Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Russian Black Sea Commander Seen In Video The Day After Ukraine Said It Killed Him

"Ukriane's Special Operations Forces announced in a Telegram post that "the commander" of
the Black Sea Fleet was among 34 officers killed in last Friday's attack on the fleet’s headquarters in Sevastopol. The fleet's commander is Viktor Sokolov. The statement claimed that he was killed, and that there were additionally "dozens of dead and wounded occupants, including the senior leadership of the fleet."

But on Tuesday Russian television aired fresh images of Viktor Sokolov attending a meeting of military leaders, the day after Ukraine announced he supposedly died. "In video and photographs released by the Russian defense ministry and shown on state television on Tuesday, Sokolov is seen taking part in a video conference with Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and other top admirals and army chiefs," Al Jazeera writes. Sokolov doesn't speak in the footage, but is shown multiple times." ZH

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