26 September 2023 at 12:48 Russia claims Black Sea Fleet commander alive Russian news agency RIA has released a photo of Black Sea Fleet commander Viktor Sokolov, purportedly showing him participating in a video conference on Tuesday, the day after Ukraine declared he was killed in a Ukrainian attack . That is written by Reuters. Ukraine’s special forces said on Monday they had killed Sokolov, along with 34 other officers, in a rocket attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on the Crimean peninsula. Russia’s Ministry of Defense has for its part claimed that one soldier is missing after the attack, which caused material damage to the headquarters. (NTB/Reuters)
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