Ex-Ukrainian submarine commander killed by hidden bomb in Crimea after defecting to Russia
Robert Shagaev, who once commanded Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia submarine before switching sides after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, was reportedly killed instantly by an explosive planted in a trash can in Sevastopol; a woman suspected of detonating it was detained
Robert Shagaev, a former commander of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia submarine, was killed in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Thursday morning, following his defection to Russia in 2014 after the peninsula was annexed by Moscow. The Russian military officer was killed when an explosive device detonated in a residential area of Sevastopol, reportedly planted in a trash can.
A woman suspected of activating the bomb was detained. Shagaev had faced criminal proceedings in Ukraine for high treason. The peninsula belonged to Ukraine until Russia seized it in 2014. Russian and Ukrainian media reported that the attack occurred on Stoletovsky Street in Sevastopol, and shortly before Shagaev's death, five people were killed in a separate incident in the same area.
This assassination comes amid an intensifying Ukrainian campaign against military-linked targets deep inside Russian territory, including recent strikes on Russian oil infrastructure.
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