Fire aboard what Kremlin is calling a Russian Navy research submarine kills 14, with President Putins saying that included 7 officers with rank of captain, Russian media speculating that it was a nuclear vessel. Secrecy suggests clandestine role. https://t.co/7omVEGxtlC #Russia— Neil MacFarquhar (@NeilMacFarquhar) July 2, 2019
Putin specified that the seven were captains of the first rank, i.e. high level officers who habitually command their own warships— Neil MacFarquhar (@NeilMacFarquhar) July 2, 2019