Russian troops have intensified their offensive, especially in eastern Ukraine, and fierce battles continue in Mariupol, a key point.


On the other hand, the Ukrainian side said that it attacked the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy with a missile and gave a big blow, and it seems that it may affect Russia's future operations.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 14th that it continued missile attacks in Donetsk Oblast in the eastern part of Ukraine and Odessa in the southern part, destroying the arsenal of the Ukrainian army.



"More than 100 civilians have been killed and the number of victims continues to grow," Governor Zibitzky of Sumy Oblast, in the northeast, said on social media telegram on Thursday.



Some of them had their hands tied up, there were traces of torture, and the bodies of victims whose heads were shot with guns were found.

In Mariupol, a strategic point in the east, fierce fighting continued, and the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on the 14th that more than 1,100 Ukrainian soldiers had abandoned their weapons and surrendered.



According to Ukrainian media, one of the commanders of Mariupol's defense force admitted that some soldiers had surrendered.



Regarding the war situation in Mariupol, a senior U.S. Department of Defense official said on the 13th that the Ukrainian side is responding to the violent attack on Russia.



The British Ministry of Defense also analyzed on the 14th, "Russia needs quite a lot of troops and equipment due to the continuous defense of Ukraine."



Meanwhile, the US think tank "Institute for the Study of War" said in an analysis on the 13th that Russian troops are likely to take control of Mariupol in the next week.

As the Ukrainian side continued to resist fiercely, the governor of southern Odessa posted on SNS on the 14th that the flagship "Moscow" of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy was "severely damaged by the missile attack."



According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the cruiser "Moskva" has a maximum crew of 680 people and can carry 16 cruise missiles and torpedoes, and is positioned as the main force of the Russian Navy.



The Russian Ministry of Defense reported through state media that "the cruiser'Moskva'has been seriously damaged by the explosion of ammunition as a result of the fire. The crew has been evacuated." "Under investigation," he said, not mentioning whether it was due to an attack by the Ukrainian army.



The Russian army has aimed to expand the area controlled by the Black Sea coast in southern Ukraine, and the Black Sea Fleet has been attacking from the sea with cruise missiles, but it is said that the flagship, which can be said to be a symbol of the fleet, was severely damaged. If so, it seems that future operations may be affected.

What is the Black Sea Fleet flagship "Moscow"?

The guided missile cruiser "Moscow" is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy.



She was put into service in 1983, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, and in 1999 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, she became the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet based in the military port Sevastopol in Crimea, southern Ukraine.



Her crew is up to 680 and can carry 16 cruise missiles called "Bazarit" and torpedoes.



In addition to Russia's military invasion of Georgia in 2008, she was dispatched to the Syrian Civil War in which Russia intervened in 2015, and is positioned as the main force of the Russian Navy.