Ukraine said that it has killed a senior Russian naval officer, the latest military leader killed in intense fighting in the first three weeks of the invasion.
Ukraine’s General Staff wrote on Facebook that Captain first rank Andrey Paliy was killed by its forces during intense fighting, though the circumstances around his death are unclear and Moscow has yet to comment on reports. The BBC has also not been able to confirm this independently.
Paliy was the Deputy Commander of Russia’s Black Sea fleet and is believed to be the first naval officer killed in the invasion.
But several other senior Army leaders, who have been forced onto the front line to try and revitalise Russia’s stalled advance, have been killed by Ukrainian forces.
On Saturday, Kyiv said it had killed Lieutenant-General Andrei Mordvichev, the most senior Russian general to die in fighting so far.
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