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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer

Russian naval officer accused of ‘war crimes’ killed in Crimea car bombing

the Russian warship Ivan Khurs arrives in Sevastopol bay, 26 May 2023
Warships from Russia’s Black Sea fleet are docked in the Russian-controlled port of Sevastopol, Crimea. Photograph: Russian Black Sea Fleet Press Service/Reuters

A senior Russian naval officer was killed in a car bombing in Crimea on Wednesday, the latest in a series of targeted attacks on Russian military personnel and pro-Kremlin figures in occupied Ukrainian territories as well as inside Russia.

An official in Ukraine’s security services told the Ukrainian Pravda outlet that the agency had orchestrated the car bomb attack in the Russian-controlled port city of Sevastopol that killed Valery Trankovsky, the chief of staff of the 41st Missile Brigade of the Russian navy’s Black Sea fleet.

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