The department reports few losses as a result of the shipwreck, in particular, nearly 30 people are missing.
Eight days later, on Friday, April 22, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that “as a result of a fire” on the Moskva cruiser, one serviceman was killed, and another 27 were missing. This was reported by the Russian pro-government publication TASS.
“As a result of the fire on April 13, the missile cruiser Moskva was severely damaged due to the explosion of bullets. Died, another 27 crew members are missing,” the report said. .
The department added that “the remaining 396 crew were evacuated from the cruiser to the Black Sea Fleet ships in the area and delivered to Sevastopol.”
According to Russian media, midshipman Vakhrushev Ivan has been declared the only dead.
Recall that on April 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the flagship of the Russian fleet, the cruiser Moskva. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claimed that the ship did not sink as a result of the “detonation of ammunition” and the fire and “maintained buoyancy.” However, a day later it was learned that Moscow had drowned.
According to the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, after the Ukrainian military destroyed the Russian cruiser in the Black Sea, only 58 of the 510 crew were rescued by the Russians.
The Cruiser Moskva has become an object of Ukraine’s cultural heritage
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Source: korrespondent
