He received a strong blow at dawn the Russian “flagship” of the Black Sea, Moskva, after an explosion on its deck, where ammunition was stored.
As the Russian Ministry of Defense admitted, the ship has suffered “Serious damage”.
«ΤAmmunition from the Moskva cruiser was fired as a result of a fire on the warship“, He said characteristically, adding that the entire crew has been removed and the causes of the fire are being investigated.
The head of the #Odessa regional administration, Maxim Marchenko, confirms the information that the #Russian missile cruiser “Moskva” was attacked by “Neptune” anti-ship missiles and got serious damage. pic.twitter.com/N9jovoEp66
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 13, 2022
For its part, the Ukraine noted that the ship, 186 meters long, was hit by Neptune missiles.
Ukrainian presidential aide Oleksiy Arestovych said Russian rescuers could not reach the boat, which could carry up to 510 crew members.
«It was confirmed that the Moskva missile cruiser went today exactly where it was sent by our border guards. At Snake Island!“, Wrote in a post on Telegram Odessa Regional Governor Maksym Marchenko.
According to the BBC, earlier, Ukrainians parked on Snake Island in the Black Sea disobeyed the order of the ship to surrender, telling Moskva “Let’s go to hell”.
Rocket cruiser “Moscow” pіsov same tudi, kudi гоogo sent our attachés to the island of Zmanyії!
Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/zqfdWI7EsA– Armed Forces 🇺🇦 (@ArmedForcesUkr) April 14, 2022
What we know about the “flagship”
The Moskva missile cruiser was built in the early 1980s in the then USSR. It was the leading ship of the Soviet Navy Project 1164 Atlant class. It was originally called Slava, but was later renamed Moskva (Moscow).
The main armament of the warship is anti-ship missiles P-1000 Vulkan.
The cruiser – which became the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet in 2000 – played a key role during Russia’s military campaign in Syria, which started in 2015.
Russia is preparing a major offensive in southern and eastern Ukraine
The blow to Russia comes after Ukraine warned that Moscow is stepping up efforts in the south and east of the country.
“Rocket bombardment and artillery shelling continue. “New columns of equipment are being introduced,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his overnight speech.
For its part, Russia claims that More than 1,000 Ukrainian Marines defending Mariupol have surrendered and the port has been occupied, as the presidents of four countries bordering Russia arrived in Kyiv yesterday in support of Ukraine.
In one of the most critical battles of the war, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that on Wednesday 1,026 soldiers from Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade, including 162 officers, had “voluntarily laid down their arms” near the city’s Ilyich iron and steel plant.
He later said that the “commercial port” of Mariupol was under the full control of Russian forces.
For its part, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said it had no information about the surrender of its troops and stressed that Russian forces attack the Azovstal industrial area and the port.
The Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrovwho says his forces play an important role in the battle, urged the last Ukrainians in Azovstal to surrender.
Mariupol, the main target not yet under Russian control in the eastern Donbass region, has been besieged and largely in ruins during the seven-week Moscow invasion. The mayor of the city said that 21,000 civilians have lost their lives and more than 100,000 remain there awaiting evacuation.
Its occupation would be the first fall of a large Ukrainian city and would help Russia secure a land route between the self-proclaimed democracies in Donetsk and Lugansk in Donbas and Crimeawhich Moscow occupied and annexed in 2014.
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