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Virtual sailor 7 titanic sinking6/19/2023 The next day, the Ukrainian Southern Command said that Moskva had capsized and was beginning to sink. The operation to sink Moskva may have been assisted by use of Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs to serve as a distraction. The Ukrainian missiles were apparently fired from a land-based launcher near Odesa while Moskva was located 60–65 nautical miles (110–120 kilometres) offshore. Later that evening presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych reported Moskva was on fire in rough seas and Odessa governor Maksym Marchenko said their Ukrainian forces hit Moskva with two R-360 Neptune anti-ship missiles, "which caused very serious damage." There were reports of an explosion and subsequent fire involving one of Moskva 's exposed deckside missile tubes. The first known report of a missile hitting the ship was at 20:42 13 April 2022 Ukrainian time ( EEST, UTC+03:00) with a Facebook post by a Ukrainian volunteer connected to the military. Location of Moskva in Black Sea on 12 April 2022 by satellite imagery Ukrainian account
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