Key Russian Warship Sinks After Ukraine Claims Missile Strike

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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🗓️ 15 April 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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A key Russian warship has sunk off the Ukrainian coast. Ukraine claims it conducted a missile strike on the vessel while Russia claims the damage was the result of a fire. The Pentagon cannot confirm if the damage was a result of a Ukrainian attack. Also, U.S. officials warn that Russia has amassed significant forces in eastern Ukraine, potentially signaling a brutal new offensive. CNN is inside towns on the brink of assault where civilians are taking shelter. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happening now, breaking news, a key Russian warship sinks off the Ukrainian coast.
0:07.0	Ukraine claims it conducted a missile strike on the vessel, a flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet.
0:13.1	The Pentagon says it cannot confirm whether the damage
0:15.8	was the result of a Ukrainian attack.
0:18.4	Also breaking, U.S. officials warned Russia
0:20.6	has amassed significant forces in eastern Ukraine potentially
0:24.3	signaling a brutal new offensive.
0:26.3	CNN is inside towns on the brink of the assault where civilians are taking
0:30.6	shelter and constant shelling, food, water and heat all in short supply right now
0:35.8	as Russian forces close in.
0:37.5	Seen as covering the invasion from key Ukrainian and European cities, and right here in Washington,
0:42.4	welcome to our viewers here in Washington.
0:42.6	Welcome to our viewers here in the United States
0:44.4	and around the world.
0:45.6	Wolf Blitzer is off tonight.
0:46.7	I'm Jim Acosta and you're in the situation room. This is CNN breaking news.
0:56.4	We're following the breaking news.
0:59.0	We're following the breaking news,
1:00.2	a humiliating loss for the Russian military, the premier vessel in its Black Sea fleet sinking
1:05.0	today, Ukraine claims, it carried out a missile strike against the warship.
1:09.7	More on that in just a moment, but we begin our coverage tonight with our report from the
1:13.2	front lines of Russia's resurgent push into eastern Ukraine our chief
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