At the time of the alleged crimes, #Kobylash was the commander of Long-Range Aviation of the Aerospace Force in the #Russian Armed Forces, while #Sokolov was commander of the Russian Navy’s #BlackSea Fleet.
The #ICC’s pretrial chamber found that the “two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes carried out by the forces under their command against the Ukrainian electric #infrastructure from at least 10 Oct 2022 until at least 9 March 2023.”
In the age of #AI and #DeepFakes a video produced by Russian state television offers no evidence of any kind. If anything, it may exist solely as a complex irony, an example of how the literal meaning directly opposes the suggested meaning.
Russian media posts another video of #Sokolov, as proof he's still alive.
Exact date of the video is unknown, but in the video, he talks about the competition and awarding of sailors from 18.09.23, before the attack on the headquarters.
Video was filmed at the House of Fleet Officers in Sevastopol.
Russian media published an interview with the commander of the Black Sea Fleet Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov, talking about the Black Sea Fleet operations.
I still doubt he is alive as there is no mentioning of the attack on Sevastopol to prove the Ukrainian intel is wrong.
A video was released this morning from the Russian MoD which they claim was of a meeting this morning. In it, you can see the commander of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) Adm. #Sokolov on a video teleconference feed.