In the release, the court admitted for the first time that a missile strike was carried out on the Moskva. Previously, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that a fire occurred on the cruiser, which led to the detonation of a warhead.
Ukraine stated that the Russian cruiser was attacked by two Neptune anti-ship missiles.
The court in Moscow reported that “20 crew members of the cruiser died from the explosion, fire and smoke, 24 crew members suffered bodily injuries of varying degrees of severity, and eight people went missing, including during the struggle for the survivability of the ship, which lasted over six hours.”
A Russian court sentenced the commander of the 406th artillery brigade of the Ukrainian Navy, Andrei Shubin, to life imprisonment in absentia. According to the prosecution, it was he who gave the order to launch a missile strike on the cruiser Moskva in April 2022, after which it sank to the bottom.
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Armed Forces of Ukraine the cruiser “Moscow” was shot down which was in the Black Sea, April 13, 2022. The ship was hit by Neptune missiles.
Russia later confirmed that the cruiser had suffered serious damage, but claimed that its ammunition had detonated as a result of a fire. Operational Command “South” informed that the damaged cruiser tried to save other ships of the Russian fleet, but a storm and an explosion of ammunition capsized the ship, and it began to sink. The Russian Ministry of Defense initially stated that the ship remained afloat, but on the evening of April 14 it admitted that The cruiser “Moscow” sank “in a storm.” The Russian Federation did not admit that Ukraine launched a missile strike on the cruiser.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the cruiser could accommodate up to 680 crew members. Ukrainian authorities and media reported that there were more than 500 people on board. The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine said that the Russians succeeded save 58 people out of 510 on the cruiser.
The Russian Ministry of Defense initially did not admit the losses and stated that all crew members were evacuated. Journalists have published a number of materials that indicate that this is not the case.
