u.s. and other officials have not confirmed what caused the fire. other warships moved further from the ukrainian southern coast line. president zelenskyy says russian ships can go to the bottom of the sea. they say xi is a silent partner, calling the partnership greatest challenge the cia faces. economic strength to military power. silent partner in putin s aggression, xi is our greatest challenge, in many ways most profound test cia has ever faced. given potential desperation of president putin, none of us can take lightly threat poesed by potential resort to tactical nuclear weapons. obviously very alarming stuff
he praised the ukrainian people, those who stopped the advance of endless columns of russian equipment, those who proved that russian planes were defenceless, and those who proved that russian ships can only go to the bottom of the sea. but in the east of the country, invading troops continue their operations. the ukrainian government fears their main goal now is to destroy the donbas region. russia may have sustained a heavy defeat, but it is still very much in this war. tim allman, bbc news. our correspondent jenny hill is in moscow this was the flagship of the black sea fleet, a huge blow to russia, i suppose, but what are they saying officially about this? the statement from the authorities officially about this? the statement from the authorities says officially about this? the statement from the authorities says that - officially about this? the statement from the authorities says that the i from the authorities says that the ship sank while it was being towed back to port in
even if they didn t directly contribute to the sinking. and it s an enormous defeat for russia because it indicates that the russian armed forces simply aren t up to snuff in terms of modern military capabilities. perhaps not, but it does beg the question how will russia react? these were air raid sirens heard overnight in the western city of lviv for the first time in several days. and there were reports of powerful explosions in the capital kyiv. in his latest video message, president zelensky made reference to the fate of the moskva. he praised the ukrainian people, those who stopped the advance of endless columns of russian equipment, those who proved that russian planes were defenceless, and those who proved that russian ships can only go to the bottom of the sea. but in the east of the country, invading troops continue
for russia because it indicates that the russian armed forces simply aren t up to snuff in terms of modern military capabilities. perhaps not, but it does beg the question how will russia react? these were air raid sirens heard overnight in the western city of lviv for the first time in several days. and there were reports of powerful explosions in the capital kyiv. in his latest video message, president zelensky made reference to the fate of the moskva. he praised the ukrainian people, those who stopped the advance of endless columns of russian equipment, those who proved that russian planes were defenceless, and those who proved that russian ships can only go to the bottom of the sea. but in the east of the country, invading troops continue their operations. the ukrainian government fears their main goal now is to destroy the donbas region.
since the second world war. this is a tremendous victory for ukraine, even if they didn t directly contribute to the sinking. and it s an enormous defeat for russia because it indicates that the russian armed forces simply aren t up to snuff in terms of modern military capabilities. perhaps not, but it does beg the question how will russia react? these were air raid sirens heard overnight in the western city of lviv for the first time in several days. and there were reports of powerful explosions in the capital kyiv. in his latest video message, president zelensky made reference to the fate of the moskva. he praised the ukrainian people, those who stopped the advance of endless columns of russian equipment, those who proved that russian planes were defenceless, and those who proved that russian ships can only go to the bottom of the sea.