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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Pjotr Sauer

Russia reportedly fires navy chief after Ukraine’s attacks on Black Sea fleet

Vladimir Putin in conversation with Adm Nikolai Yevmenov during a flag-raising ceremony
Vladimir Putin and Adm Nikolai Yevmenov (right) during a flag-raising ceremony for newly built nuclear submarines in December. Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev/AP

The Kremlin has fired its top naval commander after a series of spectacular attacks by Ukraine on Russia’s Black Sea fleet, Russian media reports.

Vladimir Putin sacked Adm Nikolai Yevmenov, who has been in command of the navy since 2019, and replaced him with the commander of its northern fleet, Adm Alexander Moiseyev, reported the newspaper Izvestia, owned by one of Putin’s closest confidants.

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