Russia said Friday that one crew member died and 27 went missing after the Moskva missile cruiser sank last week, Moscow’s first admission of the losses following the tragedy.
“As a result of a fire on April 13, the Moskva missile cruiser was seriously damaged due to the detonation of ammunition,” the defence ministry said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies. “One serviceman was killed, another 27 crew members went missing,” the ministry said, adding that “the remaining 396 members” had been evacuated.
