For failing to pay their wages, Russian naval officers took their revenge by handing over sensitive information to a Kyiv-allied resistance group, which ultimately lead to the devastating missile strike at Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters
Russian naval officers leaked top secret details to Ukraine which led to a devastating missile strike on Vladimir Putin ‘s Black Sea Fleet headquarters, it is claimed.
The dictator’s regime had failed to pay its officers and they took their revenge by handing sensitive intelligence to a partisan resistance group working closely with Kyiv. The strike killed Admiral Viktor Sokolov, 61, commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and a total of 34 officers, with 105 wounded, according to Ukraine ‘s special operations force. It came as Sokolov met with other commanders for a war-planning session.
“Delays in [salary] payments alone do not force the military armed forces of the Russian Federation to go against the Russian authorities,” a spokesperson for anti-Putin ATESH partisan group told Kyiv Post.Russian naval officers who leaked intelligence to them believed Putin was “waging a criminal war and that it needs to stop”.
The group reportedly paid their sources. “The financial reward only helps them to decide on cooperation with the ATESH movement, it serves as an additional incentive,” said the spokesperson. The Crimean partisan group refused to say how much the leakers were paid but “it was enough to cover the risks for the officers and their families”, reported Kyiv Post. ATESH said intelligence was passed immediately to the Ukrainian SBU security service and HUR military intelligence.