Russia's 'Go F**k Yourself' Warship 'Seriously Damaged' In Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike
This is said to be the same warship to which a group of Ukrainian soldiers told 'Russian warship, go f*** yourself' when they were asked to surrender.
Russia has acknowledged that the flagship of its Black Sea fleet was seriously damaged in an ammunition explosion.
"As a result of a fire, ammunition detonated on the Moskva missile cruiser. The ship was seriously damaged," the Russian defence ministry said, adding that the cause of the fire was being determined and that the crew had been evacuated.
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Hit by Neptune missile
It did not say what caused the fire but Maksym Marchenko, the Ukrainian governor of the region around the Black Sea port of Odesa, said the Moskva had been hit by two Ukrainian-made Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles.
"Neptune missiles guarding the Black Sea caused very serious damage," he said in an online post.
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The Moskva, commissioned in 1983, was armed with 16 anti-ship Vulkan cruise missiles with a range of at least 700 km (440 miles).
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This is said to be the same warship to which a group of Ukrainian soldiers told 'Russian warship, go f*** yourself' when they were asked to surrender.
Second Russian warship
This is a major embarrassment to Russia which has been attacking Ukraine since February 24.
The Captain of the Moskva, Admiral Sinky McBoaty is brother of legendary Russian armored regiment commander Colonel Tanky McLeggy who was run over by his own troops. pic.twitter.com/VqdbRC4zHy
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Moskva is the second major ship known to have suffered serious damage since the start of the war. Last month Ukraine said it had destroyed a landing support ship, the Orsk, on the smaller Sea of Azov.
Russia's navy has launched cruise missiles into Ukraine and its activities in the Black Sea are crucial to supporting land operations in the south of the country, where it is battling to seize full control of the port of Mariupol.
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Capturing the Azovstal industrial district where the marines have been holed up would give Russia control of Ukraine's main Sea of Azov port, reinforce a southern land corridor and expand its occupation of the country's east.
However, one-and-a-half months into the invasion, the 'special miliatary operation' as Russia calls it, has not gone as Moscow had planned and it has suffered major setbacks.
According to Ukrainian authorities, Russia has so far lost close to 20,000 men, 725 tanks, 1923 armed vehicles, 154 aircraft, and 19 drones in the war so far.
Reuters
Russia plays down its losses
Russia has so far tried to paly down its setbacks and has insisted that the operation is going as planned.
Moscow, however, has withdrawn from most parts of the country, including the outskirts of the capital Kyiv to focus on the Donbas region in Eastern Ukraine.
Like Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, Donbas is largely controlled by pro-Russian militia groups.
Analysts say Russia beefing up forces for a new assault in the eastern Donbas region, as a face-saver for Putin.
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