Valery Trankovsky
Valery Trankovsky was a Russian naval officer, specifically a captain of the first rank, who served as the chief of staff of the Azov naval district at the Crimean naval base. He gained media attention following a fatal car explosion in Sevastopol in November 2023, which was later revealed to be a planned terrorist act. The explosion was linked to operatives acting on behalf of the Ukrainian Security Service, prompting investigations and arrests related to the incident.
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Valery Trankovsky was a naval captain who died in a bomb explosion in Sevastopol.
Fanil Sarvarov y otras figuras clave de Rusia víctimas de atentados con bomba durante la guerra en Ucrania | MUNDO
Peru· 2025-12-24
A Ukrainian security source names him as Valery Trankovsky, a Russian naval captain whom Kyiv accused of war crimes for ordering missile strikes on civilian targets.
Car bomb kills general in Moscow
Australia· 2025-12-22
Valery Trankovsky was a captain 1st rank and the chief of staff of the Azov Naval District who died in a car explosion.
Во время взрыва в Балашихе погиб генерал Генштаба — РБК
Russia· 2025-04-25
Valery Trankovsky was the captain of the 1st rank and the chief of staff of the Azov naval district.
Взрыв газа в Севастополе оказался попыткой теракта против офицера флота — РБКRussia· 2025-04-16
