Ukrainian authorities: Ukrainian missile fire caused a fire on the Russian cruiser "Moscow"

"It's burning badly and with such rough seas it's impossible to know when it will be able to get help," said the adviser to the Ukrainian president, Oleksiy Arestovich, stating that there are 510 crew members on board.

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14.04.2022. 00:31h

Ukrainian missile fire caused a fire on the Russian cruiser "Moscow", the Ukrainian authorities announced this evening.

"Neptune missiles, which protect the Black Sea, caused heavy damage to the Russian ship," said the Ukrainian governor of the southern Odesa region, Maxim Marchenko.

The head of the #In Odesa regional administration, Maxim Marchenko, confirms the information that the #Russian missile cruiser "Moskva" was attacked by "Neptune" anti-ship missiles and got serious damage. pic.twitter.com/N9jovoEp66
- NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 13, 2022

The adviser to the Ukrainian president, Oleksiy Arestovich, confirmed via YouTube that the Russian ship was attacked.

"It's burning badly and with such rough seas it's impossible to know when it will be able to get help," he said, stating that there were 510 crew members on board.

Agence France-Presse says that for now it is not possible to verify these claims from independent sources and adds that Russian news agencies are not reporting any fire on a Russian military ship for now.

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