Panic as the Russian Black Sea flagship leading the naval assault on Ukraine has been seriously damaged by an explosion that a Ukrainian official said was the result of a missile strike.

The damage to the Moskva missile cruiser was caused by ammunition detonating “as a result of a fire”, the Russian defense ministry was quoted by state media on Thursday as saying, adding that the cause of the blaze was being investigated.

The governor of Odesa said Ukrainian forces hit the vessel with missile strikes, while presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said we don’t understand what happened.

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