“1/ The deaths of crew members of the Russian submarine ‘Rostov na Donu’, destroyed in a Ukrainian missile strike on 13 September, has reportedly become the subject of a scandal after relatives were denied compensation and the dead had to be buried at their comrades’ expense.
2/ Ukrainian Storm Shadow cruise missiles caused catastrophic damage to two vessels, the landing ship Minsk and the Kilo-class submarine Rostov-na-Donu, which were both docked and undergoing repairs in Sevastopol. It appears that many crew were aboard at the time of the attack.
3/ While the Russian authorities have sought to conceal the number of casualties, VChK-OGPU reports that three submariners were killed in the attack and another casualty was taken to the Burdenko National Medical Research Centre for Neurosurgery in Moscow.
4/ According to VChK-OGPU, “Many crew members managed to save themselves [from the attack], including the captain of the ship Igor Shveda. They decided to make the latter into a scapegoat and let all the dogs loose on him.”
5/ The crew of the Rostov-na-Donu are reportedly not classed as participants in the war and relatives of the dead have not received the millions of rubles they are entitled to as compensation. A charity fundraiser was held to raise money to help them.
6/ VChK-OGPU reports: “The command somehow found out that the commander of the Rostov wrote a letter of gratitude to those who managed to collect about 1.5 million rubles [$16,866] and give it to the families of the dead sailors.
7/ “Following the emergency, during a meeting on the Aerospace Forces, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, publicly accused Igor Shveda of standing with his hand outstretched.
8/ “At the same time, at that time, none of the crew was listed as a participant in the Special Military Operation, and equally, the relatives of the victims did not have the opportunity to receive significant compensation.”
9/ A “large number of crew members and military personnel” were reportedly killed in the strike on the Minsk, which was in the neighbouring dock, but details are not yet clear. /end”
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