Struck by war for two years, Ukrainians still have the weapon of humor to warm their bruised spirits.
Often a sailor's humor, which unfolds over the naval successes achieved since the first months of the invasion.
“The Moskva has joined the Russian submarine fleet
,” wrote a Ukrainian internet user on April 14, 2022, publishing a photograph of a smooth sea, without the slightest ship cruising on its surface.
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The old cruiser had just been sunk, hit by a Neptune missile.
The shock was terrible for the Russians, who lost the flagship of their Black Sea fleet, the largest ship destroyed in combat since the end of the Second World War.
Like the
Moskva
, Russian ships live in this semi-enclosed sea under the permanent threat of missiles and drones, including when they are in port.
The cruiser
Moskva
during exercises in the Black Sea in January 2022. HANDOUT / AFP
After each destruction, the same humorous remarks return from the Ukrainian side, like an echo of the embarrassed silence of the Russian authorities: such…
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