SBU charges ex-Russian Black Sea Fleet commander with ordering deadly missile strike on Vinnytsia
Ukraine’s SBU security service has pressed charges against former Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander Igor Osipov for organizing a deadly missile attack on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, the agency’s press service reported.
The SBU stated that on Osipov’s orders, the Russian military launched a Kalibr missile from a Russian warship stationed near Cape Fiolent in occupied Crimea.
Osipov has been charged with violating the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder committed by a group of persons.
The SBU stated that he had also been charged with organizing systematic missile attacks from the Black Sea on Ukrainian densely populated areas early this year.
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On July 14, 2022, Russia launched a missile strike on the city of Vinnytsia in central Ukraine. The targets were civilian objects in the city center. Three Kalibr cruise missiles were used in the attack.
Twenty-nine people were killed in the attack, including three children, and 154 people were injured. Also, 35 residential buildings and about 70 vehicles were damaged.
In August 2022, amid a series of military failures by Russian troops in Ukraine, the Kremlin regime decided to replace Osipov as the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
This reportedly occurred due to the destruction of a Russian military airfield in Novofedorivka, along with aircraft and personnel.
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