Moskva

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.

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.

by David Ljunggren (Reuters) The flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, the Moskva missile cruiser, was badly damaged when ammunition on board blew up, ...

The ship was seriously damaged,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. Interfax said the crew had been evacuated. “The crew was completely evacuated.”

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.

Russian cruiser Moskva, the 12,000 ton flagship of the Black Sea fleet, has exploded. Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the guided missile cruiser suffered “ ...

It is one of Russia’s 3 Slava class cruisers and is heavily armed, so an ‘ammunition explosion’, as Russia said happened, can severely damage the ship. It also carries vertical tubes for 64 S-300 air defense missiles and rail launchers for 40 Osa missiles, as per a Forbes report. As the war intensifies in Ukraine’s eastern region, there are reports coming that Russia has suffered a massive setback in the Black Sea. Russia’s flagship of the Black Sea fleet, the missile cruiser ‘Moskva’ was reportedly hit by Ukrainian Neptune missiles and has suffered heavy damage.

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.

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 cruiser: Russian Navy flagship hit by Ukraine, has it sunk - was it hit with Neptune anti-ship missiles · The Russian warship that was told to 'go f*** ...

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.

Russia's defence ministry said on Thursday that sailors had contained a fire on board the Moskva missile cruiser, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, ...

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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.

Russia's defence ministry said it was investigating what happened to its flagship cruiser Moskva after Ukraine said it had hit the vessel with an anti-ship ...

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.

Ukraine's southern military command said on Thursday that it hit the Moskva with a Neptune anti-ship cruise missile, a claim Russia has rejected.

Ukraine‘s southern military command said on Thursday that it hit the Moskva with a Neptune anti-ship cruise missile. “The explosions of ammunition have stopped.” “The source of the blaze on the Moskva cruiser has been contained,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that the vessel remained afloat.

The Moskva has been heavily damaged and its crew evacuated. The ship is the same one whose crew ordered Ukrainian troops on Snake Island to surrender — a ...

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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.

Russia says fire led to ammunition explosion, entire crew evacuated. Lack of clarity on degree of damage & whether Soviet-era missile cruiser is sinking or ...

Moskva was deployed in the Black Sea in 2008 during the Russian invasion of Georgia. Moskva was also responsible for blockading the Ukrainian fleet in Donuzlav lake in 2014 during the Crimean crisis. After six years of research and development, the missile was inducted into the Ukrainian Navy in March 2021. Decommissioned in 1990, it was reinstated as Moskva by the Russian Navy in 2000. After Russia’s conquest of the Crimea in 2014, Ukraine rushed to develop anti-ship missiles to offset any sea and amphibious attacks from Russia across its coastline. There is also no clarity regarding the number of crew members who were aboard the cruiser.

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.

Ukraine said earlier in the day that its forces struck the Moskva in a missile attack but Russia said the vessel was damaged by an explosion of ammunition on ...

In its latest update to its MENA growth forecast, the development lender said inflationary pressures set off by Covid-19 "are likely to be exacerbated" by Russia's invasion. Russia said a fire aboard the Moskva, a warship that would typically have 500 sailors on board, forced the entire crew to evacuate the vessel. "As we speak, the Russian forces – the depleted Russian forces – are having to replenish their equipment, to regroup, re-array and redeploy, preparing essentially for what is expected to be a massive, massive and extremely brutal, assault on western Ukraine. And [the Ukrainians] want to be ready for it." Russia said a fire aboard the Moskva, a warship that would typically have 500 sailors on board, forced the crew to evacuate the vessel but made no mention of an attack. "I think we'll have some announcements in the next week or two that identify targets that are trying to facilitate that evasion both inside Russia and beyond," Sullivan said, without giving details. "All those Russian ships on the Black Sea now will know that they are in range of Ukrainian missile fire," Parsons continued. Speaking at Georgia Tech university in his first public speech since taking the helm of the CIA last year, Burns also said that US intelligence has been "vital" to Ukraine's fight against Russian forces. Russia is reading from its script, its playbook: You wield the nuclear card and it scares the West – it scares a lot of people." "There have been several terrorist attacks on the Russian border, in which the Russian leadership accuses Ukrainian sabotage and intelligence groups," it added. "The so-called partners from unfriendly countries concede that they won't be able to make do without Russian energy resources, including without natural gas, for example," Putin told a televised government meeting. a key part of their efforts to execute some sort of naval dominance in the Black Sea," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told CNN. "He's implying that there will be nuclear-armed weapons within range of [...] the homes of ordinary people in Finland and Sweden," Herbert said.

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.

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

The Moskva would be the biggest Russian warship damaged by enemy fire since 1941, when German dive bombers crippled the Soviet battleship Marat in Kronshtadt ...

Russia's defence ministry says the missile ship sank as it was towed back to port following an explosion and fire.

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

Ukraine said it hit the ship with a missile, Russia says it was a fire. Whatever happened, the biggest wartime loss of a naval ship in 40 years raises big ...

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

Navies have had to work hard to protect their ships from sea-skimming missiles. Aerial protection is one of the best defenses, and a lack of it has vexed ...