The department recalled that during the fire on April 13, the cruiser was seriously damaged due to the detonation of ammunition, the crew was unable to extinguish the fire.
“In the course of the struggle for the survivability of the ship, one serviceman was killed, another 27 crew members were missing.
The remaining 396 crew members were evacuated from the cruiser to the ships of the Black Sea Fleet in the area and delivered to Sevastopol, ”the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Earlier it became known that as a result of a fire on the missile cruiser "Moskva" there was an explosion of ammunition, the ship's crew was evacuated.
Later, the cruiser Moskva sank while being towed in a storm.