russian cruiser Moscow received essential damages and began to sink, South Operational Command reports
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The damaged russian cruiser "Moscow" as a result of an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces received significant damage, and after the fire, it overturned and began to sink
This was announced by the speaker of the South operational command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Vladislav Nazarov.
"In the Black Sea operational zone of the AShM Neptune, the cruiser Moscow, the flagship of the russian Black Sea Fleet, received significant damage.
There was a fire. Other units of the ship's group tried to help, but a storm and a powerful explosion of ammunition overturned the cruiser and it began to sink.
If the conditions for landing are unfavorable, the threat of missile attacks from both the sea and the temporarily occupied Crimea remains," Nazarov said.
He also reported that for days on the Mykolaiv and Kherson directions, losses of the enemy are:
- 54 soldiers,
- 8 units of equipment, including 2 self-propelled artillery units, a Grad multiple rocket launcher, and a T-72 tank.
The armed forces also destroyed military equipment and the occupiers' ammunition depot.
Note.
To recap, the Moscow cruiser and the russian Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Vasily Bykov were the ones who threatened the defenders of the Ukrainian island of Zmiinyi.
At the request of the russian aggressor to surrender, the border guards responded with a phrase that has already become legendary: "Russian warship, go fuck youself!"
It happened about 20 nautical miles from Zmiinyi Island.
On April 14, the russian Defense Ministry confirmed that the missile cruiser Moscow was on fire, but the causes of the fire were not reported; for some reason "ammunition detonated."
The russian Defense Ministry claims that the cruiser Moscow is afloat.
