Ukraine claims to have caused ‘serious damage’ after striking Russian flagship

The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the ship was damaged, but not that it was hit by Ukraine.

Ukrainian officials say they have caused ‘serious damage’ to the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet (AP)

Ukrainian officials say they have caused “serious damage” to the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet.

The Odesa region’s governor Maksym Marchenko said forces struck the Russian guided-missile cruiser Moskva with two missiles and caused “serious damage”.