Posted on 09/25/2023 7:46:59 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A major Ukrainian strike last week in the Black Sea killed the commander of the Russian naval fleet there, according to Ukraine.
Adm. Viktor Sokolov, commander of the Russian Black Sea fleet, was among 34 officers killed in the strike that destroyed the headquarters for the fleet, Ukraine’s Special Operation Forces said in a Monday Telegram post.
Ukrainian officials also claimed the headquarters was destroyed so badly that it “cannot be restored.”
The headquarters strike injured another 105 Russian soldiers, Ukrainian officials claimed.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
It’s in The Hill so it must be true. They quote Ukrainian officials, so it is doubly, officially true.
“Ukraine claimed responsibility for the attack shortly after the headquarters was destroyed. Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleschuk also promised “there would be more” attacks.”
Footage of Ukrainian missiles hitting the headquarters of Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol
https://rumble.com/v3jwroo-footage-of-ukrainian-missiles-hitting-the-headquarters-of-russian-black-sea.html
May it be so!
They will just replace him. So what titillates you so much?
Schrödinger’s Black Sea Fleet commander! He’s both dead and alive in the minds of men, but mostly dead until the Russians can put him in front of a camera.
Do you think they’ll show him alive again, or just hope people forget he existed?
It won't be hard with you, because you seem to forget lots of stuff almost immediately.
He didn’t go down with his ship.
Ukraine taking apart the Black Sea Fleet, bit by bit
good riddance! LOL
first step in freeing Crimea ...
Don’t count your chickens...
Do you think Sokolov is dead, or not?
It may be true.
And even if it is, it does not affect the situation on the the ground one whit.
These strikes are for show and tell in the US Congress.
...Because the Commander of the Black Sea Fleet would never attend a meeting of Black Sea naval commanders?
Ukraine has no navy, and land wars aren’t won at sea, so it has no effect other than as a PR stunt and annoying Russia. Ukraine wants a win for Zelensky’s UN begging tour, also Ukraine lashing out trying to provoke a Russia response, it didn’t work.
Ukraine wants to take back Crimea, that means “neutralizing” the Black Sea Fleet as a first step
that’s why they struck the drydock last week ... now Russia has no repair facilities in the area
more steps will come, be patient, they’re following a methodical plan ...
“that means “neutralizing” the Black Sea Fleet as a first step”
Nonsense.
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