Crimea bomb attack reportedly kills former Ukrainian submarine commander who defected to Russia

A bomb attack in Crimea has reportedly killed a former Ukrainian submarine commander who defected to Russia in 2014 when Moscow annexed the peninsula.

However, unofficial Telegram channels identified the officer as Robert Shageev who they say is a former commander of Ukraine’s only submarine, the Zaporizhzhia, and who switched allegiance to Russia in 2014 when Moscow annexed Crimea.

Russian authorities said a Russian military officer had been killed in a targeted attack in Sevastopol, Crimea’s biggest city, and that a woman has subsequently been arrested on suspicion of carrying out the attack.