A new person has been appointed to the "vacant" position of the commander of the destroyed cruiser "Moskva" in Russia

A new person has been appointed to the "vacant" position of the commander of the destroyed cruiser "Moskva" in Russia

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Russia has appointed a new commander for the destroyed Ukrainian cruiser Moskva. The DIU released an extract from the order of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine publishes an excerpt from the order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu, which refers to the appointment of a new commander of the missile cruiser "Moscow", which was destroyed by Ukraine, reports UNN.

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According to the document published by the GUR, the flagship of the of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the cruiser "Moscow" has a new commander - Andrey Savatieiev. Andrey Savateev. He took up the "vacant" position as an interim acting duties due to "official necessity."

As a reminder, the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed the cruiser Moskva in April 2022.

However, the Russians claimed that the flagship sank due to a storm

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