Pentagon mentioned the sinking of Moskva is a “big blow” for Russia.

Russia has launched a video that claims to indicate the crew members of the Moskva warship, the primary time any sailors from the ship have been seen since its sinking, in keeping with the BBC. The Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, was hit by two Ukrainian missiles earlier than it sank, the Pentagon mentioned.

The video launched by Russia exhibits the captain of the doomed ship, who was mentioned to have been killed. Further, Russian naval chief Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov is seen addressing the seamen and naval officers within the video.

The 26-second soundless footage exhibits roughly 120 sailors and officers standing in consideration in uniform. It has been posted on the Facebook page of the Russian Defence Ministry.

“Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov and the command of the Black Sea Fleet held a meeting with the crew of the missile cruiser ‘Moskva’ in Sevastopol,” in keeping with a translation of the video’s caption by New York Post.

“The traditions of the Guards missile cruiser ‘Moskva’ will be carefully preserved and continued, as it has always been accepted in the Navy,” the textual content of the Facebook publish additional says.

Russia had claimed that Moskva went down because it was being towed to port after a hearth broke out on board. But Kyiv claimed the ship was hit by two Neptune missiles fired by Ukraine which killed the whole 500-strong crew.

The Pentagon known as it a “big blow” for Moscow.

The missile cruiser had been main Russia’s naval effort within the seven-week battle in Ukraine, taking part in a central position within the siege of the port metropolis of Mariupol.

Dozens of individuals gathered within the Crimean metropolis of Sevastopol on Friday to mourn the sinking of Moskva. Some embraced and others laid flowers in reminiscence of the warship at a monument to the 1696 basis of the Russian navy within the centre of Sevastopol, headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet.