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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Arpan Rai and Andy Gregory

Russia airs ‘new interview’ of Black Sea admiral who Ukraine claimed was killed in strike

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Russia has published a second clip purporting to show a top naval officer alive and well, after Ukraine claimed he had been killed in a missile strike on the headquarters of Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea.

Ukraine’s special forces claimed on Monday that the Russian fleet’s commander, admiral Viktor Sokolov, was among 34 officers killed in the huge strike on Sevastopol, which they said had caused irreparable damage to the headquarters building.

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