Ordered to attack Ukraine with “Kalibrs” from the sea: the SBU reported the suspicion of the vice admiral of the Russian Federation
26.05.2023 - 11:25
The Security Service of Ukraine has collected evidence on the current commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy, Vice Admiral Viktor Sokolov.
The official is involved in massive Russian attacks on civilian objects in Ukraine, the SBU reported.
Since August 10 of last year, Sokolov personally gave orders regarding regular combat launches of 3M14 “Kalibr” cruise missiles against the energy infrastructure of Ukraine. As a result of enemy shelling, 4 civilians were killed, and another 40 were injured.
According to the investigation, the aggressor carried out air attacks on energy facilities in Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Odesa, Zaporizhzhya, Sumy, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Chernivtsi, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. The SBU also established that Russian shelling caused significant losses to the national system of life support for the country’s civilian population.
In addition, Russian missile strikes led to the temporary shutdown of dozens of local educational institutions, hospitals and other social institutions.
SBU investigators informed Sokolov of suspicion under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs of war, committed by a group of persons in accordance with a prior conspiracy; encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine; planning, preparation, unleashing and waging of an aggressive war, committed by a group of persons in accordance with a prior conspiracy conspiracy).
The perpetrator faces life imprisonment.
