KYIV, Ukraine, Nov 13, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Ukraine orchestrated an attack on the annexed Crimean peninsula that killed a high-ranking Russian military official, a source in Ukraine's security services told AFP on Wednesday.

The source in the Security Service of Ukraine said the agency had orchestrated a car bomb attack that killed Valery Trankovsky, adding that "as a result of the explosion, the Russian captain's legs were blown off and he died of blood loss".