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Moscow: Russia on Thursday said the flagship of its Black Sea fleet, the Moskva missile cruiser, remains buoyant though damaged in a blast.
The explosions of ammunition on board had been stopped, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, adding that the fire on Moskva was localized and there were no open flames. Its main missile armament was not damaged in the blast, it added.
Moskva was “seriously damaged” by the detonation of ammunition onboard as a result of a fire, the ministry said earlier in the day.
Maksim Marchenko, the governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, had claimed on Wednesday that Ukraine’s border guards on Snake Island used Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles to deliver “very serious damage” to cruiser Moskva.Â
