Fate of Russian Warship Unclear After Ukrainians Claim Missile Strike

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Fate of Russian warship unclear after Ukrainians claim missile strike

Apr 14, 2022



Russia does not acknowledge any attack but says ship's crew was forced to evacuate as a result of fire

   
• Ukrainian officials claim missile strike on Russian warship; Russia says ship evacuated but still afloat.
• Russian troops regrouping for renewed offensive in Eastern Ukraine.
• Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions being hit by missile strikes, deputy defence minister says.

Ukrainian  officials said that their forces hit the flagship of Russia's Black Sea  fleet with missiles overnight, with one official saying Thursday it  sank. Russia said the Moskva was badly damaged by a fire that forced the  warship's evacuation, but that it was still afloat. The  loss of the ship named for the Russian capital would be a major  military and symbolic defeat for Russia as its troops regroup for a  renewed offensive in Eastern Ukraine after retreating from much of the  north, including Ukraine's capital of Kyiv. The AP could not independently verify that incident... Russia did not  acknowledge any attack on the Moskva but said a fire aboard the warship,  which would typically have 500 sailors on board, forced the entire crew  to evacuate the vessel. It later said the fire had been contained and  that the ship would be towed to port with its guided missile launchers intact.

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The ship carries 16 long-range cruise missiles, and its removal from combat would greatly reduce Russia's firepower in the Black Sea. It was not immediately possible to reconcile the vastly different accounts, and cloud cover made it impossible to locate the ship or determine its condition based on satellite photos.There was  also some caution from Ukrainian officials: One official said the ship  sank, and a video from its armed forces described it overturning and  beginning to sink, but another refused to confirm that.Hours after the warship attack was reported, Ukrainian  authorities said on the Telegram messaging service that explosions had  struck Odesa.

Fate of Russian warship unclear after Ukrainians claim missile strike | CBC News
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