This was the Moskva, Russia’s flagship in the Black Sea

The ukrainian army destroyed on Wednesday the flagship Y commanding of the russian fleet in it Black Seathe missile cruiser ‘Moskva’. “‘Neptune’ missiles have caused severe damage to the Russian ship,” the governor of Odessa, Maksym Marchenkoan extreme that has corroborated Kyiv.

On the other hand the Russian Ministry of Defense alleges that it was a accidental fire and to the subsequent detonation of ammunition from the ship. The kremlin also ensures that the crew, made up of 510 people, was able to be evacuated, while Ukraine claims that it was unable to escape. This was ‘Moskva’, the soviet gem of the Russian troops.

The ‘Moskva’ was built in 1979 in the city of Mykolayivin southern Ukraine, which was then part of the USSR. She was thrown out with the name of ‘slave‘, what does it mean “glory“. The ship returned to Mykolaiv in December 1990 for a refit that lasted until April 2000, coinciding with the coming to power of Vladimir Putin. Then, she was renamed ‘Moskva’, ‘Moscow’ in Spanish, and became the lead ship of the Black Sea Fleet.

It was the flagship because it was the largest of all those in the Black Sea. she had one length of 186 meters and was traveling at 59 kilometers per hour. Being the largest ship, he was the one in command. But not for that she had a great weapon power.

Russia first launched a hypersonic missilenicknamed ‘Kinzhal‘, March 19th. It was to destroy an underground Ukrainian arsenal in Deliatin, in the southwest of the country. That missile has a range of more than 2,000 kilometers and is going 10 times faster than the speed of sound. However, the ‘Moskva’ had cruise missiles ‘vulkan‘, one of the most mysterious missiles in Soviet service, but already outdated.

These missiles have a range of 550 kilometers and a payload of 1,000 kilos, which allows them to carry a 350 kiloton nuclear warhead or a 950 kilo semi-armor-piercing high-explosive warhead.

The ship also had quite a few anti-aircraft defenses, in the form of missiles and cannons, such as the ‘Fort’ missiles. She had a powerful anti-ship artillery and could carry a helicopter on board.

He played a key role during Russia’s military campaign in Syriawhich began in 2015. A year later, its trajectory through the planet’s seas and oceans was recognized by the Nakhimov Orderone of the highest distinctions of the Russian Federation.