Viktor Sokolov seen for second time in newly emerged video as he claims Russia’s Black Sea Fleet ‘performing successfully’

The Independent

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet commander Viktor Sokolov has claimed his fleet is “performing successfully” in a newly emerged video, just days after Ukraine claimed he had been killed in a missile strike.  The video has been released by the Russian Defence Ministry. It is unclear from his comments whether the clip was filmed after Ukraine’s missile strike on 22 September.  Ukraine’s special forces said on Monday that Russian admiral Viktor Sokolov and 33 other officers were killed in a missile strike carried out on the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters in Sevastopol in Crimea on Friday.

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00:00 The Black Sea Fleet is fulfilling the tasks that have been assigned to it by the Command.

00:06 The Black Sea Fleet is fulfilling the tasks that have been assigned to it by the Command.

00:13 It is confidently and successfully fulfilling the tasks of the Navy, the Navy, the Navy, and the Coastal Forces.

00:25 I believe that the heroic deeds of our Marines are practically coming down from the screens of the Central Television.

00:35 The order of the President of the Russian Federation, our 810th Brigade of the Russian Infantry,

00:42 is now not only in front of the Order of Ushakov and Guard, or rather, not only the Order of Zhukov and Guard, but also the Order of Ushakov.

00:51 This is the first time in the history of the Navy that the Navy has been united with the Marines, which is worthy of the Order of Ushakov.

01:00 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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