BREAKING: Russian flagship missile cruiser Moskva destroyed in Ukraine
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Mixed reports have been circulating as to how the naval ship was destroyed.
RUSSIAN flagship missile cruiser ‘Moskva’ has been destroyed in Ukraine, with mixed reports circulating online as to how it happened.
Multiple Ukrainian government officials have claimed that the 612-foot ‘Moskva’ naval vessel was destroyed by its country’s forces off the coast of the Ukrainian strategic port city of Odessa, located on the Black Sea in southwest Ukraine.
They claimed that a Neptune anti-ship battery caused very serious damage to the Russian ship on Wednesday, April 13.
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kyiv, said: “The flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the missile cruiser “Moskva” [went] bang, bang, bang [when] something exploded. And the cruiser almost went down.”
Maksym Marchenko, head of the administration in Odessa, reiterated the claims: “It has been confirmed that the missile cruiser “Moskva” today went exactly where it was sent by our border guards on Snake Island! Neptune missiles … caused very serious damage to the Russian ship.”
Odessa has been subjected to Russian attacks since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.
On March 3, Russian warships were spotted near the city and apparently launched airstrikes aimed at the city’s airport.
However, Russian media outlets have denied claims that the cruiser was attacked by Ukrainian forces, although they did confirm that the ‘Moskva’ caught on fire.
“Ammunition detonation on the Moskva missile cruiser was the result of fire,” according to Russia’s Defence Ministry.
The report continued: “The crew has been fully evacuated. The cause of the fire is still being established.”
Russian news outlet Ria noted that the missile cruiser of Project 1164 Moskva is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. It was built at the Nikolaev shipyard and put into service in 1982. It was originally named Slava.
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