Newsinc24 Team 
Days after the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet Moskva was Sunk by Ukrainian forces in a major blow to the Russian invasion, new pictures of the final days of the cruiser have emerged online. The unverified picture shows a Slava class cruiser with black smoke billowing from its hull and it tilted heavily to its port side. The ship in the picture also appears to be missing life rafts with it likely they had been already deployed to evacuate the crew. While Ukrainian officials said their forces had hit the vessel with missiles, Russia said a fire aboard the Moskva but no attack. The US and other Western officials could not confirm what caused the blaze. Named for the Russian capital, Moskva's loss is a devastating symbolic defeat for Moscow as its troops regroup for a renewed offensive.
Reportedly the Moskva on 4/15 pic.twitter.com/HstqXYUQJf
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) April 17, 2022
Launched during the Cold War, Moskva served during conflicts in n Georgia, Syria, and Ukraine pushing the Russian military forward. Equipped to carry 16 long-range cruise missiles, the warship was 611.5 feet (186 meters) long and housed a crew of 476 with an additional 62 officers.
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