Russian warship ‘Moskva’ has sunk — What do we know?
By DW
17 April 2022 |
12:39 pm
Ukrainian forces claim to have taken out Russia's Black Sea flagship "Moskva" with a missile strike, while Russian officials say a fire on board had caused ammunition to start exploding. Here is what we know so far.
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Russia's main warship in the black sea, the Moskva, sunk off the coast of Ukraine last night. Before Russia's Defense Ministry acknowledged that this vessel sunk, many social media users claimed that the warship had already been hit by Ukrainian missiles. The images in the posts have nothing to do with the current war in Ukraine. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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