RIAThe commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet reported to have been killed in the destruction of its HQ in occupied Sevastopol last week appears to have survived, if a video released by the Russian defense ministry can be taken at face value.Ukrainian officials publicly “confirmed” Monday that Admiral Viktor Sokolov was among 34 senior officers killed in a missile attack on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters last Friday that came as a hugely damaging blow to the Russian war effort.Russia made no pu
I am totally good with UA doing that, because it serves to sow confusion and force Russia to expend efforts sorting out it or covering it up.
The favourite disinformation strategy of Russia used against themselves.
Have to balance that against loss of trust in what they say. This was so blatant that I’d put very little weight in any major claims going forward.