Buzz]

8. I'm not even sure if the rescue ship was Turkish Navy or a private vessel

But rescuing the sailors in distress is a no brainer and IS REQUIRED by international law.

The International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea (IMO 1974) states that “the master of a ship at sea, on receiving a signal from any source that a ship or aircraft or survival craft there of is in distress, is bound to proceed with all speed to the assistance of the persons in distress informing them if possible ...