moldova, that s quite a goal, would make ukraine in effect a rum state, cut it off from the black sea as i said, there is of course the capability of carrying that out. that said, it does show, wolf, the prospect of a very long war here. right? one that cannot be satisfied just with gains so far in the east and the south, but perhaps could extend some months down the line. as you know, jim, russia s prized warship the moscova sank over a week ago as it came under attack, what more is russia saying about that humiliating la loss. well we should start with the fact that russia lies about military casualties all the ti time, in every war it s been in the last two decades so start with that. what russia s claiming now is just one sailor died in that attack there, you see the pictures there and all the damage done to their flagship,
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
moscova has very sophisticated surface-to-air missiles and that s what s been deployed here off the coast of syria to provide air defenses for the russian war planes carrying out their air strikes back there in syria. that same weaponry was unleashed on ukraine, too. these recent images from the russian defense ministry show the moscova firing cruise missiles from the black sea. the ship was also involved in the russian take-over of a ukrainian island earlier on in the war. ukrainian troops refusing to surrender, telling the moscova where to go. confirmation, this black sea flagship has now been sunk will be a major boost to ukrainian morale. it s another big loss in russia s staggering war. well, there s a sense from the ukrainians tonight that this