1️⃣ #Ukraine is in survival mode & sympathy alone isn’t gonna cut it.
2️⃣ They attack no normal #MerchantShipping but specifically empty #tankers of the #ShadowFleet.
3️⃣ These ships are sanctioned but those #sanctions, like the others against #Russia aren’t effective.
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@lloydslistdaily.bsky.social opinion: “Burn, #SeaBaby, burn
Sanctions are one thing, blowing up #tankers is another.
#Ukraine needs the world’s sympathy to continue its fight. Repeated attacks on #MerchantShipping are not the way to get it.”
Though valid points are made, I disagree. Here’s why:
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Giving an illustrated talk about local and national hero Samuel Plimsoll in Folkestone for the New Folkestone Society on 25th October, 2pm. Details on this poster. @littlebrown.bsky.social #Folkestone #merchantshipping #socialhistory #plimsollmark #plimsolls #safetyatsea #lotsofpictures #teaandcakes
