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It is customary for large cruisers, in particular flagships, to be accompanied by frigates which provide a protective screen.īut perhaps because they assumed they could operate with impunity, Russian commanders neglected to guard the Moskva. It was also the culmination of a lengthy intelligence gathering operation which, the Daily Mail has learned, revealed the ship was operating in what sources described as ‘predictable patterns’ in the north-west Black Sea and often without escorts. Yesterday’s highly sophisticated sortie came just hours after the US acknowledged it was providing ‘direct intelligence support’ to enable precision targeting of Russian assets. When her captain demanded their surrender and threatened to bomb their positions if they did not put down their weapons, the Ukrainians famously radioed back: ‘Russian warship, go f*** yourself.’ On February 24, the Moskva, imposing both in size and armaments, approached Snake Island, a tiny feature off Ukraine’s southern coastline protected by just 13 troops. Her elimination is also highly symbolic for Ukraine, following an incident on day one of the war which summed up the ‘David and Goliath’ struggle. It is also understood to be one of the largest ships lost in combat since the Second World War. In terms of military hardware, the Moskva represents the largest single loss to Russia’s armed forces since the war began. But last night the Russian defence ministry said the Moskva had in fact sunk ‘while being towed in a storm’, the state news agency Tass reported. It was expected to be written off as Russian shipyards are unable to operate because of international sanctions. US intelligence said it was still on fire. But I am not aware previously of a fire on board a capital warship, which would lead to the ammunition exploding.’Īfter the attack, the ageing cruiser – which first put to sea in 1979 – was initially towed towards Crimea. The flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet - the Soviet-era guided missile destroyer Moskva - was taken out yesterday after Ukraine shot it with two anti-ship cruise missilesĪn official added: ‘I can’t definitively tell you exactly what happened. Western officials also dismissed Russia’s excuses for the incident, after Moscow officials suggested there had merely been a fire aboard the Moskva, which led to the explosion of a large amount of ammunition. They are able to act on the fly to have an effect on Russian forces.’ ‘The Ukrainians have used their imagination and proved so resourceful.
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This is supposed to be a military which has modernised itself over the last decade. They’ve been shown again to be vulnerable to attack. One said: ‘The incident represents another enormous loss in terms of Russian credibility. Last night, Western officials said Ukrainian reports of the operation were ‘credible’ and the attack demonstrated their ability to strike the Russians in areas where they assumed they were invulnerable. Travelling at such a low trajectory in rough seas meant they were difficult to track. The missiles, each weighing a ton and with a range of 170 nautical miles, approached the Moskva at sea level. The ship’s captain and air defence officers were said to be tracking the decoy TB2s, unaware a pair of Ukrainian-made Neptune R360 anti-ship missiles were heading their way after being launched from an artillery battery on the coastline. The surprise attack took place at 2am yesterday as the Moskva, Russia’s main ‘command and control’ warship, was 60 miles south of Odessa. The surprise attack took place at 2am yesterday as the Moskva, Russia’s main ‘command and control’ warship, was 60 miles south of Odessa