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Crimea bomb attack reportedly kills former Ukrainian submarine commander who defected to Russia
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Key Points:
- A bomb attack in Sevastopol, Crimea, killed a Russian military officer identified unofficially as Robert Shageev, a former Ukrainian submarine commander who defected to Russia in 2014.
- The explosion occurred in a park where the bomb was remotely detonated from a trash can as the officer passed by, according to Russian security services.
- A woman has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out the attack, with Sevastopol's governor alleging she acted under instructions from Ukrainian intelligence agencies.
- Russian authorities have blamed Ukraine for this and other targeted assassinations, including the killings of two Russian generals in Moscow earlier in 2025.
- Ukraine has not publicly commented on the incident or the accusations from Russian officials.
