Crime & Public Safety
Sevastopol shooting: soldier killed four, governor says
Mikhail Razvozhayev, Sevastopol's Moscow-installed governor, said Tuesday that an unidentified soldier killed four people, including three civilians, in the Russian-annexed Crimean city.
Razvozhayev wrote on Telegram that initial information indicated the soldier opened fire on fellow servicemen, killing one person, before attacking civilians and killing three of them.
He said the assailant had been arrested. The soldier's nationality was not specified, and his motive was not immediately clear.
Razvozhayev said the civilian victims were two men aged 71 and 59 and a 64-year-old woman.
Crimea was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014. Russia launched its full-scale offensive against Ukraine in February 2022 and has regularly struck Ukraine, including from the Crimean peninsula.
Update
The civilian victims were identified by age and sex as two men aged 71 and 59 and a 64-year-old woman.
The assailant's nationality was not specified.
The item adds context that Crimea has been targeted by Ukrainian retaliatory attacks aimed at disrupting Russian logistics.
Source note: AFP news report published on 4 August 2026 at 07:11:33 UTC.
Update
Crimea governor Mikhail Razvozhayev identified Sevastopol as the location.
Razvozhayev said initial information indicated the soldier first opened fire on fellow servicemen, killing one, before attacking civilians and killing three.
Razvozhayev said the assailant was arrested.
The assailant's nationality was not specified and his motive was not immediately clear.
Source note: AFP news report published on 4 August 2026 at 06:48:51 UTC.
Uncertainty notes
The soldier's motive was not immediately clear.
The soldier's nationality was not specified.
The account of the shooting was described by Razvozhayev as initial information.
Source
AFP news report published on .