The aftermath of a suspected car bombing in Sevastopol, occupied Crimea, Ukraine, on Nov. 13, 2024. (Baza/Telegram)
THE KYIV INDEPENDENT | Published November 13, 2024
The car bombing that killed Russian Navy officer Valery Trankovsky in occupied Sevastopol on Nov. 13 was an operation carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent.
The statement came shortly after Russian authorities in occupied Crimea reported on a military service member dying following the blast.
Trankovsky was chief of staff of the 41st Missile Boat Brigade and a “war criminal who has ordered cruise missile launches from the Black Sea against civilian sites in Ukraine,” the source said.
The Russian sailor died due to a blood loss after the blast tore off his legs, according to the source.
The officer was allegedly responsible for the Kalibr missile strike against the city of Vinnytsia in July 2022 that killed 29 people and injured over 200 more. He also oversaw strikes against Odesa and other cities, leaving many civilians dead, the source said.
According to Russian Telegram channels, Trankovsky held the rank of captain of 1st class.
Russian media outlet Mash claims that Trankovsky had been under surveillance for roughly a week and that an improvised explosive device (IED) was placed under the driver’s side of his car and allegedly detonated remotely.
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SOURCE: www.kyivindependent.com
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Valery Trankovsky was considered a war criminal by Ukrainian authorities. Photo: X/@_FreyaFae, X/@bayraktar_1love
TVP WORLD |Published November 13, 2024
A senior Russian naval commander has died after a bomb ripped his car apart in an attack apparently carried out by Ukrainian agents.
The victim, according to sources in the Ukrainian security services, was Captain Valary Trankovsky, reportedly the chief of staff of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.
He was killed when the bomb detonated just after his vehicle had left a supermarket car park in the coastal town of Sevastopol in Russia-occupied Crimea.
Video footage posted on social media showed medical staff removing a body from the shattered remains of a black car.
The Kyiv Post newspaper cited a source within the Ukraine Security Service (SBU) who said the attack was a special operation by the agency carried out after a week-long surveillance mission.
