The Ukrainian forces had struck and seriously damaged the main ship of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, on Wednesday evening, while Russia said that its crew had been forced to evacuate the ship.
And the Russian Defense Ministry announced, Thursday evening, that the Russian cruiser, which is considered the “most dangerous and most important” for Russia in the Black Sea, has sunk, affected by the Ukrainian strike.
The governor of the Odessa region, Maxim Marchenko, said that Ukraine had hit the guided-missile cruiser “Moskva” with two missiles, which caused “serious damage”.
The sinking of the cruiser is considered a major blow to Russia, after the tank carrier Orsk was damaged and caught fire in an attack in Berdyansk in the Sea of Azov at the end of last month.
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