The chief of staff of Russia's Black Sea Fleet missile ships, Valery Trankovsky, was killed in a car bombing in occupied Sevastopol, an anonymous source linked to Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) confirmed to Liga.
Alleged SBU operation
A source in the Ukrainian security service told Liga that Trankovsky, who commanded the 41st Brigade of missile ships and boats, was eliminated in a successful SBU special operation. The explosion severed the officer's legs, and he died from blood loss, the source said.
"Trankovskyi was a war criminal who ordered Kalibr cruise missile launches from the Black Sea against Ukrainian civilian targets. He was specifically responsible for the July 2022 missile strike on Vinnytsia that killed 29 civilians," the SBU source told Liga.
The source added that the Russian commander had participated in multiple missile strikes on Odesa and other civilian areas, making him "an absolutely legitimate target under the laws and customs of war."
Liga says Russian sources claim Trankovskyi was under surveillance for about a week before the remotely detonated IED attack.
Related:"It is symbolic that the Russian war criminal, whose hands are stained with the blood of dozens of peaceful Ukrainians, ended his inglorious life on Taras Shevchenko Street in Sevastopol. Retribution for crimes is only a matter of time. No occupier or killer can feel safe wherever they are," the SBU source noted.
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