The captain of the battleship has been killed.

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Ukraine claims that Moscow's captain was also killed in that explosion.

Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ukraine Ministry of Interior, has confirmed this.

The first-ranking captain, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet Warship Moscow, Anton Kuprin, died during the explosion on board”, he said.

The Moscow collapsed as it withdrew to the port in a turbulent sea after an explosion of ammunition caused a fire, according to the Kremlin.

Otherwise, Ukraine said its army successfully struck the main Russian battleship on Wednesday, the Russian defence ministry said the cause was on board and “the unfavourable conditions in the sea”.