Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleFormer Ukrainian naval officer Robert Shageyev, who defected to Russia in 2014, has reportedly been killed in an explosion in Russian-annexed Crimea. Russia's Federal Security Service confirmed the death of a military official and announced the detention of a woman suspected of carrying out the attack. Local media reports state that the explosive device was hidden in a rubbish bin on Stoletovsky Prospekt and killed the official instantly. Shageyev previously commanded Ukraine's only operational submarine before defecting during Russia's 2014 occupation of Crimea. Separately, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukrainian forces have recaptured 745 square kilometres of territory in the Oleksandrivka sector since January. In fullUkraine-Russia war latest: Russian Navy officer ‘killed after bomb hidden in rubbish bin’ explodes in CrimeaMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Ukrainian defector ‘killed in Crimea explosion’
Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleFormer Ukrainian naval officer Robert Shageyev, who defected to Russia in 2014, has reportedly been killed in an explosion in Russian-annexed Crimea. Russia's Federal Security Service confirmed the death of a military official and announced the detention of a woman suspected of carrying out the attack. Local media reports state that the explosive device was hidden in a rubbish bin on Stoletovsky Prospekt and killed the official instantly. Shageyev previously commanded Ukraine's only operational submarine before defecting during Russia's 2014 occupation of Crimea. Separately, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukrainian forces have recaptured 745 square kilometres of territory in the Oleksandrivka sector since January. In fullUkraine-Russia war latest: Russian Navy officer ‘killed after bomb hidden in rubbish bin’ explodes in CrimeaMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
