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03 Sep 2014 9:26 a.m. PST
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| Tango01 | 02 Sep 2014 10:12 p.m. PST |
…Pro-Russian Separatists. "Ukrainian patrol ship has been sunk in the Azov Sea after coming under artillery fire, the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (DPSU) announced on 1 September. Two Ukrainian Coast Guard vessels based in Mariupol had been patrolling three miles off the Ukrainian coast near Bezimenne when they came under shore-based artillery fire on 31 August, the DPSU said…"
From here
link YouTube link Amicalement
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79thPA  | 03 Sep 2014 3:58 a.m. PST |
I'd say hitting a small watercraft from three miles away is pretty good shooting. I wonder how many rounds were fired. |
| altfritz | 03 Sep 2014 7:40 a.m. PST |
They must have been small (or shallow draft, anyway). I have heard that the Russians waded across [part of] the Azov during WW2, so it can't be very deep in spots. |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 03 Sep 2014 10:21 a.m. PST |
Another article, slightly different picture: link |
| GeoffQRF | 03 Sep 2014 10:48 a.m. PST |
There were other reports that a missile was fired. |
| gameboards | 03 Sep 2014 12:21 p.m. PST |
I didnt hear about this
thanks for the links! wonder why the BBC didnt pick this story up
it has everything they seem to look for in a story about the ukrainian conflict |
| GeoffQRF | 03 Sep 2014 1:25 p.m. PST |
If you follow the BBC Europe pages they covered it |
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