On Monday Ukrainian Special Forces claimed they had assassinated the commander of Russia's Black Sea fleet, Viktor Sokolov. But on Tuesday he appeared alive and well on a video call broadcast on Russian TV./Reuters/Alexey Pavlishak.

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Russian Black Sea Commander alive after Ukraine kill claim

Viktor Sokolov, the commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet and one of Russia's most senior navy officers, was shown on Tuesday attending a video conference, a day after Ukrainian special forces said they had killed him. In video and photographs released by the Russian defense ministry, Sokolov was shown apparently taking part in a video conference with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and other top admirals and army chiefs.

The video was shown on Russian state television. Ukraine's special forces said on Monday they had killed Sokolov, Moscow's top admiral in Crimea, along with 33 other officers in a missile attack last week on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in the port of Sevastopol.

Earlier on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had declined to comment on the Ukrainian claim, referring reporters to the defense ministry.

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