Ukraine claimed it struck the 610-foot missile cruiser Moskva with two Neptune missiles, but Moscow blamed the explosion on a fire that detonated ammunition on the ship.
A Russian warship that gained notoriety when Ukrainian troops under attack told it to “go f—- yourself” has been badly damaged in a blast, according to Ukrainian and Russian military,
But it did not acknowledge any attack, which would also deal a major blow to Russian prestige almost two months into a war that is already widely regarded as a massive blunder. Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi leave the guided missile cruiser Moskva at the Black Sea port of Sochi, August 12, 2014.This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows cruiser Moskva in port Sevastopol in Crimea on April 7, 2022.In a later Tweet, Arestovych claimed Ukraine had sunk the 12,500-ton vessel but provided no evidence as proof and the BBC has not been able to verify his claim.
Ukraine claimed it struck the 610-foot missile cruiser Moskva — the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea – with two Neptune missiles.A “Moskva” Russian cruiser during the Black sea naval exercises outside the Crimean port of Sevastopol.Originally built in Ukraine during the Soviet-era, the Moskva – reportedly carries Vulkan anti-ship missiles and an array of anti-submarine weapons — entered service in the early 1980s, according to Russian media.
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