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After shame in Novofedorovka, the Kremlin "secretly" changed the commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation

Against the background of a number of failures of Russian troops in Ukraine, the Kremlin regime has decided to change the commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. About it reports Russian propaganda with reference to the source in the Navy. According to her, Victor Sokolov, who was already introduced to members of the military council, became the new commander. Video day, the Russian leadership decided not to give it a wide publicity.

"There was no public event, and it will probably not be due to the yellow danger in the city," the source said, adding that Sokolov is "accepting cases". In his turn, Ukrainian journalist Yuri Butusov in his column for NB explained that the appointment of a new CF commander is related to the failures of his predecessor Admiral Igor Osipov, in particular through the destruction of the Russian military airfield in Novofedorovka, along with aircraft and part of personnel.

It was there that the main shock force of the Black Sea Fleet was based - 43 naval assault aircraft. “It is interesting that even after the destruction of the flagship cruiser Moscow, on which Admiral Osipov was held, he was not removed from his post. But after the explosions, which, according to the statement of the MoD of the Russian Federation, allegedly no casualties, the Admiral lost his position.

This shows that Russian aircraft has been unprecedented in its history after the Second World War of defeat, ”Butusov said. A series of explosions at the Russian military airfield in Novofedorovka occurred on August 9. The Russian side stated that their cause was the allegedly accidental detonation of ammunition, which were stored there. In turn, most experts agree that the airfield has been struck, but what is not known yet.