thousands killed. massive economic sanctions. his apparent callous indifference to naval losses has a track record as long as his re reign. in 2000, the nuclear-powered submarine sunk to the bottom of the sea. putin was on vacation, returning to moscow nearly a week later. 218 men died? what happened? reporter: when confronted back then by cnn s larry king, putin s stark solitary comment. it sank. reporter: lithuania s defensemen with 485 crew aboard the moskva. the rescue ships picked up only 54 of them. russia state tv reports all survived. the last lost was 17 years ago against japan, they lost the whole fleet.
ship. putin s losses mounting. his apparent callus indifference to naval losses has a track record as long as his reign. in 2000 during training exercises the nuclear powered kirsk submarine sank to the bottom of the sea. putin was on vacation, only returning later. 218 people died. when confronted back then by cnn s larry king putin s stark solitary comment. it sank. lithuania s defense minister claimed 785 crew were onboard. state tv claims all the crew survived. russia s most disastrous naval adventure was 117 years ago against japan. they lost the whole fleet.
putin s stark solitary comment. it sank. lithuania s defense minister claims 485 crew were on board the moscova, noting turkish rescue boats picked up only 44 of them. state tv claims all the crew survived. russia s most disastrous naval adventure was 117 years ago against japan, they lost the whole fleet. eventually, the czar and his family paid the ultimate price in russia s revolution, too soon to say if the moscova s sinking can punch a hole below putin s propaganda water line. putin s state tv spin machine now admitted the moscova sunk and reacted angrily calling on putin to go all out war, drop a big bomb on kyiv, they re saying, to stop western leaders going there. poppy? nic robertson, thank you for