with russia, that ukrainian captain made a decision that he and his crew would seek it themselves. ukrainian sunk their own flagship vessel. at the time, ukraine s defense minister described situation as this way, quote, it is hard to imagine a more difficult decision for a courageous man and his crew, but we will build a new fleet. that was the first flagship to go down in this war. this week, we saw a second flagship in this war sink under very different circumstances. ukrainian forces took down the flagship of the russian black sea fleet. that ship, known as the the moskva was 84 times the size of ukrainians flagship. russian media claim that the ship sank because of a fire that broke out on board. but today, the pentagon confirmed that it was two ukrainian neptune missiles that sunk the the moskva, it decisive victory for the county forces against the russian invaders. the tale of the two flagships, it sounds like a david versus
navy at the time. it was named after a 17 century military leader that led a campaign against the russians all the way back in 1618. when war broke out across ukraine, ukrainian flagship was in port for repairs. russia s much larger navy was starting to close in, and ukrainian flagship captain feared that those repairs would not be finished in time to prevent the crown jewel of ukraine s navy from falling into russian hands. so, just one week into the war with russia, that ukrainian captain made a decision that he and his crew would sink it themselves. ukrainian sunk their own flagship vessel. at the time, ukraine s defense minister described the situation as this way, quote, it is hard to imagine a more difficult decision for a courageous man and his crew, but we will build a new fleet. that was the first flagship to go down in this war. this week, we saw a second flagship in this war sink under very different circumstances. ukrainian forces took down the