{"id":1438781,"date":"2022-04-14T17:44:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T21:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1438781"},"modified":"2022-04-14T17:44:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T21:44:56","slug":"russias-most-important-warship-has-officially-sunk-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russias-most-important-warship-has-officially-sunk-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s \u2018Most Important\u2019 Warship Has Officially Sunk: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussias-most-important-warship-has-officially-sunk-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1438781&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Moskva-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Russian state media reported on Thursday that Russia\u2019s 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>\n<p>\u201cWhile being towed \u2026 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,\u201d state news agency TASS quoted the Russian government as saying, BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-61114843\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<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 \u201cflagship of Russia\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia denied that story, claiming instead that ammunition on the ship exploded during a fire sometime on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 12,500 tonne ship has a crew of around 500,\u201d Reuters\u00a0<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>. \u201cRussian news agencies said the Moskva was armed with 16 anti-ship \u2018Vulkan\u2019 cruise missiles, which have a range of at least 700 km (440 miles).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser, ammunition detonated. The ship was seriously damaged,\u201d the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement at the time. \u201cThe crew was completely evacuated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Odessa Governor Maksym Marchenko also announced via Telegram message on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/odeskaODA\/424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0that the ship was hit by Ukrainian missiles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been confirmed that the missile cruiser\u00a0<em>Moskva\u00a0<\/em>today went exactly where it was sent by our border guards on Snake Island!\u201d Marchenko said. \u201cNeptune missiles guarding the Black Sea caused very serious damage to the Russian ship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the exact cause of the ship\u2019s 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 \u201cmore likely\u201d Ukrainian weapons had caused the ship to sink.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cGiven that there\u2019s a war going on and the Ukrainians have this anti-ship capability, it\u2019s more likely that it was caused by these cruise missiles,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cThe flagship is literally the ship on which the admiral\u2019s flag flies,\u201d said Cancian. \u201cIt\u2019s typically the largest and most important ship in a fleet or squadron, and that\u2019s the case here \u2014 this is a large and very powerful ship.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">Collin Koh, an expert on maritime security at Singapore\u2019s Nanyang Technological University, also told the Post that the \u201closs of not just a principal surface combatant in the Russian navy, but also the fleet flagship, would amount to more of a psychological blow to the Russians.\u201d<\/p>\n<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 \u2018Cold War II\u2019<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\"><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian state media reported on Thursday that Russia\u2019s most prominent warship, the Moskva, has sunk in the Black Sea. 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