Finally, Russia Defence Ministry admits loss of lives in Sunken Moskva

After so many lies and little information provided on how the Moskva was destroyed and the whereabouts of some of the crew members,

Russia Confirms One Death Among Crew Of Sunken Moskva, 27 Missing

The Russian Ministry of Defense has admitted that one crew member died and 27 are missing as a result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser last week.

The remaining 396 crew members were evacuated to other ships of the Black Sea Fleet, Interfax said, quoting a statement from the ministry.

Since the ship sank there have been reports quoting relatives of sailors who served on the cruiser about the dead and missing.

The ministry said that it has been providing assistance to the relatives of the deceased and the missing.

Russia acknowledged on April 14 that the Moskva had sunk, attributing the disaster to a fire that caused ammunition on the ship to detonate.

The ministry claimed that the entire crew of 500 was evacuated from the ship, which Ukraine and the United States said sank after Ukrainian forces hit the vessel on April 13 with at least one Neptune missile.

A senior Pentagon official said on April 15 that the loss of the ship was a "big blow" for Moscow. The official said then that the strike was believed to have caused casualties, but it was difficult to assess how many.

In other words, 28 people died as a result of the Ukrainian attack on Russia's most important ship on the Black sea.


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Relatives of doomed Moskva crew defy Russian censors with unofficial memorial - as Ukraine claims ALL 510 aboard died and US confirms missile DID hit Putin flagship which was 'carrying nuclear weapons'

Russia had earlier tried to downplay the damage, and claimed that the Moskva was still afloat and was returning to port under its own steam. Moscow also announced that the crew had been evacuated onto other Black Sea Fleet vessels.


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A senior U.S. official said Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the two missiles were Neptune anti-ship missiles. The U.S. believes there were Russian casualties, though numbers are unclear, the official added.

With the conflicting reports continuing, a moving 'mourning ceremony' was held for the Moskva and its sailors in Sevastopol, its home port.

It was unofficial but there was no mention of the number who had died, yet it seemed clear from this sombre ceremony presided over by a priest that there had been a significant loss of life.

A wreath was placed by a Black Fleet statue which read: 'To the ship and the sailors'.

Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to the Kyiv Interior Ministry, claimed today that 'the explosion was so strong that the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet sank in a matter of minutes'.

He claimed to have heard this from sources in Sevastopol, the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

'Apparently, as a result of the fire, the warheads of the large P-1000 cruise missile - Vulkan - detonated. And there were 16 of them on board the cruiser.'

As a result 'all the crew of the cruiser Moskva died'. This included the ship's captain, Anton Kuprin, Gerashchenko said.

The battleship had a usual crew number of 510 sailors.

He claimed: 'The leadership of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation have deliberately hidden the truth from relatives and friends of the crew members.'

His account contradicts other earlier versions, including that a Turkish vessel rescued more than 50.

If Kyiv's claim is correct, then the deaths of the sailor would add to the already huge death toll suffered by Moscow's forces during Putin's invasion of Ukraine. It is believed over 20,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the conflict.

Meanwhile, Mykhailo Samus, director of a Lviv-based military think-tank; Andriy Klymenko, editor of Black Sea News; and Ukrainian newspaper Defence Express all warned that the Moskva could have been carrying two nuclear warheads designed to be fitted to its P-1000 'carrier killer' missiles.

If true, the loss of the warheads into the Black Sea could spark a 'Broken Arrow' incident - American military slang for potentially lethal accidents involving nuclear weapons.

'On board the Moskva could be nuclear warheads - two units,' Samus said, while Klymenko called on other Black Sea nations - Turkey, Romania, Georgia, and Bulgaria - to insist on an explanation. 'Where are these warheads? Where were they when the ammunition exploded,' he asked.

Meanwhile Ilya Ponomarev, a politician exiled from Russia for opposing Putin's 2014 annexation of Crimea, said just 58 of the 510-strong crew have since been accounted for - raising the prospect that 452 men went down with the ship in what would be a bitter loss for Vladimir Putin's already beleaguered army.

The figure, while unconfirmed, is consistent with losses suffered on exploding warships. During the Russian Navy's infamous defeat at the Battle of Tsushima against Japan, an explosion on board the Borodino - slightly smaller than the Moskva - saw all-but one of her 855 crew killed.

Russia claims all the Moskva's sailors were 'successfully evacuated' but video taken in Sevastopol overnight shows dozens of cars purportedly belonging to the sailors still parked in the port - suggesting their owners had not returned to collect them.

Rumours have also began circulating in Ukrainian media that Admiral Igor Osipov - the commander of Russia's Black Sea fleet which the Moskva led - has been arrested in what would be the latest in a string of detentions linked to the bungled invasion.

Leonid Nevzlin, a Russian-Israeli businessman who fled the country in 2003 after being targeted by Putin, said yesterday that 20 Russian generals have been arrested over the military's failings along with 150 FSB officers for providing false information about Ukraine's defences.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10722619/amp/To-sailors-Relatives-doomed-Moskva-crew-defy-Russian-censors-unofficial-memorial.html

I knew it could only be hidden for a short time


Ukrainians sank that obsolete Soviet Union artifact, that was mandated to still be in service due to economic poverty.

Now it will take an average of 3 decades for Russia to replicate that ship with present economic downturn.

But come to think of it, even the Biafran army did not have this much losses against a heavily armed Nigerian army.

Just in 8 weeks, Russia has recorded world record losses, and even admitted losing over a thousand soldiers at 4 weeks


I think the world need to start respecting the Biafran Army.

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I knew it could only be hidden for a short time


Ukrainians sank that obsolete Soviet Union artifact, that was mandated to still be in service due to economic poverty.

Now it will take an average of 3 decades for Russia to replicate that ship with present economic downturn.

But come to think of it, even the Biafran army did not have this much losses against a heavily armed Nigerian army.

Just in 8 weeks, Russia has recorded world record losses, and even admitted losing over a thousand soldiers at 4 weeks


I think the world need to start respecting the Biafran Army.

Keep deceiving yourself we all no Russia is fighting NATO and USA intelligence disguise as Ukraine military


We all should be scared when Russia decimate them

Ukraine will pay for the damages

Russia cannot hide its losses for a long time.Ukraine, little country, has exposed the weakness of the bully called Russia.