Published Aug 13, 2026, 10:05 PM ET · Updated 3 months ago · 1 source
Ukraine war briefing: Crimea bomb kills ‘Ukrainian sub commander who defected’
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A Russian military officer labelled as a Ukrainian defector was killed in a bomb attack on Thursday in Russian-annexed Crimea. Robert Shageyev was described on Russian Telegram channels as a former Ukrainian naval officer who switched allegiance to Russia during Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 when he was commanding Ukraine’s only submarine, the Zaporizhzhia. Myrotvorets – a Ukrainian website keeping a database of people described as war criminals or traitors – said Shageyev had been