Ukraine may have dealt another major blow to the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. The Russian frigate Admiral Makarov is reportedly burning near Snake Island after being hit by a Ukrainian Neptune rocket. An explosion would have occurred on the ship, followed by a fire. This was confirmed by people's deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko on Telegram, quoted by the Ukrainian media.
Russian planes are flying over that area of the Black Sea and rescue ships have arrived from Crimea to aid the frigate. According to updated data from the Ukrainian General Staff, "the Russians have lost a ship". And not just any. In fact, it would be the most important after the Moskva, the cruiser hit and sunk last month and the most modern of the Admiral Grigorovich fleet. At the beginning of April she had been on the front line of the missile attack on the Odessa coast.
US aid on the attack on Moskva
The news comes just as the background of the collaboration between Ukraine and US intelligence on the sinking of the Moskva is bouncing from the United States. A detail that, if confirmed, would greatly increase the already high tension between the Kremlin and the White House. The sinking of the Moskva, flagship of the Russian Black Sea fleet on April 14, was considered a great victory for Ukraine and an embarrassing loss for Russia.
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