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A caller video was released Tuesday showing the commandant of the country’s Black Sea fleet attending a video league — a time aft Ukrainian peculiar forces claimed they had killed him successful a rocket strike.
In video and photographs softly enactment retired by the Russian Ministry of Defense, Admiral Viktor Sokolov appears to beryllium remotely taking portion successful a gathering with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and different apical subject brass.
The video was shown connected Russian authorities tv and reported connected by the state-controlled quality agencies TASS and Interfax, neither of which provided immoderate accusation connected erstwhile oregon wherever the footage depicting Sokolov was taken.
In effect to the defence ministry’s purported “proof of life” video depicting Sokolov, Ukraine’s peculiar forces said successful a societal media station Tuesday that they were clarifying accusation “regarding the demolition of the commander.”
Video and photos released by the Russian defence ministry showed Black Sea fleet commandant Viktor Sokolov, circled successful red, attended a video league a time aft Ukraine claimed it had killed him. MOD/east2west news
Ukraine’s peculiar forces stated that Admiral Sokolov was among 34 Russian officers who was killed successful a rocket onslaught successful Crimea Friday.MOD/east2west news“Since the Russians were urgently forced to people a effect with a seemingly surviving Sokolov — our units are clarifying the information,” the connection shared connected Telegram read. “This is taking spot arsenic portion of the process of collecting information connected the results of the operation.”
The station besides noted that immoderate of the victims of the onslaught person not yet been identified due to the fact that their bodies were successful pieces.
Kyiv’s subject said Monday it had killed Sokolov — 1 of Russia’s astir elder naval commanders — on with 33 different officers successful an onslaught Friday connected the office of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet successful the larboard of Sevastopol that besides injured 105 personnel.
Earlier Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov had declined to remark connected the Ukrainian claim, referring reporters to the defence ministry.
“No, determination has been nary accusation from the Ministry of Defense,” Peskov told reporters erstwhile asked to measurement successful connected Sokolov’s reported death. “This is exclusively their prerogative. We person got thing to accidental here.”
Russia’s subject confirmed the onslaught connected the naval office and initially said that 1 serviceman was killed, but aboriginal claimed the idiosyncratic was missing.
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