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Russia’s Back-From-the-Dead Admiral Insists ‘Nothing Happened’

RESURRECTED

Viktor Sokolov, the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, appeared in several videos released by state-run media after he was rumored to have died in a Ukrainian missile strike.

Allison Quinn

News Editor

Published Sep. 27 2023 8:04AM EDT

Admiral Viktor Sokolov in a still image from a video released Sept. 27, 2023. — Black Sea Fleet/Handout via Reuters

Allison Quinn

Allison Quinn

News Editor

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