Russian Navy officer who defected from Ukraine killed by hidden bin bomb in Crimea
- A Russian military officer who had defected from Ukraine was killed in a bomb blast on Thursday in Russia-annexed Crimea in a targeted assassination plot, the regional governor said.
- Robert Shageyev was a former Ukrainian naval officer who fled to Crimea after switching allegiance to Russia during Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, according to Russian Telegram channels.
- He was commanding Ukraine’s only submarine, the Zaporizhzhia.
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- A Russian military officer who had defected from Ukraine was killed in a bomb blast on Thursday in Russia-annexed Crimea in a targeted assassination plot, the regional governor said.
- Robert Shageyev was a former Ukrainian naval officer who fled to Crimea after switching allegiance to Russia during Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, according to Russian Telegram channels.
- He was commanding Ukraine’s only submarine, the Zaporizhzhia.
Sources: The Independent