Ammunition Fire News Today

Good morning, everyone. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. as ukraine says, they have dealt a major blow to russias naval fleet in the back sea. ukrainian officials say the flagship vessel is sinking after taking missile fire. but russia is saying the damage was caused by an ammunition fire and officials say the ship is still afloat. this is how admiral stavridis characterized the blow. >> the first thing at annapolis, the first thing they teach you is never let your ship blow up. ...

Explanation, there are questions about what the setback means for russias ability to wage war in the south and east. joining me from ukraine is ali arouzi. >> reporter: they said this was a ammunition fire that caused the damage, and they say what the ukrainians are saying is credible, this was hit by an anti-ship missile, and its a significant blow to the russians. this was their flagship, and it will not hurt their capabilities here but it will complicate things for russians, and the russians ...

She suffocated from tear gas. most, however, of the injuries and specifically the people who were killed yesterday were killed by live ammunition. we have not seen live ammunition here used very much. i cant confirm weve seen it at all. ive heard a few things that sound like live ammunition fire. but weve been told in other parts of the strip there have been some uses of live ammunition, but certainly not the scale that we saw yesterday where there were large crowds in the area where im standing...

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