A Russian warship has sunk. Ukraine claims it struck it

ago s defence correspondent was on the , then the flagship of Ukraine’s navy. A plaque in its wardroom honoured its former captains. Two names were scratched out—they had defected to Russia when it seized Crimea in 2014. In late February this year, as Russian forces , the was scuttled in Mykolaiv, complete with its 1943-vintage gun.