"“There is mud in the fields, everywhere. It's making it very difficult for the Russians to advance." kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gpiIeMipxsnRhXk.html

As an American who was born in Odessa this prognosis makes me shiver. I love Odessa with all my heart and I don’t want to see it turned into rubble. City center looks a bit like Paris as it was built by European architects employed by Catherine. The opera house alone is a marvel of architecture

Soon, putin will be saying 'what ship? we never even had a ship.'

"Are the Russians lying " the answer is yes, it is always yes.

Any Russian ship that approaches Odessa will meet the same fate as the Moskva, right to the bottom of the Black Sea. 💙💛

As someone from the US, that man was spot on. Great interview! I always love hearing military leadership that won't make the mistake of indulging speculation or relying on assumptions!

If it was just a fire...or a wayward piece of ammo...why did RUSSIA move the other ships 85 miles further out to sea? That alone should tell you something.

The Moskva didnt sink, it is engaged in special military underwater operation on the seabed.

The most sensible and factual interview by any military strategist I have seen since this war began. He certainly knows what he is talking about.

Speaking as a retired US Navy veteran he is correct its hard to believe the Moskva sunk. Modern ships are highly compartmented and have pretty good damage control capability. However, ships require constant maintenance to maintain this water tight integrity and the crew requires constant training and practice to be able to perform damage control in emergency situations. Ordnance requires special training and storage on these vessels. Given the poor performance and state of disrepair of a lot of the Russian stuff we have seen so far in this war …. it would not surprise me at all that what could have been a controllable situation quickly spiraled into events that sunk that ship. Of course nobody will ever really know the truth because …. we’re dealing with Russia.

Russian Naval Ministry just made a statement: "The Moskva is perfectly fine, it is just working at a lower altitude."

The Russian industrial prowess strikes once again. Moskva morphed into a submarine. Amazing. I wished them many more subs like this one.

The Russians say “the Ukrainian did not sink the ship, we are so incompetent we sank our ship.”

All Russian ships has been ordered to move away from the Ukrainian coast in order to avoid accidental fires...

You don't move your other ships further out to sea if it was just have a ship that sunk due to fire on board.

is it a fact that for the first time in history that a flag ship has been sunk by a nation that hasent really got a navy !!!

There is nothing to talk about. The Russians hit the missile factory last night that produced the cruise missiles that struck the Moskva. Congratulations to the Ukrainians for being so patient and waiting for the right moment, but not letting the Russians know they had this capability all along.

Quality interview, interviewer, and interviewee.

Very informative interview. Richard Dannaatt knows his stuff. We are lucky to have such intelligent men.

The ship has sailed around for 40 years without any accidental fires sinking it. The Ukrainian cruise missile took this ship out

Many Russian cruisers carry more weapons than their Western counterparts and that makes them vulnerable to such attacks that has happened in Ukraine.

If it sank due to fire, Why did all the other Russian ships in the area move further away from the Ukrainian coast, And then again what's worse the ship being sunk by the enemy or the ship was sunk by stupidity.

Brilliant interview

I thought it was utterly amazing how the Moskva stopped those two Ukrainian missiles from harming any other boat.

Putin receives a package. It's a fish wrapped in newspaper. He asks, "what does this mean?" An aide replies: "It means Moskva sleeps with the fishes"

The ship was apparently struck with an anti-ship Neptune cruise missile. Emphasis on "anti-ship".

Bump defence up to 3% GDP, I’d be happy knowing my taxes are being spent correctly

Russia got too cocky and thought that the ship was invincible. Unfortunately it wasn't. A very expensive experiment in over-confidence

I think Lord Richard said it all 😁say no more. Well done Ukraine 🇺🇦 👏

The Moskva seems to have done more or less what HMS Sheffield did, burned and then sunk, the missile that hit Sheffield more or less set it on fire and destroyed the fire control systems, but did not explode, but its unspent fuel may have helped to ignite the ship. Of course, if it was not hit by a missile, why the apparent retaliation of hitting a missile factory if Moskva simply spontaneously combusted?

Pleasure to listen to this, pl bring more!

Damage control parties obviously not as good as they ought to be. As for the truth - never expect that from a Russian politician, the military or the press.

given all the suffering and horrors of this war not only for the Ukrainians but also for those poor Russian conscripts who have no idea why they are fighting, the only positive that has come out of this war is revealing the serious shortcomings of the Russian military. And this will impact the future posturing of Russia and its perception of being a so-called global power. It now knows that it has a second-grade military at best and thus will be obliterated in a conventional fight against NATO. Let's hope this fact will be considered in the future calculations of the Kremlin.

