Russia claimed the ship was damaged by a fire aboard, which caused ammunition to explode.
The Russian cruiser Moskva sank after it was hit by two Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles Wednesday, a U.S. defense official said Friday, contradicting Russian claims that an accidental explosion was responsible for the loss of the flagship of the Black Sea fleet. The Pentagon on Thursday said there was an explosion aboard the warship and it was sinking but couldn’t confirm the cause of the damage.
