At least thirty-seven dead: Parents of Russian sailors aboard the Moskva leak information about their sons killed in Ukraine’s missile strike

The source told Meduza that the bodies of those killed were sent to Sevastopol in Crimea on April 15. Over the weekend, the mother of a sailor who survived told Novaya Gazeta’s new European edition that “roughly 40” were killed in the attack on the Moskva.

Meduza’s source says another 100 sailors were injured, and multiple people aboard the ship are still missing, though it’s still unclear how many sailors are still unaccounted for. In total, there were about 500 people aboard the ship, the source told Meduza.

Officially, Russia’s Defense Ministry has acknowledged no deaths among the crew of the Moskva. The military reported that the warship was evacuated “in full.” At a farewell ceremony for the sunken ship, however, journalists noticed that a memorial ribbon displayed during the event was inscribed, “To the ship and its sailors.” The next day, Russia’s Defense Ministry published footage of a meeting between the Moskva’s crew and Navy commander-in-chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov. Reporters at The Insider determined that roughly 100 sailors appear in the video.