The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces claimed in an update that Friday’s attack killed Viktor Sokolov along with 33 other officers.
“After the hit of the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, 34 officers were killed, including the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet,” the Ukrainians said Monday, adding that more than 100 other Russian servicemen were wounded, CNN reported.
Moscow has said that one serviceman is missing as a result of Ukraine’s attack on Sevastopol.
Ukraine has increasingly been hitting strategic Russian targets in Crimea, the Black Sea region of southern Ukraine that has been under the control of Moscow since 2014 after annexation.
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