infamous russians go f yourself. it was that ship that was radio-ing with ukrainians there. that has been struck by two neptune missiles, ukraine army is claiming, and the russians have admitted that they said ammunition far on board. if that seems like a pretty big deal. it is. and this could be indicative of sort of the next part of this offensive as well. it has not really been in the maritime environment. so the russians have minesweepers and frigates in the sea of azov which is off closer to the donetsk area. and they have a number of landing ships in the black sea. those have not been very active, there have literally been just a handful of missiles that have been flown off of those. they haven t brought any russian troops off of any of the ships yet. there has been some resupply efforts from the frigates in the sea of asov.
cause of this fire was and the subsequent explosions of ammunition on board. the russians say it was an accidental fire. they don t know the cause quite yet but what the ukrainians are saying is that it was themselves that did it by firing several shore-based cruise missiles called neptune missiles that were developed here in ukraine, brought into service within the last year or so. and ukrainians saying they fired several of those cruise missiles successfully hitting and essentially crippling this ship. the united states asked about its assessment of what s going on here. basically says it s still trying to determine that. certainly the way that this unfolded, it s a big blow to russia. this is their flagship, the moskva and they ve now been forced to admit that it has been badly damaged and they ve had to kind of choose between two stories. one story is that it was just
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yeah, john, the big headline is this certainly warship, this russian warship that has been critically damaged, according both to russian state media and to what we re hearing from the ukrainians and americans. the russians only calling this a fire. they say the fire has been put under control at this point. not saying what they believe the cause of that fire was. however, the ukrainians filling in that blank there saying it was, in fact, two or three cruise missiles, shore-based cruise missiles launched by the ukrainians, neptune missiles, developed here in ukraine, brought into service in the last year or so. the ukrainians saying they successfully attacked this ship. the americans say they can t verify that. interestingly, they re already seeing the effects on other russian ships with a u.s. defense official telling cnn they have seen russian ships in and around that area actually move further south, perhaps an attempt to make clear or get clear of any further cruise missiles tha
ainsley: this is a fox news alert. ukraine says it significantly damaged one of russia s most important warships in the black sea. brian: great show warship over 500 russian soldiers calling the largest defeat since world war ii. pete: griff jenkins is live in ukraine with the ondate. good morning. griff: good morning ainsley, pete and brian on the 50th kay of this war a significant development as you said just breaking, a ukrainian official saying that a russian warship is significantly damaged. you are looking now at the maxar satellite images shows the ship from a few days ago. and it s not just any ship. this is russia s flagship missile cruiser translate to moscow. and it was made famous when that brave ukrainian border guard on snake island told it where it can go. we are trying to get more details on this. the ukrainian officials saying it may have been hit reportedly by neptune missiles. one thing is for sure, it is