It was the Russian warship Mosvka hit With two Ukrainian missiles before it sank in Black Sea, a senior pentagonal official Friday said on condition of Anonymity.
The senior official He said that these were Neptune anti-ship missiles. The United States believes that there have been Russian victims, although the numbers are not clear, official added.
Russian news Quoted by agencies of the Russian Ministry of Defense on On Thursday, he said, the missile cruiser Moskva sank in Stormy sailor after what he said he was fire And explosions of ammunition stored on board.
Ukraine said it launched a missile attack on Moskva from the coast, claiming it tore the Soviet-era ship.
However, Reuters was unable to verify the authenticity of either side’s assertions.
