A top Russian navy commander born in Kyiv was killed in action

According to Russian social media , a high Russian military official who was born in Kyiv but renounced Ukraine was slain on the front lines.

Andrey Paliy, a Black Sea fleet commander, was shot and killed by Ukrainian forces near the besieged city of Mariupol, making him the first Russian naval commander and the sixth high-ranking military leader to die since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began last month.

According to the Telegraph, Paliy’s death was disclosed on V Kontakte, a Russian social networking site, by Konstantin Tsarenko, who used to work with him at the Russian Naval School in Sevastopol.

According to the paper, Tsarenko has since deleted the post, but Igor Savostin, a former navy officer, also blogged about Paliy’s death.

Since the invasion of Ukraine, Andrey Paliy is the first Russian navy commander and the sixth high-ranking military leader to die.

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