Ukraine claims its missiles destroyed Russia's Black Sea flagship

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Russia

has lost its flagship in

.

The

suffered a fire that Ukraine celebrates as a military action by its troops and

alleges that it was an accidental fire.

"Neptune missiles protecting the

Governor Maksym Marchenko

wrote on Telegram .

In the capital of said province, of the same name, is the main Ukrainian port on said sea and the exit route for almost all exports.

At the same time, the Russian Defense Minister stated in the state agency TASS, that "because of a fire, the ammunition of the

ship exploded , leaving the ship seriously damaged", and added that the entire crew had been evacuated and that there were still They investigated the origin of the fire.

Ukraine

also claimed responsibility a month ago for the destruction of the

, a Navy support ship in the Sea of ​​Azov, a fact on which the Kremlin has not commented.

Apart from being a key ship for Russia, the

has become very popular in

since the beginning of the

due to an incident that spread like wildfire on social networks and is immortalized in advertisements on the streets.

The officers of said warship asked the thirteen Ukrainian coast guards stationed on the small Serpent Island, located at a strategic point in the Black Sea, to surrender after shelling it, and they replied: "Fuck you...".

They all died and President

, at that time, announced that he would posthumously award them the Heroes of Ukraine medal.

What happened with

comes at a time of maximum tension in eastern Ukraine, due to Vladimir Putin's decision to concentrate his troops in that region after withdrawing from Kiev and its surroundings.

Also, when

claims that it has conquered

, the most important Ukrainian port on the

.

He assures that 1,026 marines of the 36th Brigade of Ukraine surrendered, who were resisting in the city, devastated by Russian bombs.

For his part, President

, in his late-night address on Wednesday night, said only that "the shelling and artillery fire continue. New columns and equipment are being sent in."

's navy

has launched cruise missiles at

and its activities in the Black Sea are crucial to supporting ground operations in the south of the country, where it is struggling to gain full control of the port of

.

The

gained notoriety early in the war when it demanded the surrender of Ukrainian border troops stationed on the small Snake Island, who defiantly refused.

The detachment was initially thought to have been killed, but in fact they were taken hostage and later released in a prisoner swap with Russia in late March, according to the Ukrainian Parliament.

On March 24, a month after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian navy claimed to have destroyed another Russian ship anchored in the port of Berdyansk, a city near Mariupol, in the Sea of ​​Azov.

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