BREAKING NEWS: One of the Russian Navy's most important warships has sunk in the Black Sea, a massive blow to a military struggling against Ukrainian resistance.
Russian state news agency TASS reported Thursday evening that the guided-missile cruiser Moskva had sunk, citing a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense."During the towing of the cruiser Moskva to the port of destination, the ship lost its stability due to hull damage received during a fire from the detonation of ammunition. In the conditions of stormy seas, the ship sank," the statement said, according to TASS.
One source familiar with the latest intelligence said that the US believes with"medium confidence" that Ukraine's version of events is accurate."We're not in a position to officially confirm independently what exactly led to the ship's now sinking," Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday."But we're also not in any position to refute the Ukrainian side of this.
Alessio Patalano, professor of war and strategy at King's College in London, said losing the warship would be a"massive blow" for Russia. All those represent massive amounts of explosive ordnance in its ammunition magazines. Any fire nearing them would have given the crew limited options to deal with the threat, Schuster said.
His post for the CIMSEC on Tuesday said the threat posed by mobile shore-based cruise missiles like the Neptune"changes operational behavior" of an enemy.
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