On this day in 2022, two Ukrainian R-360 Neptune missiles hit the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation – the cruiser Moskva, which sank the next day. The fate of 496 crew members is unknown. This is the biggest loss of the Russian Navy since 1941

by TotalSpaceNut

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  1. В цей день 2022 року двома українськими ракетами Р-360 «Нептун» був уражений флагман ЧФ рф – крейсер “Москва”, який затонув на наступний день. Доля 496 членів екіпажу невідома. Це найбільша втрата російського військового флоту починаючи з 1941-го року.

    https://twitter.com/falledlenin/status/1779020805545853364

    Moskva, 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.

    In February 2022, the cruiser left Sevastopol to participate in the attack on Ukraine. The ship was later used against the Ukrainian armed forces during the attack on Snake Island. Moskva hailed the island’s garrison over the radio and demanded its surrender, and was told “Russian warship, go fuck yourself”

    On the 13th of April 2022 two R-360 Neptune missiles hit the Moskva. The Russian Ministry of Defence said a fire caused a munitions explosion, and the ship sank in stormy seas while being towed to port. Moskva is the largest warship to be sunk in combat since the ARA General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands War, and the largest Russian warship to be sunk since World War II

    At the Lviv Science Museum there is a permanent interactive display

    https://twitter.com/TarmoFella/status/1616561877466730507

  2. All lies

    The ship had a small fire…..that due to the…

    *checks official statement*

    Gross incompetence of the crew and maintenance of the ship meant it kind of exploded and coincidentally sank in a storm……

    Russia’s PR industry is still in its infancy apparently

  4. 1941? Did Russia not lose any more capital ships after that? Or did they just not have any left?

  5. *Biggest loss since 1941 so far

    Fixed that for you

  7. Is that all rust on the decking… What a piece of shit…

  8. A country without naval fleet sank half of “mighty” naval force of modern natzi.

    And remeber – two years ago this very ship threatened Ukrainian near Zmeiniy island.

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