strategy is? are you again on high alert that they are coming back for kyiv? kyiv for them is symbolic. they were never able to take give or let alone hold it. so, i think it carries for them that symbolism that they have the upper hand in this war. there is no strategic reason to carry out these airstrikes. i think those airstrikes will continue as well due to putin being unhappy about his missile cruiser that went down two days ago. so, i think we will see more airstrikes. they have not been any in kyiv tonight, as far as i remember, though, if there were three last night. from what i heard, and i am away for five days, my mother who is living in my house now is my eyes and ears on the ground. the way she described the past
happening. pentagon officials confirm, the subsequent, and subsequent fire over the russian warship were, indeed, the result of a ukrainian missile strike. the russian missile cruiser, ultimately, sunk as it was toe to port for repairs. the loss of that vessel, coming as russian forces prepare for an offensive in eastern ukraine. using long range bombers, in an effort to devastate mariupol, as they look to complete take complete control of the port city according to ukraine s military. back to dateline. back to dateline just before 9 pm, july 2nd. around the time caroline worried family members were recording foreign messages to each other. a county sheriff s deputy was
Russian Defence Ministry on Thursday said that its warship Moskva has sunk in the Black Sea while being towed amid a storm as the warship was badly damaged by h
invaded georgia, the former soviet republic of georgia. during that invasion, russia sent its flagship missile cruiser, the most, vowed to support the invasion of georgia. six years later, putin invaded ukraine, invaded and took crimea, part of ukraine, in 2014. again, that same ship, the moskva, was deployed, played a critical role in blocking ukrainian ships from leaving an important naval base to try to confront the russians. then, one year later, in 2015, the moskva was once again deployed this time to support russia s brutal military campaign in syria in support of a dictator bashar al-assad. so the moskva is really the go-to warship. it has an extensive recent history in playing a key military role every time putin try keeps trying to redraw the maps of the former soviet union. well now, this flagship of the
against him. with us for the morning we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico jonathan lemire. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan. joe has the morning off. we begin with that huge setback for russia as its flagship vessel in the black sea has sunk. russia s defense ministry yesterday said the moskva was being towed to port after suffering heavy damages and sank in a storm. a day earlier ukrainian officials said their forces hit the ship with two anti-ship missiles, causing significant damage. moscow denied the claim, instead saying that a fire began on board causing ammunition to detonate. u.s. officials say they cannot confirm what caused the explosion on the vessel. the missile cruiser was a symbol of russia s naval power. willie, either way it is symbolic of russia flailing to