Ukraine has been claiming that it killed Viktor Sokolov, the Russian commander of the Black Sea fleet, besides 33 officers, in one of Kyiv’s boldest attacks on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula.
Ukraine’s military reported that Friday’s attack on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea fleet based in Sevastopol had been well-timed to coincide with a meeting of the naval officials.
Following the strike on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, 34 officers,...