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The Russian addiction

Ukraine war raises questions for Indian military

Russia’s Moskva missile cruiser
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The first visuals of Russia’s Moskva missile cruiser, the flagship of its Black Sea fleet, sinking have emerged online. Ukraine had said Moskva's fate was sealed by a missile strike launched by its forces from the coast last week | PHOTO: TWITTER

Business Standard Editorial Comment Mumbai
On April 13, Ukrainian ground forces reportedly fired two Neptune anti-ship missiles at the Russian missile cruiser, Moskva, igniting a fire that eventually sank the iconic flagship of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet. It is being argued that the ageing ship’s radar systems were not working properly and that US intelligence provided the Ukrainian military with targeting data, which enabled it to strike the Moskva with lethal accuracy. The humiliation was compounded when, three days ago, a second Russian warship was reportedly hit and sunk at Snake Island, near Odessa. With the Russia-Ukraine war in its third month, Kyiv