Moskva

Reports in Russian state-run media appear to confirm social media chatter that a major Russian warship, the Moskva, has been badly damaged.

But a similar claim in March — that a landing ship had been struck at port in Berdyansk by Ukrainian missiles — was true. A similar claim — that Ukrainian shore-based forces had struck a Russian ship in the Black Sea — early in the invasion circulated on social media but no official confirmation was ever put forward and the claims faded. No details have been confirmed by the US government, US military or western media, but Ukranian officials in Odesa claim that the ship was struck by two Ukrainian-built Nepture anti-ship cruise missiles fired from land.

The most important ship in Russia's Black Sea fleet, the Moskva missile cruiser, was badly damaged after ammunition on board blew up, Russia said on Thursday.

The voice said: 'This is a military warship. Roman's pugnacious message even prompted a patriotic poster campaign across the nation. It was deployed after a Turkish jet shot down a Russian fighter in Syria a month prior. Interfax did not give more details of the incident. This is a Russian military warship. Roman Gribov, who made the now-famous comment, received a medal. Interfax did not give more details of the incident. France and Germany also pledged more. Interfax said all the crew had been evacuated. Western governments are sending more military aid to bolster Kyiv. Glory to Ukraine!' Odesa governor Maksym Marchenko wrote on Telegram. Interfax reported ammunition on-board had detonated and caused serious damage.

Multiple Ukrainian sources have claimed that the nation's armed forces have hit the Russian cruiser Moskva in a guided-missile attack in the Black Sea. "It has ...

If it is confirmed, the strike would have destroyed Ukrainian - not Russian - workmanship. If the strike is confirmed, it would suggest that Ukraine's anti-ship missile inventory is capable of penetrating heavy air defenses. A previous Ukrainian strike at the port of Berdyansk damaged one Russian tank landing ship and sank another, resulting in an apparent loss of a shipment of munitions.

There are unconfirmed reports that a Ukrainian navy missile battery has struck the Russian navy cruiser Moskva off the coast of Odessa, a strategic port ...

A veritable floating missile-battery, Moskva is—or maybe was—the Black Sea Fleet’s best defense against Ukrainian attack. It’s possible the Ukrainians hit Saratov with a Tochka ballistic missile. Still, the claimed attack on Moskva, if confirmed, would be consistent with the course of the broader naval campaign. Kyiv launched development of the missile back in 2013 and completed the first test shots in 2018. But the pre-war Ukrainian navy probably possessed just one Neptune battery out of the half-dozen or so it planned to induct this spring. So did Maksym Marchenko, head of the administration in Odessa. “Neptune missiles … caused very serious damage to the Russian ship,” Marchenko said.

The Russian cruiser Moskva, the 12000 ton flagship of the Black Sea fleet, has exploded and efforts are underway to save its crew.

“Using open-source intelligence (OSINT), we have pieced together her areas of operation during the war so far,” he wrote. The Moskva was operating in poor weather conditions at the time of the attack. The handful of border guard defenders of Snake Island responded to radio demands that they surrender with the retort: “Russian warship, go f**k yourself!” The Ukrainian force on Snake Island responded, "Russian warship, go fuck yourself." It was unable to redirect its defences in time to find off the attack. Open-source intelligence analysts reported picking up distress signals from the warship and its companions being transmitted in morse code.

A Russian missile cruiser called "Moskva" in the Black was seriously damaged and had to be evacuated, according to Russia's TASS news agency.

One of the Russian Navy's most important warships is either floating abandoned or at the bottom of the Black Sea, a massive blow to a military struggling ...

, also known as Zmiinyi Island, in the Black Sea, a Russian officer said: "This is a military warship. The added stress of sudden combat increases fatigue and can lead to mistakes." Russian "ships will operate in ways to minimize the risk of detection and maximize their chances to defend themselves," Lancaster wrote. "Otherwise your crew is onboard to be wiped out by the catastrophic explosion that follows a fire reaching several hundred tons of ordnance." "Ships operate away from public attention and their activities are rarely the subject of news. The Russian reports gave no information on possible casualties.

Russian cruiser Moskva, the 12,000 ton flagship of the Black Sea fleet, has exploded. Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the guided missile cruiser suffered “ ...

