I’ve seen other reports of a Turkish ship rescuing sailors from the Moskva. This is really very odd. The Moskva was part of a Russian war fleet. If a ship is in trouble one would naturally expect the other ships in the fleet to go to its aid and to rescue its crew where necessary. In WWII there were some exceptions, when convoys of ships were attacked by U-boats, and any ship lingering to pick up survivors would likely be sunk itself. Hard choices have to be made in war. Maybe the Russians thought they were under continuing attack and their priority was to get the remaining ships out of danger. I don’t know if the Russian navy has any set rule for this situation. Or maybe they thought the Moskva was able to look after itself. Or maybe the commander of the fleet ... Read even more
