The Pentagon said Friday that it had concluded a Ukrainian missile was responsible for the Russian warship's demise.
on Friday said that it had concluded Ukraine struck the Russian warship with a missile, causing it ultimately to sink.
"From a purely military point of view, it is very important because it's a flagman of the Black Sea fleet. But it is incomparably more important from the point of view of symbolic significance," Illarionov toldA former advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the loss of the Moskva warship was a"painful blow" to the nation amidst its invasion of Ukraine.
Although Russia has denied that the ship was attacked by a Ukrainian missile, it appeared to retaliate by targeting a missile factory in Kyiv. The Vizar military factory, which is close to Kyiv's international Zhuliany airport, was damaged in Russian strikes overnight, according to AFP journalists. Russia also announced that it had struck the factory, which manufactures the missiles Ukraine says it used to attack the Moskva.
Other military analysts have said that the destruction of the Moskva is a serious blow for Russia and its assault on Ukraine.
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