Posted on 09/26/2023 6:29:12 AM PDT by jacknhoo
MOSCOW, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Viktor Sokolov, the commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet and one of Russia's most senior navy officers, was shown on Tuesday attending a video conference, a day after Ukrainian special forces said they had killed him.
In video and photographs released by the Russian defence ministry, Sokolov was shown apparently taking part in a video conference with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and other top admirals and army chiefs.
Ukraine's special forces said on Monday they had killed Sokolov, Moscow's top admiral in Crimea, along with 33 other officers in a missile attack last week on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in the port of Sevastopol.
Earlier on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had declined to comment on the Ukrainian claim, referring reporters to the defence ministry.
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Report this ad In the video released by the ministry, Shoigu said that more than 17,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in September and that more than 2,700 weapons, including seven American Bradley fighting vehicles, had been destroyed.
"The Ukrainian armed forces are suffering serious losses along the entire front line," Shoigu said, adding that the Ukrainian counter-offensive had so far produced no results.
Report this ad "The United States and its allies continue to arm the armed forces of Ukraine, and the Kyiv regime throws untrained soldiers to their slaughter in senseless assaults," Shoigu said.
Ukraine's counter-offensive has yet to yield significant territorial gains against Russian forces, which control about 17.5% of the internationally recognised territory of Ukraine.
According to a Sept. 19 scorecard by the Belfer Center at Harvard's Kennedy School, Russia has gained 35 square miles of territory from Ukraine in the past month while Ukrainian forces have taken 16 square miles from Russian forces.
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Ukrainian forces are now on the outskirts of Moscow. The war will be over soon. Oh, pass me some more of those mushrooms.
This news will disappoint all the UKEBOTS here.
The stories of his death were more Ukraine Propaganda.
“ This news will disappoint all the UKEBOTS here.”
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Well, Snake certainly wasted no time before slithering over to comment.
Russian missile turns Ukrainian market into fiery, blackened ruin strewn with bodies
The Associated Press ^ | September 6, 2023 | MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Posted on 09/07/2023 3:33:12 AM PDT by Timber Rattler https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4180637/posts
see my post #6
Apparently, this dead admiral won’t take a lying death lying down.
You guys gonna comment?
Weekend at Viktor’s?.......................
“Ukrainian forces are now on the outskirts of Moscow. The war will be over soon.”
Soviet/Russian forces, supposedly “near-peer” to United States military, still unable to take/hold Ukraine after 18 month offensive. Film at Eleven.
LOL! The stiff is propped up by a pillow and doesn’t move or blink! Weekend at Bernie’s did it better!
You’re missing the point. Think about it objectively. Its not blitzkrieg; Russia is waging a battle of attrition against Ukraine, with all the costs and losses that implies. Russia’s objectives are to grab territory and wear down Ukraine’s ability to fight. Has it taken Russia longer and been more costly than anticipated? Certainly, but it still has the advantage in terms of resources to outlast Ukraine. Even some in NATO are realizing that the war could go on for an extended time.
Not a single dime more to corrupt Ukrainian Nazis. No American interest. Not our problem. Zeepers, go to hell.
I thought Ukraine already lost.
No. just wait for the winter offensive. /s
So the media lies? Amazing.
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