Russia says the missile cruiser was badly damaged after fire sparked ammunition to detonate, but it did not give details on the cause of the fire.
His comments about Snake Island refer to an incident earlier in the war - the day after Russia's invasion began - when the Moskva was one of two Russian ships approaching the patch of land in the Black Sea.
• Russia said it will impose retaliatory sanctions on 398 members of the US House of Representatives and 87 Canadian senators, after the US targeted 328 members of Russia's lower house • Finland and Sweden appeared to be edging closer to NATO membership, with Finland's prime minister Sanna Marin saying the country had to be"prepared for all kinds of actions from Russia"
• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said there was no chance of a humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine at the momentIt came as Ukraine warned that Russia was boosting its efforts in the south and east as itRussia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that 1,026 soldiers from Ukraine's 36th Marine Brigade, including 162 officers, had surrendered in the southern city and that the port had come under Russian control.
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