One sailor died on the cruiser Moskva, and another 27 went missing, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The ministry’s statement is quoted by TASS.
“The remaining 396 crew members were evacuated from the cruiser to the ships of the Black Sea Fleet in the area and taken to Sevastopol,” the ministry said, adding that they “provide all the necessary support and assistance to relatives and relatives of the dead and missing.”
The missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, sank on the evening of April 13th. The Ukrainian side immediately claimed that it was an attack by two Neptune anti-ship missiles. The Russian Ministry of Defense first claimed that the «Moskva» suffered due to the storm, and then recognized the fire on the cruiser and announced a «complete evacuation of the crew.»
Relatives of the seven crew members, among whom were conscripts, spoke about their death or missing after the explosion. The mother of conscript Nikita Syromyasov told Mediazone that a representative of the command answered her questions on the phone about the fate of her son: “You know what, write me better by SMS, because I don’t want to listen to your tantrums at all.”
In total, the relatives of the missing estimated the number of dead and missing at 27-40 people. An unnamed source of Meduza, close to the command of the Black Sea Fleet, claimed that 37 people out of about 500 crew members died as a result of the explosion on the cruiser. .jpg» class=»mz-publish-context-cite__image» alt=»1″ />«I really don't want to listen to your tantrums.» What is the answer to the mother of a conscript who went missing after the death of «Moskva»