According to information from Kiev, the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, was killed in the attack on the headquarters on September 22. Now Moscow shows the man on television – and many questions arise.
Sokolov said in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel, part of the Russian Defense Ministry, that the Black Sea Fleet was working successfully. However, it is not clear from Sokolov’s comments whether the footage was recorded after the Ukrainian missile attack on the fleet’s headquarters in Crimea.
“The Black Sea Fleet confidently and successfully fulfills the tasks assigned to it by the command. The surface forces, the submarine forces, the naval aviation and the troops at the front,” Sokolov emphasized on television.
Attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet
On September 22, Ukraine said it had attacked the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea, with missiles, causing significant damage. Sokolov was killed, Ukrainian special forces said. Russia initially only confirmed the attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet. The Defense Ministry said a soldier was missing. On Tuesday, it released video footage and photos purporting to show Sokolov during a video conference with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and other senior officers.
Russia expects support from the US and Great Britain
Russia accused the US and Britain on Wednesday of involvement in the Ukrainian attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. London and Washington have long supported the “criminal regime” in Kiev, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a news conference in Moscow.
The attack on September 22 was carried out “without the slightest doubt” with the support of the American and British secret services. Western reconnaissance data, NATO satellites and spy planes were used for this purpose. “The obvious purpose of such terrorist acts is to divert attention from the failed attempts of the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian armed forces and to frighten people, creating panic in our society,” Zakharova said.
Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014, in violation of international law. As part of the counter-offensive that has been going on for months, Ukraine has emphasized that it also wants to liberate the peninsula from Russian occupation.
Source: Krone
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