Moskva

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 says the missile cruiser was badly damaged after a fire sparked ammunition to detonate, but it did not give details on the cause of the flames.

"The level of damage is being clarified… "She is on fire," one of the sources said. "As a result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser, ammunition detonated," it said in comments reported by the Tass news agency.

Ukrainian authorities today claimed to have destroyed the Russian naval vessel Moskva with two missiles.

At least five people, including a pregnant woman and her unborn child, died in the attack. Kyiv has denied the claims. "Russian forces prior use of phosphorous munitions in the Donetsk Oblast raises the possibility of their future employment in Mariupol as fighting for the city intensifies," said the MoD. Moscow was said to have deployed mobile crematoriums in the city in an attempt to hide the scale of Russia's attacks. Glory to Ukraine!" It may have sunk.....— Cali Dreaming NaphiSoc (@NaphiSoc)

Moscow claimed the Moskva, armed with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles, torpedoes and naval guns, had suffered an “ammunition explosion”.

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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.

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.

The Slava-class cruiser carried a host of supersonic cruise missiles and anti-submarine mortars.

She carries long-range surface-to-air missiles, short-range surface-to-air missiles, and dual-purpose guns that can engage targets on the water and in the air. Moskva is a large, conventionally-powered guided missile cruiser. Moskva is part of a Soviet-era cohort of warships that were designed in the 1960s. Slava underwent a ten-year refit, emerging in 2000 as Moskva ("Moscow"), the flagship of Russia’s fleet in the Black Sea. Her decks host 16 launch systems for P-500 Bazalt supersonic cruise missiles. She was the most powerful ship on the Black Sea, and if she sinks she will make for some of the most impressive wreckage on the seabed.

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, 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.

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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.

Moskva is the ship Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island told to “go f**k yourself” soon after Russia invaded.

The Moskva, commissioned in 1982, was armed with 16 anti-ship "Vulkan" cruise missiles with a range of at least 700 km. "The crew was completely evacuated." The ship was seriously damaged," the Russian defence ministry said in a statement. It was originally called "Glory” and is one of three Slava-class guided-missile cruisers. Mr Sutton - the defence analyst - said last month that Russia had amassed a naval force in the Black Sea “much larger than the traditional Black Sea Fleet” which was “centred on amphibious warfare capabilities, meaning landing troops and supplies”. Last month Ukraine said it had destroyed a large Russian landing support ship, the Orsk, on the smaller Sea of Azov to the northeast of the Black Sea.

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.

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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.

The fleet lacks vessels with a comparable air defence suite, and will thus find it more risky to conduct similar operations.

The expanding suite of tools to track targets at sea, including commercial satellite networks, open-source data and relatively cheap capabilities like drones, mean that striking maritime targets at reach is no longer something only major powers can do. Of equal note is the Neptune anti-ship system with which Ukraine claims to have hit the vessel. What is new, however, is the growing number of actors that field them.

'I would also expect that Russia will want to inflict even more pain in response to the loss and conduct further indiscriminate strikes on Ukrainian ...

This is another step on the escalatory ladder,” added Dr White. So proud was Vladimir Putin of the vessel that he invited former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on board the ship for a tour during a visit to Italy. Ukrainian media are giving it prominent coverage.”

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 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 flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet has sunk, Moscow has claimed after the warship was damaged following an explosion. Russian media said Moskva, ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. During the early stages of the war in February, a group of Ukrainian soldiers posted to Snake Island, known as Zmiyyny, in the Black Sea, refused to surrender, telling an approaching Russian warship - the Moskva - to “go f*** yourself”. The Moskva‘s loss deals a fresh blow to the Russian offensive as it prepares for a new assault in the eastern Donbas region that is likely to define the conflict’s outcome.

Earlier on Thursday, Russia said the missile cruiser was badly damaged after a fire sparked ammunition to detonate.

A Ukrainian source told Sky News: "She is on fire. The explosions of ammunition have stopped." She is about 25 nautical miles from Snake Island." Presuming the cruiser was indeed hit by a Ukrainian missile, the impact is "less the loss of the ship and more a demonstration of Ukrainian capability", Air Marshall Osborn added. "As a result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser, ammunition detonated," it said in comments reported by the Tass news agency. "During the towing of the cruiser 'Moskva' to the port of destination, the ship lost stability due to the damage to the

Moscow blames sinking on stormy seas, despite Ukrainian reports of missile strike on vessel.

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.

The Black Sea Fleet flagship entered service in Soviet times and had been deployed in conflicts from Georgia to Syria.

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Russia's defence ministry said the Moskva sank while being towed after suffering a fire; Ukraine said it was hit with a missile.

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The ship sank during a towing operation, according to the Russian defense ministry. Ukraine says it fired missiles at the warship.

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Russia has acknowledged the ship has sunk but will not say it was hit by a Ukrainian missile.