Ukraine claims killing of Russian admiral

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces claim that a precision air strike on the Black Sea Fleet HQ in Crimea killed 34 Russian officers, including Commander Admiral Viktor Sokolov
  

Zaporizhya Nuclear Power Plant
UKRAINE 
Mykolaiv
Kherson 
Armyansk
CRIMEA
Yevpatoria
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Yalta
Melitopol 
Berdyansk
Sea of Azov
Kerch                                                                                                                                                    
Feodosia
50km 30 miles


Sep 22, 2023: Air strike targets headquarters of Black Sea Fleet Command

Sep 25: Ukraine says strike killed 34 officers, including Sokolov


Name: Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov
            
Status: Claimed deceased by Ukraine military
 
Date of birth: Apr 4, 1962 (aged 61)
 
Service: Soviet Navy, Russian Navy
 
Years of service: 43 (1980-2023)
 
Rank: Admiral
 
Awards: Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” (Fourth Class)
Order of Nakhimov 
Order of Military Merit 
Order of Naval Merit


Reports of Sokolov’s death not yet independently verified


Sources: Reuters, New York Times, Institute for the Study of War
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