’34 officers died, including the commander of the Russian armed forces,’ Kyiv says.
The commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, died in Ukraine’s barrage on occupied Crimea last week, Kyiv said Monday.
“After the defeat of the headquarters of the Russian armed forces, 34 officers died, including the commander of the Russian armed forces. Another 105 occupiers were wounded. The headquarters building cannot be restored,” Ukraine’s special operations forces said Monday.
In an initial statement after the attack, the Russian defense ministry said it had shot down five incoming missiles and only one serviceman was killed, though the fleet’s headquarters were damaged.
But rumors about Sokolov’s death circulated online and Ukraine jumped Monday at the chance to confirm the speculation. POLITICO has not independently verified the claims.
The attack was the latest in Ukraine’s quest to liberate occupied Crimea, which Russian President Vladimir Putin seized in 2014. Two weeks ago, Ukraine wrecked a Russian submarine in the port of Sevastopol and also regained control of strategically important oil and gas drilling platforms located in the Black Sea.
They could all just go home and this would be over tomorrow...I know there's a lot of geopolitics to why this is still going on, but it really is that simple.
Ukraine, just killed a man. Put a Shadow on his head, blew the warhead, now he's dead. Ukraine, his vodka was not done, and now they've gone and blown it all away...
I guess it's sorta like the drawing of a train, full of passengers, driving towards a pit. You can change the track, but on the other one lies a man strapped down.
Do you kill 1 person, to help save 10 others?
It's a barbaric thought experiment, sure.
I'm a pacifist as well, but I can see how a murder would be for the greater good.
Exactly like the US and Ukriane claiming Ukriane is winning. They are being funded and provided weapons from nearly every western country and can't seem to fight off Russia? They don't want Ukraine to win, they want to prolong it for the benefit of capital