A senior naval commander in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has been killed in Ukraine, the governor of Sevastopol said on Sunday.
Highlights
- A senior naval commander in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has been killed in Ukraine.
- The deputy commander of the fleet died during fighting in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.
- The Russian navy did not respond to a request for comment.
- Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, which is located on the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine.
- Read more on this article on the deaths of the deputy commander in the Russian navy in Ukraine, Russia’s ambassador to Ukraine has been confirmed as dead.