Viktor Sokolov, commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, has been shown attending a meeting a day after Ukrainian special forces claimed he died in a barrage of missiles.

In video and photographs released by the Russian defence ministry and shown on state television on Tuesday, Sokolov is seen taking part in a video conference with Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu and other top admirals and army chiefs.

On Monday, Ukraine’s special forces claimed that Sokolov was killed in the Russian-annexed peninsula along with 33 other officers in a missile attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the port of Sevastopol. The statement added that 105 others were wounded in the strikes.

While the report did not name Sokolov, adviser to Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs Anton Gerashchenk posted the admiral’s name and a photo on social media.

Sokolov was appointed commander of the Black Sea Fleet in September 2022.