<p>Russian state media reported on Thursday that Russia&#8217;s most prominent warship, the Moskva, has sunk in the Black Sea. The report comes after Ukraine claimed to have made a direct hit on the vessel with two shore-based anti-ship missiles on Wednesday.</p>
<p>&#8220;While being towed &#8230; towards the destined port, the vessel lost its balance due to damage sustained in the hull as fire broke out after ammunition exploded. Given the choppy seas, the vessel sank,&#8221; state news agency TASS quoted the Russian government as saying, BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61114843">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Late Wednesday evening, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russian-navys-flagship-in-black-sea-badly-damaged-ukraine-claims-they-hit-it-with-missiles-report">reported</a> that the &#8220;flagship of Russia’s naval fleet in the Black Sea was severely damaged from a fire on board the ship Wednesday, which comes just hours after Ukraine claimed that they hit the ship with missiles.&#8221;</p>
<p>Russia denied that story, claiming instead that ammunition on the ship exploded during a fire sometime on Wednesday.</p>
<p>“The 12,500 tonne ship has a crew of around 500,” Reuters <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-04-13/russia-says-major-ship-in-black-sea-fleet-badly-damaged-in-blast-interfax">reported</a>. “Russian news agencies said the Moskva was armed with 16 anti-ship ‘Vulkan’ cruise missiles, which have a range of at least 700 km (440 miles).”</p>
<p>“As the result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser, ammunition detonated. The ship was seriously damaged,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement at the time. “The crew was completely evacuated.”</p>
<p>Odessa Governor Maksym Marchenko also announced via Telegram message on <a href="https://t.me/odeskaODA/424" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tuesday</a> that the ship was hit by Ukrainian missiles.</p>
<p>“It has been confirmed that the missile cruiser <em>Moskva </em>today went exactly where it was sent by our border guards on Snake Island!” Marchenko said. “Neptune missiles guarding the Black Sea caused very serious damage to the Russian ship.”</p>
<p>While the exact cause of the ship&#8217;s sinking remains unconfirmed, Mark Cancian, senior adviser for the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/14/ukraine-russian-missile-cruiser-moskva-warship/">told</a> The Washington Post that it was “more likely” Ukrainian weapons had caused the ship to sink.</p>
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<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text">“The flagship is literally the ship on which the admiral’s flag flies,” said Cancian. “It’s typically the largest and most important ship in a fleet or squadron, and that’s the case here — this is a large and very powerful ship.”</p>
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<p data-qa="drop-cap-letter" data-el="text"><strong>Related: </strong><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-does-putin-really-want-foreign-policy-experts-break-down-cold-war-ii"><b>What Does Putin Really Want? Foreign Policy Experts Break Down ‘Cold War II’</b></a></p>
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