Russia pounded a Ukrainian rocket factory after losing an iconic warship in the Black Sea, as the Pentagon on Friday backed Kyiv’s claim to have sunk the Moskva with cruise missiles. The Vizar plant, near the capital’s international airport, was seriously damaged in the overnight strikes, an AFP journalist saw. Russia said it had used sea-based long-range missiles to hit the factory, which Ukraine’s state weapons manufacturer says produced Neptune cruise missiles. Reuters- “Russia said it had struck overnight what it said was a factory in Kyiv that made and repaired anti-ship missiles, in appa…