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by Daphne ROUSSEAU Agence France Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russia pounded a Ukrainian rocket factory following the sinking of its Black Sea flagship, as President Volodymyr Zelensky said his allies could shorten the war by delivering the weapons he had requested. The Vizar factory, near Kyiv’s international airport, was seriously damaged in the overnight strikes, an AFP journalist saw on Friday. Russia said it had used sea-based long-range missiles to hit the plant, which […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The Russian Black Sea flagship Moskva, which was involved in Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, was badly damaged after Russia said a fire sparked munitions explosions onboard. Here are three things to know about Russia’s symbolic warship which, in addition to being involved in military missions, has been a tool of Moscow’s diplomacy. – Soviet origins – The 186-metre (610-foot) missile cruiser — then called Slava (Glory) — was designed […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The sinking of the warship Moskva on Thursday after it was engulfed in an inferno was a “big blow” to Russia’s naval strength in the Black Sea, the Pentagon said Thursday. The guided missile cruiser sank in rough seas after being damaged by fire during Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, Moscow’s defense ministry said. But Ukraine said the ship had been hit in a rocket attack. “This is a […]
by Joris FIORITI Agence France Presse ODESSA, Ukraine (AFP) — Russia’s Black Sea flagship sank on Thursday after an explosion and fire that Ukraine claimed was a successful missile strike, as the Kremlin accused Kyiv of targeting its citizens in sorties across the border. The Moskva missile cruiser had been leading Russia’s naval effort in the seven-week conflict, in which civilian killings have sparked accusations of genocide from the United States and others. Russia’s defence […]
