Damaged Moskva crossing Black Sea, says US

Damaged Moskva crossing Black Sea

The US has been giving its reaction to Ukrainian claims that it carried out a missile strike on the Russian flagship the Moskva last night, causing significant damage, Qazet.az reports.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby has told CNN that “there was an explosion” on the warship but that the US could not yet say whether the ship was hit by a missile.

Russia says its warship remains afloat after ammunition on board caught fire, while Ukraine says the vessel was hit by its anti-ship missiles.

“We’re not exactly sure what happened here. We do assess that there was an explosion at least one explosion on this cruiser a fairly major one at that, that has caused extensive damage to the ship,” Kirby told in interview with CNN.