The missile cruiser "Moscow" was damaged by Ukrainian anti-ship cruise missile "Neptune".
"We can confirm now that the Moscow missile cruiser did exactly what our border guards on Snake Island told them to do”, - he wrote. "The Neptune missiles, guarding the Black Sea area, have caused very serious damage to the russian warship."
The cruiser "Moscow" carries artillery, anti-aircraft, anti-submarine and mine-torpedo weapons. It also carries sixteen P-1000 Vulkan anti-ship missile systems with advanced targeting technology capable of flying up to 1,000 km. It also carries on board one Ka-27 military helicopter.
Neptune is a Ukrainian anti-ship cruise missile developed by the Luch Design Bureau. In 2020 it was adopted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine's missile program: SWOT
The system is designed to defeat surface warships and transport vessels with a displacement of up to 5,000 tons, either in convoys or moving individually.
The rocket has a subsonic speed (900 km / h) and is able to fly at low altitudes – only a few meters above sea level. The missile can glide a distance of 280 km.
On 24 March, another russian warship “Saratov” was destroyed in the Port of Berdyansk by the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.