It is one of Russia’s 3 Slava class cruisers and is heavily armed, so an ‘ammunition explosion’, as Russia said happened, can severely damage the ship. It also carries vertical tubes for 64 S-300 air defense missiles and rail launchers for 40 Osa missiles, as per a Forbes report. As the war intensifies in Ukraine’s eastern region, there are reports coming that Russia has suffered a massive setback in the Black Sea. Russia’s flagship of the Black Sea fleet, the missile cruiser ‘Moskva’ was reportedly hit by Ukrainian Neptune missiles and has suffered heavy damage.

Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, has been badly damaged and its crew evacuated amid the country's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

The ship was seriously damaged," the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement. It is a guided-missile cruiser and the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which operates in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Mediterranean Sea. "As the result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser, ammunition detonated. Russian officials claimed the damage was the result of a fire on board, while a Ukrainian official claimed it was a result of a Ukrainian missile strike. Ukrainian authorities said Moskva featured in one of the landmark early exchanges of the war in Ukraine, when Ukrainian border guards on Snake Island, a small outcrop in the Black Sea, told the ship to "go **** yourself" after it demanded they surrender. Moskva, a ship in the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet, has been badly damaged and its crew evacuated amid the country's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Russia's largest warship has exploded and sunk as crew desperately abandoned the ship following a Ukrainian land-based missile attack.

Stream the world's best correspondents on the ground as the crisis in Ukraine unfolds with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Russia's largest warship The Moskva has reportedly exploded and sunk near Odessa after a Ukrainian missile attack.

Ukraine suggested that Neptune missiles sunk the Moskva. Russia said only that the ship suffered significant damage from a fire.

“The flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the Moskva cruiser, was indeed attacked by the Neptune anti-ship missiles from the coastline between Odessa and Nikolaev,” it said. Early Thursday, the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, a Moscow-based think tank, said on its Telegram channel that it believed the ship had been sunk and sided with the Ukrainian assessment. The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. The last independent newsletter in Russia suspended its operations. All of the ship’s approximate 500 crew members were evacuated, it said. Late Wednesday, Odessa state regional administrator Maxim Marchenko said a Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship cruise missile had struck the Moskva, causing serious damage.

Moskva cruiser: Russian Navy flagship hit by Ukraine, has it sunk - was it hit with Neptune anti-ship missiles · The Russian warship that was told to 'go f*** ...

I repeat, I am a Russian military ship,” they said. “I am a Russian military ship. The ship has aided previous Russian military offensives in Georgia and Syria, and was responsible for blockading the Ukrainian fleet during the 2014 Crimean Crisis. The Moskva is the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Built in the late 70s, it was originally known as Slava, before being recommissioned as Moskva in 2000. If confirmed, the sinking of the cruiser would be a major blow to Russia, after the tank carrier Orsk was hit and set on fire in an attack in Berdyansk in the Sea of Azov late last month. In terms of the fate of the ship, the Odessa region’s governor Maksym Marchenko said the ship was on fire in rough seas.

Russia says damage caused by ammunition detonating 'as a result of a fire', Ukraine says it targeted the vessel.

Last month Ukraine said it had destroyed a landing support ship, the Orsk, on the smaller Sea of Azov. It said that Russian rescue ships were then hampered by ammunition exploding on board as well as bad weather that had caused the Moskva to start sinking. Russia’s Black Sea flagship leading the naval assault on Ukraine has been “seriously damaged” by an explosion that a Ukrainian official said was the result of a missile strike.

Russia's defence ministry said it was investigating what happened to its flagship cruiser Moskva after Ukraine said it had hit the vessel with an anti-ship ...

The Moskva had been leading a substantial Russian naval presence in the Black Sea, threatening Ukraine’s southern coast and its key ports. Explosions of ammunition have been stopped,” the state news agency Tass quoted the defence ministry as saying. Citing the defence ministry, it said arrangements were being made to tow the cruiser into port. The phrase instantly became a symbol of national defiance, and is now a universal meme. Unconfirmed reports suggested the missile cruiser had turned upside down and had started to sink. Fire had erupted after the missile exploded, it said on Facebook.

Ukrainian forces reportedly attacked the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, the Slava-class cruiser Moskva, causing significant damage aboard the vessel. Russian news agencies confirmed the damage. Below is what we know so far about the Moskva incident.

