Russia forces relatives of sailors from the sunken cruiser Moskva to remain silent – Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

OLENA ROSHCHINA — SUNDAY, 19 JUNE, 2022, 12:38

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine claims that Russia refuses to recognize that 27 crew members of the sunken cruiser Moskva were killed.

Source:  Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence

Quote: "Officials and special services continue to force the families of Russian sailors to hide information about their relatives who died on the Moskva. 27 crew members, including 19 conscripts, are still missing. In Sevastopol, only midshipman Vakhrushev was officially buried.

The commander of the cruiser, captain of the first rank Kuprin, who, violating the charter, was one of the first to leave the ship, explains his actions as an attempt to save the conscripts. Supposedly he received that order after the explosions on the ship."

Details: According to Ukrainian intelligence, relatives of the dead Russian sailors are refused admission both in the command of the Russian Navy and the command of the Black Sea Fleet, as well as by the Russian authorities and social services. 

"They are sent to a group of psychologists, doctors and lawyers, which was specially created to hide information about the dead and missing conscripts," says Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.

Quote: "After learning about the desire of relatives to publish information about the victims in the media, FSB officers come to their homes and places of work and conduct ‘explanatory work’ with threats of criminal liability for disclosing state secrets.

Social tension among the relatives of the Russians who died on the cruiser Moskva continues to grow."