By India Today World Desk: A Russian navy officer, who appeared on Ukraine’s blacklist of struggle criminals, was assassinated whereas on his morning run in a park within the southern Russian metropolis of Krasnodar on Tuesday.
Stanislav Rzhitsky, the previous submarine commander, was shot seven occasions within the again and chest with a Makarov pistol close to the Olimp sports activities centre. His tackle, image and private particulars had appeared on a Ukrainian web site — Myrotvorets — with the phrase “Liquidated”, in purple letters, superimposed on his {photograph} on the positioning.
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A 64-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of finishing up the assault. He might have tracked the Russian officer’s actions on an app the place he posted particulars of his common jogging route in Krasnodar and the way lengthy he took to finish it, Reuters reported.
Rzhitsky was beforehand the commander of the Krasnodar submarine within the Black Sea. He was suspected to be concerned in a submarine-launched missile assault on the Ukrainian metropolis of Vinnytsia in July 2022 that killed 23 civilians.
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At least two different pro-war Russian figures within the Myrotvorets database have been assassinated inside Russia since Russian forces invaded Ukraine practically 17 months in the past. Bomb assaults killed journalist Darya Dugina final August and struggle blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in April.
Russia has blamed Ukraine for the assaults. Kyiv has denied involvement, suggesting the assaults are the results of Russian infighting.
(With Reuters inputs)
