credible but still unconfirmed reports about this ship, reports that the russians most important naval vessel in the war against ukraine, had been hit or damaged somehow, and might be out of commission. well today, that ship, the moskva, which is russian for moscow, that ship sank. over the course of the last few day, while this is being covered, you probably heard the moskva described as the flag ship of russia sib fleet in the black sea. being the flag ship means the most important and most capable high profile ship in the fleet, and it was gigantic, if the ukrainians claim they sunk it with a land to sea missile, it may beea the largest ship ever sunk by a missile. simply the largest war ship of any kind sunk since world war ii. this is a guided missile