Bomb kills Russian military officer in Crimea; reports name him as defector from Ukraine

A Russian military officer was killed in a ⁠bomb attack on Thursday in Russian-annexed Crimea, and a woman was arrested on suspicion of assassinating him on behalf of Ukrainian special services, the regional governor said.

Several unofficial Russian Telegram channels named the victim as Robert Shageyev, whom they ⁠described as a former Ukrainian naval officer who ​switched ⁠allegiance to Russia during Moscow’s ‌annexation of Crimea in 2014. They said he had been commanding the Ukrainian submarine Zaporizhzhia ‌at the time.

The regional governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, did not identify the victim or the suspect. Separately, Razvozhayev said five people ‌were killed ​in Sevastopol overnight during an ‌operation to dispose of ​an explosive device.

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