Moskva cruiser

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.

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.

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.

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.

The flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, the Moskva missile cruiser, was badly damaged when ammunition on board blew up, Interfax news agency quoted the ...

Ukraine's defence ministry did not respond to a request for comment. "The crew was completely evacuated." Interfax said all the crew had been evacuated.

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.

The Russian missile cruiser became famous at the beginning of the war in Ukraine for telling local troops on Snake Island to surrender, only to be told to ...

The destruction of the ship was not confirmed by Russian authorities. "As a result of a fire, ammunition detonated on the Moskva missile cruiser. "A surprise happened," said Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych in a YouTube broadcast quoted by Agence France-Presse. "It burns strongly. And with this stormy sea, it is unknown whether they will be able to receive help," Arestovych said about the Moskva. That. Ship. Is. Finished," he wrote. Russia's defense ministry was quoted by Russian state media saying that the missile cruiser was crippled by a blast, as a fire caused ammunition on the ship to explode.

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 missile cruiser damaged after ammunition blew up · Ukrainian official says vessel hit by missiles · Zelenskiy warns of new Russian offensives to avenge ...

Last month Ukraine said it had destroyed a landing support ship, the Orsk, on the smaller Sea of Azov. "To liberate us from what? An initial report by a mission of experts set up by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe documents a "catalogue of inhumanity" by Russian troops in Ukraine, according to the U.S. ambassador to the OSCE. 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. In the village of Lubianka northwest of Kyiv, from where Russian forces had tried and failed to subdue the capital before being driven away, a message to Ukrainians had been written on the wall of a house that had been occupied by Russian troops. The mayor of the northeastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest, said bombing had increased significantly on Wednesday and satellite photos from Maxar Technologies showed long columns of armoured vehicles in the region. The Kremlin denounced President Joe Biden's description of Moscow's actions in Ukraine as amounting to genocide, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying this was unacceptable coming from the leader of a country he said had committed crimes of its own. Its mayor, Vadym Boichenko, said Russia had brought in mobile crematoria "to get rid of evidence of war crimes" - a statement that was not possible to verify. "Russian forces are increasing their activities on the southern and eastern fronts, attempting to avenge their defeats," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a Wednesday night video address. Ukraine warned that Russia was ramping up efforts in the south and east as it tried to seize full control of the besieged port of Mariupol. April 14 (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday the flagship of its Black Sea fleet was seriously damaged and its crew evacuated following an explosion that a Ukrainian official said was the result of a missile strike. Russia's navy has launched cruise missiles into Ukraine and its operations in the Black Sea are crucial to supporting land operations in south and east Ukraine.