The commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, died in Ukraine’s barrage on occupied Crimea last week, Kyiv said Monday.
“After the defeat of the headquarters of the Russian armed forces, 34 officers died, including the commander of the Russian armed forces. Another 105 occupiers were wounded. The headquarters building cannot be restored,” Ukraine’s special operations forces said Monday.
In an initial statement after the attack, the Russian defense ministry said it had shot down five incoming missiles and only one serviceman was killed, though the fleet’s headquarters were damaged.
But rumors about Sokolov’s death circulated online and Ukraine jumped Monday at the chance to confirm the speculation. POLITICO has not independently verified the claims.
The attack was the latest in Ukraine’s quest to liberate occupied Crimea, which Russian President Vladimir Putin seized in 2014. Two weeks ago, Ukraine wrecked a Russian submarine in the port of Sevastopol and also regained control of strategically important oil and gas drilling platforms located in the Black Sea.
They could all just go home and this would be over tomorrow…I know there’s a lot of geopolitics to why this is still going on, but it really is that simple.
Just leave Ukraine…
They can’t leave because apparently Ukraine is Nazi infested.
Gotta catch em all
Do we know how many generals and admirals there are?
It’d fit in a deck of cards I imagine?
If that deck was nothing but jokers then sure.
popular queen song plays
ye yare the yampions
I was thinking more along the lines of dust biting
who waaaannntttssss
Somebody better put you back into your PLACE
The headline should read “Ukraine ordered a top Russian admiral to fuck himself”
And the war rages on in Sokolov’s Wikipedia entry.
If Putin won’t, the Ukrainians will.
I require more popcorn.
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slava ukraini.
fuck russia.
Oh no! 105 misses?! Let’s do better
Slava Ukraini
Ukraine is lying, again
It’s not clear when the footage, where Viktor Sokolov appears on a video link with the defence minister, was filmed
Read your own article.
Not the first time theyve lied to continue gaslighting
Yeah, that sounds like Russia
“Russian video ‘shows Black Sea fleet commander alive’”
Ah yes, case closed! Russian’s would never lie and always announce their losses.
Not to say Ukraine isn’t exaggerating but one propaganda doesn’t cancels out another propaganda.
wahoo. let’s celebrate death and destruction.
Motherfucker is on top of the soldiers who mercilessly bombed and terrorized ukranian civilians
Yes. We shall celebrate his death.
It reminds me of when Obama came on to say that bin Laden was killed. Everyone cheered.
Bin Laden killed lots of people, sure. Celebrating the killing of people just isn’t something i can get behind. it’s actually savage.
keep downvoting…
I guess it’s sorta like the drawing of a train, full of passengers, driving towards a pit. You can change the track, but on the other one lies a man strapped down.
Do you kill 1 person, to help save 10 others?
It’s a barbaric thought experiment, sure. I’m a pacifist as well, but I can see how a murder would be for the greater good.
the trajectory of time is much more complex than a train on rails. when it comes to killing people this oversimplification is not sound.
often killing people emboldens more killing, not the opposite.
I think you need to look at the russian army as a unit in this, instead of the individuals like the general.
The leaders, commanders, and soldiers would be the “guy strapped on rails” in my example.
Again, I do not condone killing of anyone either. Could this be solved diplomatically it would obviously be best. But at the same time, history has shown what happens if we do not take a stance, and end the problem at the root. Last time it was just a crazy guy from the other side of the fence.
Also;
- Killing is bad
- Some people still kill despite of this
What would be your solution to stopping these people?
Remember that we’re not just talking some schizophrenic with a kitchen knife, but rather a select few with the combined powers of peak human accomplishments.
it’s not the idea that this person was killed, it’s the idea that it should be celebrated.
The celebration of killing is savage.
I understand you. Also, I left you no downvotes in our entire discussion. Thanks for doing the same to me.
People are very trigger-happy when it comes to comments on here. You basically lose the second you post something controversial.
Serious question… if the Ukrainians attack Russian assets on Russian soil, there has got to be some red line that could push Putin to consider nukes in retaliation.
I presume the Ukrainian calculus with this is to remove Russia’s will to fight but do not push so far that Russia becomes afraid for it’s existence.
“A cornered rat will attack the cat” or something like that.
This was Crimea, which is certainly territory in contention so fair game.
Ukraine seems quick to claim responsibility for attacks on their territory, but tries to leave plausible deniability when against Russian territory - it could be Russians doing it and Ukraine only supported them
Regardless, drones have reached Moscow. If they wanted to nuke they would have nuked already. What is more likely going to happen is that more Russians will be sent to war.
Most nuclear countries have had conventional conflicts since 1945. Many have lost without (publicly) considering nukes. The closest was the UN vs China in the 50’s and it got MacArthur removed from command for asking.
Stop fear mongering. I guess this account is from a Russian troll farm or something. Well, fuck you, Russia.
Once a nuke is used we’re all dead, it doesn’t matter where. In this case the nuke would destroy Russia itself just like it’d wipe us from planet earth. The fear of nukes is being used to scare us into submission, while we’re forgetting the implications of nukes.
