He is also briefly seen on several occasions on video link with the commanders of Russia’s five fleets including the Black Sea Fleet, none of whom speak. Facial recognition software shows a match between other images of Adm Sokolov and the man who appears in the latest video, suggesting it is him. But the BBC has so far been unable to verify whether the meeting actually took place on Tuesday, or whether the image of Adm Sokolov on the video link is in real time.
Dude doesn’t say anything in the video and is totally still the entire time. Is there any footage of him in the news that can be verified after Ukrainians claims where he’s obviously still alive? It would be a pretty easy win for Russia to refute Ukraine’s apparent mis-information if they put him in front of TV cameras, live.