The AFU reacted to the "resurrection" of the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet
The SDF is verifying the information about Sokolov's liquidation.
The command of the AFU Special Operations Forces reacted to the "appearance" of the commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation Admiral Viktor Sokolov, who was thought to be dead, but so allegedly appeared in Shoigu in video format. This is reported by the press service of the Special Operations Forces of the AFU.
There recalled that as a result of a missile attack on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, 34 officers were killed. Many of them have not yet been identified due to the fragmentation of body fragments.
Available sources claim that among the dead is the Commander of the Black Sea Fleet Viktor Sokolov - noted in the SDF.
They also noted that they saw Sokolov allegedly during a meeting with Shoigu and are checking this information.
Since the Russians were urgently forced to publish a response with the allegedly alive Sokolov - our units are clarifying the information. This is happening as part of the procedure of data collection regarding the results of the operation, - stated in the message.
We will remind, on 25 September, the Special operations forces published updated information on the losses of the occupants as a result of the special operation of the SDF with the destruction of the headquarters of the Black sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. It is reported that 34 officers, among them the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, were eliminated after the defeat of the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Another 105 occupants were wounded and the headquarters building was destroyed.
However, today, 26 September, footage of the allegedly alive Black Sea Fleet commander Viktor Sokolov was shown at a Shoighe meeting.
In turn, the speaker of dictator Putin Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin has not received information from the Russian Defence Ministry about the death of Sokolov.