Russian-installed governor vows revenge for naval captain killed in Ukrainian hit


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  • Monday, 18 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: People watch a rehearsal for Russia's Navy Day parade in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea July 26, 2019. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak/File Photo

(Reuters) - A Russian-installed governor in Crimea pledged revenge on Monday against the "terrorists" who killed a high-ranking captain in the Russian navy last week in a hit claimed by Ukrainian security services.

Valery Trankovsky, the chief of staff of the 41st brigade of Russia's missile ships in the Black Sea, died in a car bombing on Wednesday in the port of Sevastopol at the age of 47.

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