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With russia, that ukrainian captain made a decision that he and his crew would seek it themselves. ukrainian sunk their own flagship vessel. at the time, ukraines defense minister described situation as this way, quote, it is hard to imagine a more difficult decision for a courageous man and his crew, but we will build a new fleet. that was the first flagship to go down in this war. this week, we saw a second flagship in this war sink under very different circumstances. ukrainian forces took dow...

Premier flagship vessel for the russians. as a result, other ships in odesa have basically retreated. you can only imagine that makes vladimir put in the furious. >> todd: that is matt finn live in ukraine, matched my thinking. today, christians remembers sacrifice but easy to forget while people across the globe suffer through the war in ukraine and of course the covid pandemic. >> carley: even during a year of loss, there is always hope, of course robert jeffries with his easter message, good ...

Going to also enter a new phase with the support for the ukrainians. so i think that it is just as much of a slippery slope for putin to actually use those weapons as it is for the west to increase our support at this point for the ukrainians. because really it is going to -- this war could go on for years. >> yeah. >> if we continue the level of support now or potentially we up it, this could, you know, reach some kind of turning point. that actually was a really big deal, and thats what i want...

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Ukraine war so far. this is a flagship vessel. its got military significance. also, its symbolic in a lot of ways. >> if it is an act of god, what is the omen that is sending if thats the case here? lets also talk about as weve seen all of these world leaders coming to kyiv, the question is who is the u.s. going to send? >> reporter: yeah. this is a question theyve been mulling for a while there. theres discussion about sending lloyd austin, an tow any blinken. not a visit looking likely from th...

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. ...

That was the flagship vessel of ukraines relatively small navy, until it was sunk not by russian forces actually but by ukraine itself. the ship had been docked for repairs in the ports city of mike lee off and on the black sea coast when the war broke out last week. and the captain of the ship actually feared that those repairs would not be finished in time to prevent the crown jewel of ukraines navy from falling into russian hands. he did not want to take that risk. so he basically carried out...

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