Father of conscript from Moskva cruiser receives death certificate 110 days later

Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 23:53

Alona Mazurenko —  Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 23:02

[Dmitry Shkrebets with his son. Photo: Russian social network profile]

The father of Russian conscript Yegor Shkrebets, who served on the cruiser Moskva and was reported missing, has received his son’s death certificate 110 days after his son died.

Source: Dmitry Shkrebets on VKontakte, Latvian-based Russian news outlet Meduza

Details: Dmitry Shkrebets shared a copy of the document on social media. The death certificate states that his son died on 13 April.

Shkrebets noted that he received the certificate on the 110th day after his son’s death.

Background

Relatives of the Moskva sailors searched for them, received the answer that the cruiser had not carried out a combat mission, and that the sailors had gone missing. At the same time, the survivors said that the cruiser was on its way to Odesa with a landing party.

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