As a result of a blow to the headquarters in the Crimea, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet Sokolov was killed: what is known about him

The liquidated officer had the highest rank, among all officers liquidated in Ukraine. There is very little about his life. He started military service on the Soviet guard ship. He served in the Pacific and Northern Navy. As a result of the rocket strike on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia in the occupied Sevastopol, which in the Crimea, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation 61-year-old Viktor Sokolov was killed.

The focus gathered all the information known about the dead officer. 33 Russian officers were killed with Sokolov. The blow came just at the time of the Navy Command. In addition, 105 servicemen were injured, and the building itself is not recoverable. According to open springs, Sokolov was born in Bender in the Moldavian SSR (now this city is a part of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic). In the late 80's, after his studies in St.

Petersburg and Moscow, Sokolov began military service as a commander of the mine-worked combat unit of the Soviet guard ship "SKR-61". Until 2012, Sokolov served in the Pacific Fleet, after which he got to the Northern Fleet, where he first commanded the Kolish Fleet of heterogeneous forces, and from August 2013 to December 2019 he was the Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet. On January 17, 2020, he headed the Naval Academy named after the Admiral Fleet of the Soviet Union MG Kuznetsov.

On August 10, 2022, the order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation was appointed temporarily acting commander of the Black Sea Fleet, replacing Admiral Igor Osipov in this position. On September 4, 2022, according to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed commander of the Black Sea Fleet, and on October 7, a solemn ceremony of delivery of the standard was held by the new commander. In addition, on June 6, 2023, he was given the rank of Admiral.

He is the highest Russian officer of all, eliminated in Ukraine during a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Sokolov was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland "IV degree, Nakhimov," for military merits "," for maritime services "and various medals. The winner of "Commander Starting" 2015. There is very little personal information about the dead officer. It is only known that he was married and has three sons.

On September 22, the Armed Forces struck the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia, which is located in occupied Sevastopol. The blow was caused during a meeting of the management of the Russian Fleet. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has declared an attack of winged missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. One of the missiles and two drones was also reported.