Watch: First Video Of Russian Warship Moskva Sinking Emerges Online
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Designed in the 1970s Soviet Union during the Cold War, the Moskva was conceived to destroy US aircraft carriers and had been in service for nearly four decades.
The first visuals of Russia's Moskva missile cruiser, the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet, sinking have emerged online. Ukraine had said Moskva's fate was sealed by a missile strike launched by its forces from the coast last week which ripped open the hulking Soviet-era ship's hull, while Russia claimed it was a fire and explosions involving ammunition stowed onboard that doomed the vessel. #war Photo of the damaged cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea in 15 April 2022.⚠️First impressions of this shocking photo. Life-saving equipment (rescue rafts) on board are missing, which means they were dropped into the water during the rescue operation./1 pic.twitter.com/WREeqmSvtA
The Moskva had a crew of around 500 sailors, who Russia said were successfully evacuated to other ships before being returned to their home port of Sevastopol in Crimea on Friday. Ukraine has suggested there are likely to have been fatalities.
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