U.S.’s final judgment was cautious amid controversy over Ukraine’s ‘sink’ and Russia’s ‘self-fire’
CNN: U.S. intelligence officials determine that there were no nuclear weapons when the Moscow sank
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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Sang-heon = The US Department of Defense said on the 15th (local time) that the sinking of the Black Sea Fleet flagship, the Moscow, which has been called Russia’s pride, was due to an attack by Ukraine.
The U.S. favored Ukraine’s claims while Ukraine and Russian authorities had conflicting claims over the sinking of the Moscow ship.
A senior U.S. Department of Defense official said Ukrainian forces had hit and sank two Neptune missiles on the Moscow ship, the Washington Post reported.
Earlier on the 13th, Ukraine claimed that the Moscow was sinking following it hit the Moscow ship while operating in the Black Sea with a Neptune anti-ship missile.
However, Russia countered that the fire was caused by an explosion of ammunition inside the ship, but it was suppressed and towed.
Defense Ministry spokesman John Kirby confirmed the fact that there was a ‘massive explosion’ on the Moscow ship the day before, but said that the cause was unknown.
U.S. defense officials, who had taken this matter seriously, gathered information two days following the incident and concluded that the Moscow was sunk in an attack on Ukraine.
The Russian attack on the Neptune missile manufacturing plant in Vasilkiu, outside the Ukrainian capital, Kiev (Kyiv) immediately following the sinking of the Moscow, also adds credibility to the claims of the United States and Ukraine.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also announced that it had hit the facility with a long-range missile.
He also said that it would increase the number and scale of missile strikes on targets in Kiiu in response to Ukraine’s attacks on Russian territory.
The announcement by the Ministry of Defense of Russia acknowledged that the Moscow was attacked by Ukrainian forces, and that the Russian attack was a retaliatory attack for the sinking, given that, according to international law, the vessel was considered the territory of the state in which the vessel was registered. it was done
The Moscow is 187m long and 21m wide, can carry more than 500 crew members, and is loaded with 10 Vulkan anti-ship missiles with a range of 700km or more.
U.S. intelligence officials believe the Moscow was not carrying nuclear weapons when it sank, CNN reported, citing two senior U.S. officials familiar with the information.
Meanwhile, Russia’s offensive is expected to intensify as the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet was sunk by a missile attack, seriously hurting its pride.
The Russian army, which retreated from the northern regions such as Kiiwu following being pushed by the Ukrainian offensive, is said to be preparing for a large-scale attack in the eastern Donbas region and the southern region.
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