INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Military authorities in Moscow-annexed Crimea have opened a monument to Russian sailors who perished in a boat attack in Ukrainian waters,
but whose deaths were never officially acknowledged, according to crew members and family who spoke to investigative news outlet
Agentstvo.Ukrainian forces claimed to have sunk the Russian tugboat Vasily Bekh in June 2022 as it transported supplies to Snake Island, a
attacking three Russian vessels, including the Vasily Bekh.Dmitry Shkrebets, the father of a 20-year-old conscript killed in the sinking of
the Moskva battleship, told Agentstvo that a monument dedicated to those who lost their lives in the Vasily Bekh attack was recently
unveiled at a naval facility in Sevastopol.Shkrebets said that family members had their phones confiscated at the monument's opening
Agentstvo that a total of 19 civilians and 14 military crew members were onboard the Vasily Bekh at the time of the attack, resulting in the
deaths of seven civilians and four sailors.The surviving crew members and their families said they had been pressing Russian authorities to
crew members, the victims' families continue to face difficulties in receiving state compensation for their lost loved ones, as a
presidential decree on social guarantees for civilian personnel of the Russian Defense Ministry has not been issued.
