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The ship was later used against the Ukrainian armed forces during the attack on Snake Island, together with the Russian patrol boat Vasily Bykov. [3] Moskva hailed the island's garrison over the radio and demanded its surrender, receiving the now-famous reply "Russian warship, go fuck yourself" from its garrison.
Moskva, formerly Slava, [b] was a guided missile cruiser of the Russian Navy. Commissioned in 1983, she was the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class , named after the city of Moscow . With a crew of 510, Moskva was the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet and the most powerful warship in the region.
Ukrainian postage stamp, depicting a Ukrainian soldier giving Russian cruiser Moskva the finger, issued two days before she sank. Naval warfare in the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, when the Russian Armed Forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014.
The flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, a guided-missile cruiser that became a potent target of Ukrainian defiance in the opening days of the war, sank Thursday after it was heavily damaged in ...
Russian warship Moskva sinks in Black Sea. The guided missile cruiser Moskva of the Russian Black Sea fleet passes through the Bosporus in 2014. (Can Merey/EPA/Shutterstock) ...
Russia is refusing to say what happened to its flagship cruiser, but the Moskva's unique silhouette may offer a clue. Ukraine's sinking of the Russian flagship Moskva is a 'wake-up call' for the ...
In April 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ship was deployed after the sinking of the guided missile cruiser Moskva. [9] The Moskva sank 80 miles (130 km) off the coast from Odesa in 45 to 50 metres (148 to 164 ft) of water. [10] [11] The size of the Moskva, which sank in one piece, makes bringing it to the surface impractical.
Intelligence shared by the U.S. helped Ukraine sink the Russian flagship Moskva, American officials said. Ukraine sank the ship with Neptune missiles.