The Russian military said at the time that the crew of the warship was evacuated, although it later admitted some were missing. According to an independent Russian news outlet Mediazona, a military court in Moscow last week inadvertently corrected the Kremlin’s official narrative. Irina Zhirnova, the spokesperson for the 2nd Western District Military Court, which would have issued the now-deleted statement, said there would be no comment. The Russian military did not respond to CNN’s request. Tightly controlled narrativeThe backtracking on the statement by the court is just the latest propaganda fail by Russian authorities.

Source: CNN January 27, 2026 02:25 UTC