Moscow: Russia suffers major setback in Ukraine war Ukraine destroys giant Russian warship deployed in the Black Sea. Ukraine claims to have attacked a Russian ship with missiles. Russia has confirmed that the ship exploded and caught fire. A Russian defense spokesman confirmed that the ship suddenly caught fire and spread to the arsenal. Russia, meanwhile, says it has evacuated troops aboard the ship. Russia declined to say what caused the fire. Ukraine is not ready to deny or confirm the missile attack.
However, Ukraine claimed that the ship was attacked and destroyed by Neptune missiles. The Odessa governor claimed that the ship had exploded and sank in the attack. The ship was used by Russia to attack Ukrainian troops on Snake Island during the first phase of the Ukrainian War. If Ukraine’s claim that it sent a missile and destroyed the warship is true, it is a serious setback for Russia.
The 611-foot-long ship, the Moskva, a Soviet-era flagship carrying missiles and warplanes, was wrecked. The P-Thousand anti-ship missiles were the main weapons on board the warship built in the Communist Soviet Union in 1980. Russia is paying a heavy price for its invasion of Ukraine. Russia acknowledges that it has lost a number of valuable warplanes and soldiers, including the Major.
Russia, which has been battling Ukraine for more than 72 hours, has suffered heavy losses. As the war entered its fiftieth day, more than 800 Russian soldiers were killed. About 3,000 people were injured. Several warplanes and one warship were destroyed.