The Russian side said the damage was caused by an explosion of ammunition on board the ship.
Russia has launched a major offensive against Ukraine. At the same time, it is retaliating against the Russian military by obtaining military logistics assistance from Western countries.
The Russian ship Moscow was severely damaged in the sea off the city of Odessa in Ukraine.
The Russian side said the damage was caused by an explosion of ammunition on board the ship.
However, the Ukrainian military announced that it had attacked the ship with its Neptune anti-ship missile.
What is the Neptune Warship Anti-Missile? How does it hit the target? Let’s see in this section.
What kind of ship missile struck Moscow?
2 anti-ship missile missiles called Neptune hit Moscow.
Paradoxically, these missiles were based on Russia’s Kh-35 warship.
The Neptune missile was added to the Ukrainian Defense Forces in March last year.
It has been in production for almost 6 years.
Since the occupation of Crimea in Ukraine in 2014, the Ukrainian military began developing the Neptune missile on suspicion of a possible Russian threat to Ukraine’s coast.
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Neptune is a coastal warship anti-ship missile.
It is capable of destroying naval vessels at a distance of 300 km. Earlier, the Ukrainian Defense Minister had said that the Neptune missile would help us repel enemy attacks by sea.
What is Moscow?
The ship was named Moscow, referring to the Russian city of Moscow. The warship has a displacement capacity of 12,490 tons.
It is the flagship of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet.
It has about 500 employees. Moscow was first established in 1983 as Slava.
It was renovated in 2000 and renamed Moscow. A Moscow warship has warned Ukrainian forces to lay down their arms and surrender on Snake Island.
That will never happen to the Ukrainian navy. They retorted that they should go back the way they came.
Following this incident, the warship became known worldwide.
How was Wednesday’s attack carried out?
The Neptune Cruise missile attack was reported to have been carried out using TB-2 drones.
The Ukrainians had previously claimed to have attacked Russian naval vessels in the Black Sea.
But nothing seems as big or damaged as Moscow.
How severe was the damage?
Unconfirmed reports emerged that Moscow, hit by warship missiles, was leaning to one side and was on the verge of sinking.
However, these have not been confirmed by the Ukrainian and Russian navies. There are also unconfirmed footage of a fire on a ship allegedly belonging to Moscow.
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Updates come in once an hour. It is noteworthy that the Russians have now only admitted that the ship was damaged.
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