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Russia's defense ministry releases video of Navy commander meeting crew of Moskva: TASS
From CNN's Nathan Hodge in Lviv, Ukraine, and Masha Angelova in Tel Aviv
The Russian navy's commander-in-chief, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, met with the crew of the guided-missile cruiser Moskva in Sevastopol, according to Russian state news agency TASS, citing the defense ministry.
TASS released ministry of defense video Saturday showing what was described as officers and sailors of the sunken warship standing in formation two rows deep.
The number of sailors in formation was not clear. The Russian military has released no information about casualties aboard the Moskva, which sank Thursday in the Black Sea. It was unclear how many crew members were aboard, or how many survived.
The Moskva was the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet. Ukraine claimed it had hit the cruiser with anti-ship missiles, while the Russian military acknowledged only the ship had sunk after a fire on board and the detonation of ammunition.
Evmenov said conscript sailors from the Moskva would be released from service in accordance with the law from May to July, TASS reported.
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