Moskva ship

Ukrainian officials claimed that shore-based anti-ship guided missiles hit Moskva which had been operating from the Black Sea Fleet's headquarters in Sevastopol ...

The three 11,500-ton Slavas were designed around launchers that can hold 16 SS-N-12 Sandbox anti-ship cruise missiles – each about the size of a telephone pole. The crew of the Moskva the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet was severely damaged and the crew abandoned ship, the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the mishap on RTS Moskva (121), a ship in the country’s Black Sea Fleet, according to state-run outlet TASS.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukrainian forces said they hit and badly damaged the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, and Russia said its crew was forced…

A U.N. task force warned that the war threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions. Russian state television broadcast footage Wednesday that it said was from Mariupol showing dozens of men in camouflage walking with their hands up and carrying others on stretchers or in chair holds. Russian troops are gearing up for a major offensive in the eastern Donbas region, where Moscow-allied separatists and Ukrainian forces have been fighting since 2014. They meet with their counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and visited Borodyanka, one of the towns near Kyiv where evidence of atrocities was found after Russian troops withdrew to focus on the country’s east. Russia invaded on Feb. 24 with the goal, according to Western officials, of taking Kyiv, toppling the government and installing a Moscow-friendly replacement. But Vadym Denysenko, adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, rejected the claim, telling Current Time TV that “the battle over the seaport is still ongoing today.”

Russia said on Thursday that the Moskva missile cruiser, the flagship of the country's Black Sea fleet, has been evacuated after being badly damaged by an ...

Per Reuters, Marchenko wrote in an online post: “Neptune missiles guarding the Black Sea caused very serious damage.” Later on Thursday, Russia’s defence ministry denied reports that the Moskva had sunk. “The ship received serious damage.