16 minutes agoUkraine says it killed a senior Russian Navy officer
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Ukraine claimed to have killed a senior Russian Navy officer. Ukraine's General Staff wrote on Facebook that the first-ranking captain, Andrey Paly, was killed by Ukrainian forces during fierce fighting, even though circumstances surrounding his murder are unclear. Moscow has not yet commented on these [...]
Moscow has not yet commented on these claims by Ukraine, meanwhile, that information could not be verified independently.
Pauly was deputy commander of Russia's Black Sea fleet and is believed to be the first navy officer to have been killed during Ukraine's Russian holiday, which has started on 24 February.
On Saturday, March 19th, Kiev also claimed to have killed Lieutenant General Andrei Mordwickev, who is the highest Russian general reportedly killed in the war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's General Staff has also claimed that 14,700 Russian troops were killed in the 25-day war.
Ukraine also claimed that a large number of Russian military equipment has been destroyed by about 476 tanks, over 200 aircraft, helicopters and fears, and about 1,487 armoured vehicles. / REL
