Ukraine claimed on Monday that it had killed Viktor Sokolov, the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, in a missile attack on the navy’s headquarters on the annexed Crimean peninsula last Friday. However, Russia’s Ministry of Defense has published a video allegedly showing Viktor Sokolov at a meeting on Tuesday. This is reported by the state-run Russian news agency Ria Novosti. A photo published by the ministry apparently shows that Sokolov attended the meeting via video link, writes the Reuters news agency. The meeting is said to have taken place in Moscow under the leadership of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Viktor Sokolov, here photographed in Crimea on September 27, 2022. Photo: Reuters Does not want to comment Putin’s press spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not want to comment on the attack on the navy’s headquarters, writes CNN. – There has been no information from the Ministry of Defence. We have nothing to say now, Peskov is said to have told reporters. According to the Ukrainian special forces, as many as 34 Russian officers have been killed in the attack on the naval headquarters in Sevastopol on Friday. Over a hundred people were reportedly injured. The attack, which caused a fire and extensive destruction at the headquarters, was aimed at senior leaders of the Russian Navy, according to the Ukrainian special forces. 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.
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