Ukraine had said Admiral Viktor Sokolov died when his HQ was blown up in a missile strike.
last week appears to have survived, if a video released by the Russian defense ministry can be taken at face value.
Russia made no public comment on the specific Ukrainian claims, presumably because there’s no good way to spin the destruction of what should have been the best-protected building on the Crimean peninsula. The vice admiral appeared for just a couple of seconds as one of a number of commanders taking part via videolink. He is in dress uniform, propped up against a pillow, his face bearing no signs of injury but eyes apparently closed behind his glasses.
Russian authorities have been known to doctor video evidence to show dead, injured, or out-of-favor commanders still going about their business. Equally, however, Ukrainian commanders have previously announced the deaths of Russian military leaders who have turned out to be still alive.
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