This will go down in history as one of the most reckless, most egregious actions committed by the USG. There is no justification for it. The ship was returning from a naval exercise in India. They could have been blockaded, prevented from reaching their home country. But this was a plain massacre, and it happened too close to Indian waters.
Ukraine canโt beat Russia on the battlefield so they sent 1000 soldiers across the Russian border to kill civilians. The Ukrainian leadership calls this โinstilling fear into Russiansโ. Itโs blatant terrorism and war criminality backed by the US Govt and its vassals. Desperation.