Posted on 04/14/2022 5:30:37 AM PDT by Red Badger
One of the Russian Navy's most important warships is either floating abandoned or at the bottom of the Black Sea, a massive blow to a military struggling against Ukrainian resistance 50 days into Vladimir Putin's invasion of his neighbor.
Russian sailors have evacuated the guided-missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of its Black Sea fleet, after a fire that detonated ammunition aboard, Russian state media reported Wednesday.
State media outlets TASS and RIA, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, said the Moskva had been seriously damaged in the incident and that the cause of the fire was being investigated. The Russian reports gave no information on possible casualties.
But hours earlier, a Ukrainian official claimed the Russian warship had been hit by cruise missiles fired from Ukraine.
Due to large storms over the Black Sea obscuring satellite imagery and sensory satellite data, CNN has not been able to visually confirm the ship has been hit or its current status, but analysts noted that a fire on board such a ship can lead to a catastrophic explosion that could sink it.
Whatever the reason for the fire, the analysts say it strikes hard at the heart of the Russian navy as well as national pride, comparable to the US Navy losing a battleship during World War II or an aircraft carrier today.
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Why publish this crap if you can't verify it?
THIS is why everyone hates CNN, they are simply not credible.
“Russia said on Thursday the flagship of its Black Sea fleet was seriously damaged and its crew evacuated following an explosion that a Ukrainian official said was the result of a missile strike”
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-704106
Western Media parroting Ukrainian reports:
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Frederik Van Lokeren
@KaptainLOMA
Moskva is reportedly not sunk but it looks she is heavily damaged and unable to move under her own power.
The vessel is under tow, most likely towards Sevastopol. Hopefully we see some pictures of her when she enters port.
Liveuamap
@Liveuamap
Russian Ministry of Defense says fire at cruiser Moskva has been contained, explosions ceased, crew evacuated and the vessel is being tugged to the port.
Also Peskov says Putin is aware of the situation with the vessel https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/14-april-russian-ministry-of-defense-says-fire-at-cruiser
When has that ever stopped CNN in the past?
Because their newsroom and the rest of Western media simply regurgitates anything coming from USG approved sources ( Ukrainian)
Did anybody follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park?
l how is this propaganda crap? The Russians confirmed it. Sounds quite newsworthy by any standard of journalism.
Moscow is sinking
kind of symbolic ...
“Moskva is reportedly not sunk but it looks she is heavily damaged and unable to move under her own power.”
In other words it’s a complete loss.
“The vessel is under tow, most likely towards Sevastopol.”
The Russians want you to believe that they’re towing a ship full of missiles that just happens to be on fire into a major seaport. That doesn’t sound like a good idea to me.
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“”Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told CNN’s Brianna Keilar that “there was an explosion” on the Moskva, but said the United States cannot say at this point if the ship was hit by a missile.
“We’re not quite exactly sure what happened here. We do assess that there was an explosion, at least one explosion on this cruiser. A fairly major one at that, that has caused extensive damage to the ship,” Kirby said.
“We assess that the ship is able to make its own way, and it is doing that; it’s heading more towards, now, we think the east. We think it’s probably going to be putting in at Sevastapol for repairs,” he added.””
This via CNN
“The Russians want you to believe that they’re towing a ship full of missiles that just happens to be on fire into a major seaport. That doesn’t sound like a good idea to me.”
Utter propaganda, or the Russian navy is beyond stupid.
Which is worse saying:
The crew of the ship screwed-up and caused a fire which caused the disabling explosion or
The ship was hit by an enemy missile which caused an explosion disabling the ship.
???
If the Russians confirmed it, that's a sure sign it's a lie.
Your Breaking News has been posted about 15 times already.
People just waking up in western time zones don’t know that..............
Rooskie stupidity sabotaged their own Roooskie Navy vessel. OR Them pesky Ukies destroyed with their missiles? Either way gone UP IN SMOKE!
Either way its all good and if Taiwanese have any balls they are Manufacuring oodles of mobile anti-naval and anti-aircraft /anti-helo weaponry. Just get or steal the blueprints and make them. Taiwanese already design and engineer 50% of smart phones. They will need to un-mothball a few factories.
Stick with the Ukraine intelligence then
They hit it with 2 missiles
Hundreds of casualties
Sunk or drifting
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