The only person officially killed on the cruiser "Moscow" was buried in Sevastopol
Ivan Vakhrushev, a senior warrant officer from the sunken cruiser Moskva, was buried in Sevastopol today. He fought to the very end to save the ship, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Ivan Leonidovich died heroically,” Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev wrote in his Telegram channel. “He led his team, brought the sailors out when the fire started, then went down, shut down the boiler room, but did not have time to get out himself. He accomplished a feat and saved the lives of hundreds of his colleagues.”
Aside from the boiler room crew chief of the electromechanical warhead survivability division on the cruiser Moskva, there are no other official fatalities . Twenty-seven crew members are listed as missing.
The remaining 396 crew members were evacuated from the cruiser to the ships of the Black Sea Fleet located in the area and delivered to Sevastopol.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the majority of officers, midshipmen and contract sailors will continue to serve on Black Sea Fleet ships, while a number of military personnel will transfer to ships of other fleets. Military personnel (sailors) who are conscripted will be transferred to the reserve upon expiration of their terms of service.
The only official survivor of the cruiser Moskva was buried in Sevastopol.