Russia claims undated video shows survivors of sunk Moskva warship

The Russian defence ministry launched a soundless and undated video that allegedly exhibits survivors of the doomed warship (Footage: EPA/AFP/Russian MoD)

Russia has claimed that greater than 100 crew members of Russia’s greatest warship Moskva, together with its captain, have survived after the ship sunk within the Black Sea.

They launched an undated video, with out sound, claiming to indicate the survivors after a days of hypothesis that 500 folks had died amid a digital information blackout.

Because the digicam pans round, a big group of uniformed officers and seamen will be seen at a parade within the Crimean port metropolis of Sevastopol, who have been met by navy commander-in-chief Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov.

Hailed because the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Moskva now rests on the backside of the Black Sea after an explosion on board on Thursday.

It made headlines when a Ukrainian troop was filmed saying ‘go f*** your self, Russian warship’ as its crew threatened to shell Snake Island earlier than capturing the unit.

Maksym Marchenko, the governor of the Odesa area, mentioned Ukraine struck the 12,500-ton Soviet-era vessel late on Wednesday with two Neptune missiles and induced ‘severe harm’.

Russia’s personal model of occasions states that the explanation for the sinking was a hearth brought on by exploding ammunition.

The Kremlin has confirmed harm to the Moskva after a hearth however didn't attribute the trigger to Ukraine’s armed forces (Image: AFP)

Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov assembly with what Russia claims are surviving members of the crew in Sevastopol (Image: Russian MoD)

Forbes named Moskva’s demise as the costliest Russian army loss within the conflict in opposition to Ukraine, with an estimated value of £574 million.

It took the Kremlin a day to acknowledge that the guided missile cruiser had sunk however there was no point out of lack of life till now.

It's unclear when the assembly with Admiral Yevmenov passed off however on the finish of the video he mentioned: ‘The crew of Moskva cruiser is on the principal base, hero metropolis of Sevastopol.

‘Officers, midshipmen and contract personnel will proceed service within the navy.

‘Obligatory [military] service personnel, in step with the legislation, might be launched from Might to July, and can depart to be placed on army register.’

There have been at the least 500 crew members on the warship through the incident (Image: EPA)

An article on Russian state-owned information company Tass said all its 500-crew was evacuated after the incident, although Ukraine has claimed there have been fatalities.

Captain Anton Kuprin was mentioned to be amongst these killed however Metro.co.uk has not been capable of confirm this.

Defence and safety analyst Michael Clarke informed Sky Information that whereas the lack of the Moskva doesn't rob the Russian navy of a lot functionality, it's definitely a big blow to its status.

He wrote: ‘The cruiser had been performing because the management centre for the 30 or so vessels the Russians have gotten within the Black Sea.

‘Shedding the Moskva flagship is an enormous PR blow for the Kremlin – the Russians haven’t misplaced their flagship for the reason that Russo-Japanese conflict of 1904.’

Mr Clarke believes that the sinking of the Moskva additionally implies that any Russian assault on the essential port metropolis of Odesa will now be tougher for Vladimir Putin’s forces to realize.

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