One of the main events of the past day is the Russian missile cruise destroyer warship Moscow, which was attacked and severely damaged by Ukraine’s Neptune missiles in the Black Sea. The Ukrainian military is targeting a second-largest Russian warship after the wreck of the Orsk on the Azov coast last month. Russia has evacuated more than 500 sailors from a wrecked ship. The ship was towed to a Russian port.
Russia says the missile was not a Ukrainian missile but an explosive device on board the ship. What happened to the ship has not yet been confirmed.
Moscow is not like the Orsk, the first tanker ship to be wrecked by Ukraine. The ship was a symbol of Russian domination of the Black Sea. The ship recently made a comeback on a naval mission on the Ukrainian island of Snook on the Black Sea. The most talked about event of the war was when the Russian navy on board the ship asked the Ukrainian troops stationed on Snook Island to surrender and they responded in harsh language that they should go back to work.
Moscow was built on a port in Ukraine in the 1970s during the Soviet era. His first name was Slava, which means great. Slava was built as an antidote to US aircraft carriers during the Cold War.
The ship was renamed Moscow after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The ship is a steel fortress loaded with weapons, including a number of Vulcan anti-ship missiles and submarine torpedoes. The 186-meter-long Moscow also included a helicopter. The weight of Moscow was 12,500 tons. The ship was one of Russia’s three missile cruisers. The other two ships of this class, Marshall Usinov and Varyag, were absent from the Black Sea.
Strong defenses were in place in Moscow. The most important of these is the three-level air defense system. The puzzling question for armed experts is how Ukrainian missiles were able to attack Moscow despite this system. In addition, the ship is equipped with short-range assault systems. These systems are capable of firing more than five thousand rounds per minute.
Moscow was the frontrunner for Ukraine. International war observers say that if the ship was attacked, it would certainly boost their confidence. Moscow has been tasked with launching missile strikes on Ukraine’s airfields and strategic bases.
Russia has always dominated the Black Sea. Since the capture of Crimea in 2014, they have become a force to be reckoned with. Moscow also made significant contributions to the occupation of Crimea. Moscow also took the lead in the 2008 Russian-Russian war in Georgia. Moscow has also been involved in air defense operations in the Syrian civil war, in which Russia is intervening.
English Summary: Russia’s Sunken Warship Dents Its Pride and Capabilities