Despite the earlier loss of an Alligator-class LST, the Russian fleet operated unrestrictedly in the Black Sea until now. The loss of such significant warships usually triggers a national trauma, and the name of the ship, which stands for the capital of Russia, intensifies the psychological effect. The most important piece of evidence is the evacuation of the crew. Therefore, the evacuation of the ship is a clear indication that the ship has begun to sink shortly before the evacuation. Given Ukraine’s claims and the Russian media statements, it is assumed that the cruiser Moskva was hit by a long-range missile. The Moskva was not only the flagship but also the most powerful ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in terms of weapons and sensors.

The Moskva has been heavily damaged and its crew evacuated. The ship is the same one whose crew ordered Ukrainian troops on Snake Island to surrender — a ...

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By Pavel Polityuk (Reuters) Russia said the crew of its Black Sea fleet flagship were evacuated on Thursday and measures were being taken to tow the ...

More than 600 companies, including McDonald’s, have announced their withdrawal from Russia. Russia’s defense ministry said the fire on the Soviet-era missile cruiser Moskva had been contained but left the ship badly damaged. Ukrainian officials did not comment. In the village of Lubianka northwest of Kyiv, from where Russian forces had tried and failed to subdue the capital before retreating, a message to Ukrainians had been written on the wall of a house that had been occupied by Russian troops. The Kremlin says it launched a “special military operation” to demilitarise and “liberate” Ukraine from nationalist extremists, a message villagers said had been repeated to them by the Russian troops. By Pavel Polityuk (Reuters) Russia said the crew of its Black Sea fleet flagship were evacuated on Thursday and measures were being taken to tow the stricken ship back to port, after an explosion of ammunition on board that Ukraine said was caused by a missile strike.

The Ukrainian southern military command claimed late on Wednesday to have struck the Moskva with Neptune anti-ship missiles, causing it to start sinking and ...

In stormy sea conditions, the ship sank”. The phrase instantly became a symbol of national defiance, and is now a universal meme. Four Russian ships that had gone to the Moskva’s rescue were being hampered by stormy weather and by ammunition blowing up onboard, it said.

The warship is said to have sunk under tow a day after it was reported damaged by fire or a Ukrainian missile strike.

The vessel was actually laid down in Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv, which has been heavily bombed by Russia in recent days. "While being towed ... towards the destined port, the vessel lost its balance due to damage sustained in the hull as fire broke out after ammunition exploded. It says the vessel sank after a fire.

The defence ministry had said earlier on Thursday that the Soviet-era ship had been badly damaged by the fire, which Ukraine said was a result of its ...

Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. Russia’s Defence Ministry said ammunition on board detonated as a result of a fire, without saying what caused the blaze. In a widely circulated recording, the soldier responds: “Russian warship, go (expletive) yourself.” That would have put the Moskva within range, based on where the fire began. He said he was aware of the comments by other Ukrainian officials but “could neither confirm nor deny” what happened. Russian news agencies reported that the Moskva sank on Thursday, Moscow time, in a storm after being gutted by fire.

The missile cruiser Moskva, named in honor of the Russian capital, was launched during the Cold War, saw service during conflicts in Georgia, Syria and ...

Its sailors were decorated for their service there and in the war on Georgia. On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Instagram account posted a photo of him holding commemorative stamps marking the purported moment. Finally overhauled and rechristened the Moskva, the ship hosted both President Vladimir Putin and then-Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi during a 2003 visit to Sardinia. In an audio widely circulated online, a Ukrainian soldier responds: “Russian warship, go (expletive) yourself.” During the Cold War, it also carried nuclear weapons. It was designed to carry a crew of 476 with an additional 62 officers. The U.S. was unable to confirm Ukraine’s claims. Putin’s later comments at the La Maddalena naval base show how much has changed. It denied there had been an attack by Ukraine on the ship, which would normally have about 500 sailors aboard. It also had a helicopter deck. During Russia’s war in its former republic of Georgia in 2008, the Moskva took part in operations in the Black Sea, and Georgia said it was involved in an attack on the country. The Russian Defense Ministry said the heavily damaged Moskva sank in a storm Thursday under tow after being gutted by fire.