this is big, what looks like a victory for ukraine, in fact, a huge embarrassment for vladamir putin who is not likely to take this well. we told you last night about the russian warship, the pride of russia s whole black sea fleet, and how ukraine set it hit the moskva with two anti-tank missiles. now russia s military of defense said the ship sank. here s a statement, and i quote, during the towing of the cruiser mosvka, the ship lost visibility due to the detonation of ammunition. in the conditions of storm seas, the ship sank, the moskva which reportedly cost $750 million. now, here s the most recent view of the ship before it sank. in a satellite image, this is from maxar.
of six hostages in syria. a british man whojoined the islamic state group s convicted in the us, ending relatives long wait forjustice. i ve not slept since my dad was killed in 2014 so hopefully tonight i will get a good night of sleep. and bye bye barcelona a stoppage time shocker sees frankfurt finish off the favourites in the europa league quarterfinals. russia s defence ministry says the flagship of its black sea fleet, the cruiser moskva, has sunk a day after ukraine said it had been hit by missiles. russia has not confirmed ukraine s claim. the ship went down as it was being towed back to port
sources familiar with western intelligence tells cnn ukraine claims its missiles sank the moskva, although resources do not have definitive proof. cnn is not able to verify what caused the damage to the ship, but who could forget when a russian officer on the moskva tried to force ukranian soldiers on the island to surrender. [ bleep ]. by the way, fred pleitgen live for us tonight in kyiv. intensive fighting in ukraine. what is happening on the ground in ukraine right now? reporter: don, a lot of this is happening in the region around kharkiv, the greater kharkiv area where the local government has said there is a lot of shelling over the past couple of hours. i would say really throughout this entire day. that s going to the city of kharkiv but south of there as well, and that s where many people believe that big russian offensive is really already
cedric leighton. sir, thank you very much for joining us once again. the moskva at the bottom of the black sea tonight, and ukrainians and russians believe russia s claim that the missile hitting the moskva is credible. that s a big blow. yes, it is, don. in fact, it happened here at snake island where the ukrainians had those famous words that we all know about. here is the picture of the moskva in port before anything happened to it, and you can see that it really is one of the most impressive war ships that they have. it has missile capabilities, these are cruise missiles, they have the possibility of other missiles on board here, and a lot of armaments. in fact, some of the weapons they have are anti-ship missiles plus various machine guns and