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Sasha Petrova, Jihan Abdalla, Federica Marsi, Farah Najjar

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Russia says warship has sunk

Russia's defence ministry had said earlier that the Soviet-era ship had been badly damaged by the fire, which Ukraine said was a result of its missile strike [File: EPA]
  • Russia’s defence ministry says its Black Sea warship the Moskva has sunk after an explosion and fire, state media reported, hours after Ukraine claimed it struck the warship with two missiles.
  • Russia earlier said it had contained a fire on the ship which broke out after ammunition blew up on board.
  • Moscow warns NATO against accepting Sweden and Finland’s memberships, saying there could be no more talk of a “nuclear-free” Baltic.
  • Ukrainian officials claim at least four people have been killed in the eastern city of Kharkiv amid increasing Russian bombings.

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