Ukrainians were able to sink the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation cruiser " This is reported by The New York Times, citing sources among senior US officials..

According to the publication, immediately after the strike, representatives of the Biden administration were silent and refused to confirm even the fact of a strike on Moscow.. But then U.S. officials confirmed that hours before the Neptune missiles were launched, Ukraine had received U.S. intelligence from U.S. intelligence sources..

What information was transmitted, the NYT interlocutors did not specify. However, according to one of them, "

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Recall, on the evening of April 13, it became known that Ukrainian Neptune missiles hit the cruiser Moskva, which was considered the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy.. The Russians tried to tow it to the port in Sevastopol, but the ship sank. Russian authorities initially denied that the cruiser sank as a result of a Ukrainian missile hit, but allegedly due to an explosion of ammunition due to a fire.. However, on the same evening, the Russians fired on a plant that produced components for Neptune missiles..

Recall also that, according to Chinese experts, due to the death of the cruiser Moskva, the Russian fleet no longer poses a threat to American aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean..