Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday that it had contained a fire aboard the missile ship Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, and that steps were being taken to tow it back to sea. harbor.
The ministry said the fire started after ammunition exploded on board, but said the cruiser’s main armament was not damaged and her crew had been evacuated to other ships.
The Defense Ministry had said on Thursday that the ship had been badly damaged by the fire, the latest setback for Russia, which has suffered a series of blows since it sent troops to Ukraine on Feb. “special military operation”.
Maksym Marchenko, governor of the region around the Black Sea port of Odessa, said earlier in a post that two anti-ship missiles hit the cruiser, but provided no evidence.
Last month, Ukraine said it destroyed a large Russian landing support ship, the Orsk, in the Sea of Azov, northeast of the Black Sea. Moscow has not commented on what happened to the ship.
*with information from Reuters
Source: CNN Brasil
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