He died in an explosion and fire on board.
The State Border Guard Service reports that the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the death of the captain of the cruiser “Moscow” Anton Kuprin. The press service of the department reports about it on its Telegram channel. “The Russian Defense Ministry has officially announced that the commander of the cruiser” Moscow “, Captain 1st Rank Kuprin Anton Valerievich, has died,” the SES said in a statement.
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Recall, on the evening of April 14, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that the cruiser “Moscow” sank. It was noted there that the ship, which had already been damaged as a result of the storm, capsized.
It is the cruiser Moscow, which Ukrainian defenders attacked on Wednesday April 13, became the most expensive military loss of the Russian Federation in war with Ukraine .
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