He is right about the attack. blowing up a russian warship, in particular a flagship, is a massive morale hit to the russian navy. indeed to the russian armed services. this is an effective deterrent of further action and why the ships pull back because it s a big deal to have a warship hit like this. i remember on the march to baghdad the first time that i saw an m-1 abrams u.s. tank blown up because going through marine training we were taught that the tanks were pretty much invincible and to see an american tank completely blown up by iraqi forces hit me hard and the marines hard and made us say this is not going to be easy. that s what the russian navy is going through right now. this will be tough and helps the ukrainian cause. i have breaking news along the lines of what we are discussing that will i think