Russia‘s defense ministry isn’t providing information to parents who want to know what happened to their children who were aboard the Moskva after the Russian flagship sank earlier this month, according to Newsweek.
Russian parents are demanding answers from Russia on the status of the “missing” soldiers from the sunken ship. While parents and families are trying to sort out where their loved ones are, Russia’s defense ministry hotline is muddying the waters.
The ministry told Dmitry Shkrebets his son, Yegor Shkrebets, was not on the list of those dead, wounded, or missing and was directed back to the commander of the unit in which his son was enlisted, according to the outlet. A screenshot of a conversation obtained by the outlet between Shkrebets and the commander showed the commander saying, “I don’t know why they say that.”
“The main thing that I am guided by is a father’s pain for the loss of his son,” Shkrebets wrote on social media. “Although the hope for a miracle lives on, and the desire to break through this stupid wall of indifferent, frenzied silence.”
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Shkrebets claimed his son was added to those missing on April 17, but days later, he said Russian authorities told him his son was not on the list of missing people after all. Only one crew member of the ship had died, and 27 others were missing, Russia said Friday, over a week after the ship sank in the Black Sea.
The Moskva sank on April 14, with Russia claiming the ship was damaged due to a fire caused by the detonation of ammunition and that the ship sank in “stormy seas” while being towed to port for repairs. Ukrainian officials have claimed responsibility for sinking the ship, saying the damage was caused by a missile barrage.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not give a specific answer when asked about the Moskva’s sinking, saying on April 15 that “history will record what exactly happened with that warship.”
