The Russians owe Ukraine for the ships. That should cancel out any and
all debts we "owe" them.
On 3/26/2014 5:51 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> This graphic really shows how badly the Ukrainian Navy has been decimated:
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> https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/448757879978221568/photo/1
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> In essense, 10 vessels are in Ukrainian control outside of Crimea, 51 vessels that were in Crimea now fly the Russian flag.
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> Ukraine has really only two warships,the Frigate U130 Hetman Sahaydachniy and a Gunboat U170 Skadovsk. The remaining vessels are support ships or just boats.
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> The silver lining on a very dark cloud is all vessels have been constructed during Soviet times and will be hitting end of life within 10 years. So if Ukraine survives, it is going to need a new fleet anyways, and can build top of the line vessels in Mykolayiv thus creating jobs and a new modern fleet. In the meantime, maybe they could use some Lend/Lease arrangement with some NATO countries to get a few frigates/destroyers.
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