blunt message from the kremlin whether to ukraine or elsewhere. well this is an extremely impressive bit of military hardware out here in the eastern mediterranean. when we went to board this once powerful symbol of russian naval power off the coast of syria in 2015, the ship s captain said they deploy off of personal orders of the president putin, furious the aircraft had been shot down by turkey just weeks ago. the moscova, bristling with its missiles is a threatening weapon, the captain warned. the loss of this raw fire power now, which we witnessed at close quarters seven years ago is a humiliating military blow. you can see it s got these enormous missile launching tubes which can carry a nuclear missile, although we re told none on board at the moment. it s got this big gun as well to defend itself, but most importantly, this ship, the
firepower now, which we witnessed at close quarters seven years ago, is a humiliating military blow. it has enormous missile launching tubes, and it s got this big gun as well to defend itself, and most importantly this ship as sophisticated air defenses for the russian warplanes to carry out the air strikes back there in syria. that same weaponry was unleashed on ukraine, too. these recent images from the russian defense ministry showed the moskva shooting missiles, and ukrainian troops refusing to surrender telling the moskva
symbol of russian power. after the shoot-down of a russian warplane by turkish interceptors last month, the kremlin vowed to destroy anything that threatens its aircraft in syria. the captain of the moskva told me his ship, bristling with anti-aircraft missiles was sent as a warning on the direct orders of a furious russian president, vladimir putin. translator: the moskva is in itself a threatening weapon. with our arrival we have noticed a significant decrease in the skies over syria. reporter: other countries bombing syria, in other words, have taken notice. this is an extremely impressive bit of military hardware out here in the eastern mediterranean. it s a missile cruiser. you can see it s got these enormous missile launching tubes which can carry a nuclear missile, although we re told there are none on board at the moment. it has this big gun as well to