Media: The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy has been dismissed

Admiral Yevmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, has been dismissed. The Russian media reported on this, citing sources. According to the publication, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, who had held the post since 2019, has been dismissed.

Citing their own sources, the journalists reported that the commander of the Northern Fleet, Alexandr Moiseev, was appointed as an interim acting Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy. The appointment of Northern Fleet Commander Admiral Moiseev to the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy has already been communicated to the personnel.

Admiral of the Russian Navy Alexandr Moiseev

From 2012 to 2016, Moiseev served as Commander of the submarine forces of the Northern Fleet, after which he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Northern Fleet and later Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces. Since May 2018, he has been acting commander of the Black Sea Fleet, after which he was officially appointed to the post.

In 2019, Moiseev was appointed Commander of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy.

Reshuffle in the Russian Navy Command

As previously reported, a month earlier, on February 15, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, was dismissed from his post. The changes in the command and the resignation of the commander took place against the backdrop of a series of serious defeats of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea in February this year. Under Sokolov's leadership, the Russian fleet in the region lost more than 20% of its composition to damage and destruction.

Only in February, MAGURA V5 kamikaze drones of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine sank the Russian Project 12411 guided missile corvette Ivanovets and the landing ship Caesar Kunikov.

The Russian Project 12411 Ivanovets corvette before its destruction, February 1, 2024.

Photo credits: DIU

Viktor Sokolov replaced Admiral Igor Osipov in September 2022, under whose leadership Russia lost its flagship, the Moskva missile cruiser.