Whatever sank Russia's flagship in the Black Sea, Ukraine is celebrating the victory
CBC
Even though Russia's official line is that the Moskva went to the bottom of the Black Sea after an accidental fire on board, the sinking of the warship has left Kremlin propaganda outlets screaming for revenge against Ukraine and Russia's military leadership vowing to intensify missile attacks against Ukrainian cities
Early Friday morning, Russia fired cruise missiles at a Ukrainian factory in Kyiv that produced armaments, according to its Ministry of Defence.
Other parts of southern Ukraine were also struck overnight by Russian cruise missiles.
Ukrainian commanders claim they sank the cruiser Moskva, the pride of the Russian Black Sea fleet, by firing two Neptune antiship missiles at it.
The Neptune is designed and made in Ukraine but it is not known if the factory hit Friday morning is where the missiles were being produced.
The Russian narrative is that a fire started on board the Moskva — accidentally — and that the ship sank as it was being towed to the Russian-controlled port in Sevastopol, Crimea.
So far, there's no video or satellite imagery or survivor accounts to support either side's story.
Either way, Ukraine's leadership is claiming a major victory.
"It's a hugely important military event and the biggest defeat of the Russian navy since World War II," Ukraine's presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych wrote on social media.
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"Ammunition detonated on board that cruiser — which emphasises that [it] had been loaded with ammunition to keep destroying Ukrainian [cities], " said Natalia Humeniuk, a media spokeswoman for Ukraine's southern military district.
The Moskva was not only the largest and most powerful ship in the Black Sea, but it also served as Russia's command headquarters for all its naval operations in the region.
As many as 500 sailors would usually have been aboard and it's unclear how many survived the incident.
"We saw other ships trying to help the cruiser," said Humeniuk, "but there was a storm in the sea and it didn't allow them to carry out the rescue operation."
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