Ukraine claims to kill Russian Black Sea commander

The World

Ukraine says it killed a Russian naval commander in Crimea over the weekend. But Russia denied Black Sea Fleet Cmdr. Viktor Sokolov was killed and on Tuesday aired a video which appeared to show he was alive. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Dina Temple-Raston, host of the “Click Here” podcast, as she reports from the ground in Kyiv. 

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