In Russia, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy was officially replaced
19.03.2024 - 14:47
Russia has officially replaced the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.
Admiral Oleksandr Moiseyev has been appointed acting chief of the Navy of the Russian Federation, reports rosZMI.
Prior to this appointment, Moiseyev was the commander of Russia’s Northern Fleet.
He was introduced to his new position at a ceremony on the occasion of the Day of the Submarine Sailor in Kronstadt.
Last week, information appeared that the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy was dismissed from service. Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov was dismissed.
It will be recalled that Nikolai Yevmenov has held the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy since May 2019. After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Yevmenov came under the sanctions of the United States, the European Union, Great Britain and other countries.
As previously reported by USM, on the night of March 5, the special unit of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Group 13 attacked the Russian patrol ship “Sergey Kotov” with Magura V5 marine drones.
According to preliminary data, during the destruction of the Russian patrol ship “Sergey Kotov”, seven invaders from the ship’s crew were killed.
