even if they didn t directly contribute to the sinking, and it s an enormous defeat for russia because it indicates the russian armed forces simply aren t up to snuff in terms of modern military capabilities. the ship was seen in the black sea only a few days ago. a presidential visit on deck a few years back shows russia s pride in the missile cruiser and the embarrassment of its loss. ukraine s president referred to it in his address on the 50th night of the war. translation: ukraine is defended by our people, all our people, - those who stop the advance of endless columns of russian equipment, those who rebuff constant attacks in donbas, those who have shown that russian ships can go only to the bottom. the moskva already appears on stamps as a symbol of ukrainian defiance. it has become a popular resistance image after ukrainian soldiers on a black sea island refused to surrender and told the ship firmly to go away. now it s propaganda
of modern military capabilities. the ship was seen in the black sea only a few days ago. a presidential visit on deck a few years back shows russia s pride in the missile cruiser and the embarrassment of its loss. ukraine s president referred to it in his address on the 50th night of the war. translation: ukraine is defended by our people, all our people, - those who stop the advance of endless columns of russian equipment, those who rebuff constant attacks in donbas, those who have shown that russian ships can go only to the bottom. the moskva already appears on stamps as a symbol of ukrainian defiance. it has become a popular resistance image after ukrainian soldiers on a black sea island refused to surrender and told the ship firmly to go away. now it s propaganda value is even greater. translation: it is a symbol of this war for people who are suffering - and fighting in the battle zones. for them, it is inspiring.
after explosions were heard close to the capital. russia says it targeted a military facility. a russian defence spokesman warned there would be more strikes on kyiv and released these pictures of missile launches from the black sea. russia presumably wants to show its firepower is not diminished despite the sinking of its black sea flagship. it says moskva went down in rough seas, being towed to port after a fire on board. there has been no comment on ukrainian claims of a successful missile strike. this is a tremendous victory for ukraine, even if they did not directly contribute to the sinking, and it is an enormous defeat for russia because it indicates the russian armed forces simply aren t up to snuff in terms of modern military capabilities. the ship was seen in the black sea only a few days ago. a presidential visit on deck a few years back shows russia s pride in the missile cruiser and the embarrassment of its loss. ukraine s president referred to it in his address on the 50t
ukraine s president referred to it in his address on the 50th night of the war. translation: ukraine is defended by our people, all our people, - those who stop the advance of endless columns of russian equipment, those who rebuff constant attacks in donbas, those who have shown that russian ships can go only to the bottom. the moskva already appears on stamps as a symbol of ukrainian defiance. it has become a popular resistance image after ukrainian soldiers on a black sea island refused to surrender and told the ship firmly to go away. now its propaganda value is even greater. translation: it is a symbol of this war for people who are suffering - and fighting in the battle zones. for them, it is inspiring. it is the motto of the war. it is kind of a symbol of ukrainian resistance. russia s biggest military warship and it has the name, moskva, i