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The Ukrainian Armed Forces shared on their Facebook account an audio recording of the last moments of the crew aboard the Moskva, the Russian warship that successfully attacked Ukraine.
On the recording, so far according to the New York newspaper, the sailor reports that a hole in the ship’s hull below the waterline will cause the ship to turn 30 degrees.
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The Ukrainian military has published an audio recording of the death of the cruiser Moskva. In the audio recording, a crew member says that the ship was hit twice and that it lists on its side. On April 14, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Moskva sank. https://t.co/4a3RjjRpab
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 15, 2022
There is no way to get to the tugs. We are doing everything we can to save the crew.”
The battleship Moskva, built during the Soviet Union, was one of the main assets of the Russian fleet. Ukrainian forces provided the ship was hit by Neptune missiles.. Then the Russians said that the flooding was due to a fire on board, without specifying the cause of the fire.