Very interesting, Lord Dannaatt gives gives a great interview .. Thank you.

I do believe their own ammo caused the ship to sink. When a Ukrainian missile hit their ammo bay. 🤣

The Sheffield was sunk with a missile that did not explode. The Navies of the world have known the damage a single missile can do from the seventies. Very hard to defeat.

Frankly, I wished that damaged and abandoned ship did not sink. I'd rather see it being tugged by some Ukrainian fishermen as souvenir.

"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., Turkey 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.

Lord Dannat's reminder that if one desires peace one must be prepared for war strikes at the heart of the problem. The primary obligation of any state government is to secure its border and defend its citizens period, full stop. The weak reed politicians in this information age sway in accord to highly vocal minority voices whose concerns are personal and not necessarily in the best interest of the nation. One of least recognized defense expenditures is the continued allocation of funds for proper maintenance of military equipment and trading cadres in peaceful lulls of history, largely invisible to citizens. No glamour to present publicly as opposed to the whizbang of new weapons announcements. Brake hoses and oil filters, tires not made in China, and other mundane pieces of kit and tools are all vitally necessary to keep the military in proper readiness. Illustrative of this need are the WWII British and American films educating the citizenry of the importance of these efforts. A good quantity of which are available on KZfaq. Lessons from the past that need repeating....lest we become enchanted with another Chamberlain waving a paper restraining order and declaring peace in our time on the news. How did that turn out?

Excellent interview.

I like the radio person. She is doing a good job

Interesting and clearly expressed interview from both sides. Thank you.

You can tell it was sunk by Ukraine. The Russian fleet moved further out to sea afterwards, out of range of missiles.

yes, very informative. thanx 4 this👌

Whatever this man says, you should all take as gospel. He's held senior positions in the British Army, ISAF and NATO. 🇧🇧🇬🇧🇺🇸✌✌

Propagandists on Russian TV call the sinking an act of war. An accidental fire it was not.

Putin-" All going as planned!"...well said, thank you! 🤣🤣🤣

Pleasure to listen to this man

Its highly possible for a single hit to take out a large ship. Especially as the details we do know around this are presented. A impact, warhead detonation, magazine detonation. The Falklands showed us that repeatedly. Lord Richard must be having a fit of insanity.

Brilliant, God bless ukraine 🇺🇦🙏

There was also stormy weather that battered the ship allowing the sea to enter the ship which contributed to its sinking apparently.

What a great interview....

Dannaatt persuasively rules out a fire as being the cause. And I agree with his concluding that ship was sunk by a Ukrainian missile. But can we rule out sabotage?

Assume the opposite when the Russians speak the "truth" Russia is forgetting Ops Barbarosa..the Nazis lost due to determination of the local population and the freezing Russian winter..ukraine will win

More please!!

Great interview Lord Danasth 👍🏻

Are there any images.. videos or still.. of this ship actually sinking? An event this significant with no visual record is almost unbelievable .

Brave Ukrainian soldiers and civilians facing Golden Horde invаsion, you are all herоes, praying for your victory... SLAVA UKRAINE🙏❤🙏❤🙏 Stаy strong Ukrаine 👏💪🇺🇦🇵🇹🏳❤🏳 Бабушка - настоящая украинка! Низкий поклон. А оккупантам, хлеб с солью не обещаем, а пирожки с мышьяком - всегда пожалуйста!

Where is this 'flagship' talk coming from? Was there an admiral on board?

A ship packed with missiles is one large ammunition magazine.

If you want to see what happens when a warships magazine explodes check out HMS Barham. I suspect what happened was the Moskva was hit by a missile which started a fire either directly due to the warhead and/or exacerbated by unburnt fuel. All non essential crew were evacuated while the fire teams tried to extinguish the blaze,when it became apparent they were losing the fight they too abandoned ship or were killed.

One assumes that they are because they are striking Kyiv in retaliation.

Thats Great!!!

As an American who was born in Odessa this prognosis makes me shiver.

The opposition they faced in Syria was a lot less effective than they experience in Ukraine. By comparison Syria was a cake walk and this is why the Russians were so confident.

As others have said, it is one thing to TAKE a city (such as Mariupol), it's another to HOLD it. I hope the Ukrainians can somehow punch a line into Mariupol long enough to resupply and re-arm it, and prevent it from being taken. But even if Russia does take possession, I very much doubt Ukraine will agree to cede Mariupol in any peace agreement.

Love lord Richard dannett

Great news!

