Consequences of explosions in Crimea: The Russian Fleet Commander was released in the Russian Federation - the media (photo)
Personnel permutations are probably related to the losses that have suffered Russian Navy after explosions in Novofedorivka. The 59-year-old Vceadmiral Sokolov commanded a mine-car-fighting unit on several ships, was the head of the staff and also headed the Division of the Multiple. In 2013 he became the Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet, and since 2020 he headed the Naval Academy. Admiral Kuznetsov. There were no official comments from the Russian Federation.
Ukrainian journalist Yuri Butusov connects the release of Admiral Igor Osipov with catastrophic, according to him, the consequences of explosions at the Crimean air base in the village of Novofedorovka, where the main shock force of the Russian fleet is based - 43 Marine assault airplane. According to him, on August 9, as a result of simultaneous explosions of ammunition warehouses in Crimea, up to 8 Russian combat aircraft were destroyed in Crimea.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported 9 liquidated sides. The air base infrastructure suffered severe losses. For its part, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation did not recognize losses. The journalist recalled that Admiral Osipov retained his position even after the mockery of Moscow's missile cruiser, Butus said that the airbase, in view of everything, was blown up as a result of the diversion of Ukrainians, since there were no other hit.
Two distant formulations exploded almost simultaneously. Earlier, Focus reported that Russia has suffered the greatest losses since World War II. The satellite image of the Russian airfield "Saki" shows destroyed planes. However, previously the Russian Defense Ministry stated that the equipment was not injured. It should be reminded that the British Defense Minister Ben Volles stated that Ukrainian weapons were most likely during an attack on the Russian air base in Crimea, not Western.