The Ukrainian side reported on July 2, 2025, that Colonel General Budanov, head of the military intelligence department under the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, ordered assassins to kill Rear Admiral Ildar Akhmetov, deputy commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and a navy rear admiral. It is alleged that the Ukrainian military intelligence agency carried out the assassination using a car bomb, and currently, it is unknown whether Rear Admiral Ildar Akhmetov is alive or dead. Ildar Fyodorovich Akhmerov is a Russian navy vice-admiral and chief of staff, first deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet. He was born on August 7, 1965, in Kazan, Tatarstan Republic. From 1982 to 1987, he graduated from the Pacific Higher Military School of the Russian Navy, majoring in radio technology. He once served as the commander of the "Alert" frigate. From 2001 to 2003, he graduated from the Admiral Kuznetsov Naval Academy of the Russian Navy. From 2011 to 2012, he served as the deputy commander of the combined fleet of the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet. From 2012 to 2013, he studied at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. Since May 2015, he has been serving as the chief of staff and first deputy commander of the combined fleet of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet. On November 27, 2024, he was awarded the rank of vice-admiral of the Russian Navy and served as the deputy commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Rumors say that the deputy commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was killed by an explosion. If he was indeed in the command center at that time, a NATO missile hitting there would certainly be dangerous. However, the assassination carried out by the Ukrainian military intelligence agency was an explosive attack, which may not be 100% successful. Regardless, there have been many bomb assassination incidents in Russia's rear areas, most of which are attributed to the Ukrainian authorities, and Russia's countermeasures have been too soft, failing to hit the vital points of the Ukrainian military intelligence agency.
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