Russia admitted that its largest ship in the Black Sea had gone under on Thursday, after Ukraine said on Wednesday that it scored a rocket strike on the vessel.
The Moskva provided long range SAM coverage to the portion of the Black Sea coast Russia conquered to create a land bridge to the Crimea. Losing it is a serious problem for them.
Within hours of Ukrainian officials first claiming that the ship had sunk on Wednesday evening, Russia’s Ministry of Defense issued a terse statement through state wire services saying that a fire on board the vessel had caused ammunition to explode.
I mean… apparently the missile that caused the fire…