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in 2008, vladimir putin invaded georgia, the former soviet republic of georgia, russia sent the flag ship guided missile cruiser the moskva to the black sea to support that invasion of georgia. six years later, putin invaded ukraine. he invaded and took crima, part of ukraine, in 2014, and again, that same ship, the moskva was deployed and played a critical role in blocking ukrainian ships for leaving an important naval base to try to confront the russians. in 2015, it was once again deployed to support russia s brutal military campaign in syria in support of the dictator bashar al-asad. so the moskva is the go to war ship, it has an extensive recent history in playing a key
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