Episode 1808
Russian cruiser Moskva
Fri, 2022-Apr-15 03:51 UTC
Length - 1:55
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With 875,764 views on Thursday, 14 April 2022 our article of the day is Russian cruiser Moskva.
Moskva (Russian: Москва, lit. 'Moscow'), formerly Slava (Russian: Слава, lit. 'Glory'), was a guided missile cruiser of the Russian Navy. She was the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class and was named after the city of Moscow. She was the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and had led Russia's naval assault on Ukraine. With a crew of 510, she was a major symbolic and military asset to Russia. On 13 April 2022, two Ukrainian officials said that Moskva had been hit by Ukrainian R-360 Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles and was on fire in heavy seas. The Russian Ministry of Defence reported the ship was seriously damaged after a fire which caused a munitions explosion. The next day, following an effort to tow her to port, Moskva sank.
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