Putler likes the fishies so much he commisioned a brand new artificial Reef for them! We can call it the Moscow Reef or maybe the Orc Reef!

The Russian gov't usually denies anything negative that they either experience or cause, so it would be consistent that they are also lying in this case.

In the event of a shipboard fire in the vicinity of a magazine, or likely to spread there, warships can flood the affected magazine to prevent the ammunition 'cooking off'. The ship's stability can, if necessary, then be stabilised by counter flooding other compartments. On the other hand, a missile or shell hit can not only damage or destroy firefighting equipment, but will also cause the ship's ammunition to explode if the magazine takes a direct hit. This makes the latter scenario far more likely in the Moskva's case.

It's so satisfying seeing the arrows of war hitting the heart of it's creators.

why attack the factory making the missiles, if they were not used to sink the ship?

Was Putlers mouth moving…? If so, you can be pretty sure he was lying.

I think one way to get an accurate study that will provide for the future of the military, the people conducting the study have to be in the field when the shooting starts. I think you'll see more realistic numbers once they realize they've just been drafted.

Lord Dannaatt is correct about the funding of the armed forces. Having seen the grotesque waste of money demanded by the legal industry, the justice system, tax deals for multinationals, etc. our priorities should be very different. The priorities of decades of government have been wrong.

A bully does not stop. One must go on offense to stop being attacked. Not is the time for nato to send in UAVs and minimal troops for coordination of troops.

A: hit by Ukrainian missile attack B: sunk by Russian incompetence. C: it was Aliens. D: Moskva, not " Moskova"

The Russian general had experience in Syria. True, butchering a lot of Syrian women and children. This time he faces hardened troops who are being armed and trained by over 40 countries.

Did Putin cry out 'You sunk my battleship!'.

Not necessarily true, depends where the fire is, depends on whether the fire detection was working and whether every compartment on the ship has active fire suppression. Unmanned machinery spaces with fuel lines on lower decks could cause it to sink if the fire was left unattended, e.g. pool fire or VCE. The ship was laid down in 1979 (in Ukraine), so it is older hardware. That said, I still think Ukraine sank it, but the general’s analysis is flawed; too much faith that equipment and procedure work all the time and that the ship is well maintained and operated correctly.

The Asia/Pacific tilt always looked like pie in the sky based on a denial of geography. The UK is a European country, our prime exposure to Russia is via the Arctic seas and the Baltic region. If Russia is not utterly defeated in Ukraine, we must expect new proxy wars in places like the Balkans combined with repetition of interference attempts in elections as occurred in 2016.

If I remember correctly, none of the British ships hit by Exocet missiles was sunk by the weapons. They were trashed and put out of use but the wrecks were scuttled by their crews.

I thought they said because of a fire the ordinance was detonated, not that it sunk because of a fire?

GLORY to🇺🇦

Brave Ukrainian soldiers and civilians facing Golden Horde invаsion, you are all herоes, praying for your victory... SLAVA UKRAINE🙏❤🙏❤🙏 Stаy strong Ukrаine 👏💪🇺🇦🇵🇹🏳❤🏳Украинцы просят солдафонов Орды🐕💩🇷🇺, сосредоточенных у границ с Украиной, на всякий случай положить в карманы семена плодовых деревьев, чтоб это все обрело хоть какой-то смысл. *кроме танкистов. Тут все бессмысленно.

Good sound engineering.

Missile!!👍

"The Moskva is currently undergoing an unplanned submarine conversion with the assistance of the Ukranians."

Rough seas in the black Sea.? Highly unlikely to be powerful enough to harm a ship that size 🤡

Yes, mlorale is important but this focus on it seems quite misplaced. Firepower and volume can greatly hinder morale. Morale does not protect you from a missile or artillery shells.

Richard Dannaatt, common sense appraisal of our position in this conflict, wise words and yes our government should act to change the funding of our armed forces specifically the army such that we can prepare for land wars to negate those wars, our futures are 3%+ of GDP on defence.

The sinking was an insurance job.

Lie? No way. Everything is going according to plan.

It was struck by two cruise missiles causing the amo stored on board too explode condeming the ship.

Are Russians lying about.. ? Didn’t have to continue the question. The answer will always be Yes.

Incompetence in Russia is s big thing especially in the army Ok its leaders

The Russia army has been devastated and will take years to recover

Well. Step 1 tho. Let's never assume that Russian ships actually have effective fire / damage control... which is damaging. But. Wouldn't be surprising.

Russian Naval Ministry have stated they've converted the 'Moskva' has just been converted to a Special Naval Operations Submarine.