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.

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 military said Tuesday that naval cruiser Moskva was evacuated in response to an explosion. However, Ukrainian officials said its military had struck ...

The now-viral moment was held up as a symbol of Ukraine's refusal to yield to Russia's larger military. However, Ukrainian officials said its military had struck the cruiser that was made famous after border guards told the Russian warship's crew to "go f*** yourself." Last year, the ship launched a guided-missile cruiser as a warning to NATO, which was conducting exercises in the region.

Reports say Ukraine used a Neptune missile to sink the Black Sea Fleet's flagship, a missile cruiser. Russia claims the damage was caused by a fire onboard.

After implementing the ban, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke with US Secretary of State Anthony Bliken and said that the country had “notified all riparian and non-riparian countries of the Black Sea not to send their warships to pass through our straits.” In mid-March, Turkey implemented a blockade on both the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits after being asked by Ukrainian President Zelensky. These claims have not been independently verified, but images of the fire have led some to claim that the ship has sunk after being flipped on its side.

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.

Russia's Defense Ministry said "ammunition detonated as a result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser."

What they're saying: Russia's Defense Ministry said in a brief statement that "ammunition detonated as a result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser." Driving the news: Odessa Gov. Maksym Marchenko claimed in a Telegram post hours earlier that Ukrainian missiles "guarding the Black Sea caused very serious damage to the Russian ship." Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed Wednesday that its Moskva missile cruiser was badly damaged in a fire — hours after Ukrainian forces claimed they'd struck the vessel in the Black Sea.

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 Live Updates: Russian Warship 'Seriously Damaged,' in Setback to Moscow's Forces ... Ukraine said it had struck the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet ...

Hours later, Russia’s Defense Ministry said a fire had caused ammunition to explode on the ship, the Moskva, according to the Russian state news agency Tass. It said the crew was evacuated and the cause of the fire was under investigation. Ukraine will be dealing with the consequences of land mines “one civilian leg at a time,” he added, explaining that it can often take years, and possibly decades, to clear all the ordnance. “What was left was the car, with the door still open and a pool of blood,” Ms. Naumenko, 28, said, “and a big emptiness.” A Russian warship in the Black Sea was “seriously damaged,” according to both a Ukrainian military official and Russian state news agencies. He accused Russian soldiers of leaving the explosives in their wake “to kill or maim as many of our people as possible.” The ship, which is more than 600 feet long, first entered service in the early 1980s with the Soviet Navy and carries 16 Vulkan missile launchers with a strike range of more than 400 miles, Russian news agencies have reported. Russian forces are on the verge of taking the strategic port city of Mariupol, which would pave the way for the creation of a “land bridge” between Russian territory and the occupied Crimean Peninsula. The report said that up to 1.7 billion people — a third of whom are already living in poverty — now face food, energy and finance disruptions. The head of Odesa’s military forces, Maxim Marchenko, said on Telegram that Ukrainian forces had struck the ship with anti-ship Neptune missiles. The senior Ukrainian official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe an active military engagement, said that it was the first time the Ukrainian-developed Neptune missile had been used in the war. It was an integral part of the Russian advance in this war. “Ukraine is a crime scene,” the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said after visiting Bucha, outside Kyiv, where the authorities are working to exhume bodies from communal graves.