New details in the mystery that covers the sinking of the Russian flagship Moskva in the Black Sea, see the light of day. Images from the Sentinel 1 satellite show the Russian ship on fire, shortly after the explosion – Ukrainian bombing or ammunition accident – at the same time that Kyiv declares that all 510 Russian sailors are dead, along with the captain of the Russian ship.
Radar imagery from the Black Sea radar on April 13 appears to locate the Moskva warship, which Ukraine has claimed hit by two Neptune cruise missiles, which were fired from a silo near the port of Odessa. Other boats also appear to be in place, most likely rescue ships, according to Naval News.
Sentinel’s radar system has the ability to “see” through the clouds and capture images with characteristic accuracy. The satellite that took the picture, passed over the area around 18:30 local time on Wednesday, the publication reported.
The coordinates located by the ship were 45 ° 10’43.39 ″ N, 30 ° 55’30.54 ″ A – a location east of Snake Island in the Black Sea, 80 nautical miles from Odessa and 50 nautical miles from the nearest part of the Ukrainian coastline.
“Based on the analysis of many people, we are confident that this shows the last hours of the Moskva flagship.” reported Naval News. He added that Ukraine’s claim that it had hit the ship with two Neptune cruise missiles was possible because Moskva was within range of them.
The satellite image analysis also identified other vessels around the Russian flagship, suggesting that Russia had launched a rescue mission to rescue the ship’s crew.
Russia has not released any information on its casualties, but Kyiv has said the entire crew was killed in the attack.
It was reported that the Kremlin rescue mission failed due to the storm that hit the area at that time.
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