MOSKVA LOSS 'VERY, VERY PAINFUL BLOW' FOR RUSSIA: FORMER PUTIN ADVISER Andrei Illarionov, an economist and former policy adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that the loss of the Moskva
MOSKVA LOSS 'VERY, VERY PAINFUL BLOW' FOR RUSSIA: FORMER PUTIN ADVISER Andrei Illarionov, an economist and former policy adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that the loss of the Moskva
MOSKVA LOSS 'VERY, VERY PAINFUL BLOW' FOR RUSSIA: FORMER PUTIN ADVISER
Andrei Illarionov, an economist and former policy adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that the loss of the Moskva warship is a "very, very painful blow" for the Russian military.
Ukraine on Thursday said that it had struck the flagship Moskva cruiser with a missile. Russia offered a conflicting report, saying ammunition exploded on board the ship and then that poor weather caused it to sink. The Pentagon on Friday said that it had concluded Ukraine struck the Russian warship with a missile, causing it ultimately to sink.
Sinking the Moskva changes the calculus in Ukraine
At 610 feet in length, the Moskva was the third-largest in Russia's fleet. The vessel was also the