A 64-year-old man has been arrested in southern Russia for the capturing dying of a former submarine commander who's alleged by some in Ukraine to have killed greater than 20 civilians in a long-range missile strike final yr.

Sergei Denisenko was detained on suspicion of capturing former 2nd Capt. Stanislav Rzhitsky, reportedly throughout a morning jog within the metropolis of Krasnodar on July 10.

Denisenko was present in possession of a pistol and silencer, officers mentioned. Some Russian media shops recognized him as a local of Sumy, a metropolis in Ukraine.

Rzhitsky, 42, was attacked close to the town’s Olimp sports advanced the place he typically adopted the identical 4-mile path, in accordance with the Russian on-line information outlet Baza, which didn’t specify the supply of its report.

Baza reported that Rzhitsky typically posted screenshots from a health app, resulting in hypothesis the attacker may have used social media knowledge to trace his route. The experiences couldn't be independently verified.

At the time of his dying, Rzhitsky was deputy head of navy mobilization within the Krasnodar metropolis administration.

Ukrainian media reported that Rzhitsky was considered one of six submarine commanders capable of launch long-range missiles that hit the Ukrainian metropolis of Vinnytsia in July 2022, killing 23 folks and wounding greater than 100.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strategic communications division additionally mentioned Rzhitsky was concerned in finishing up the strike, citing Ukrainian intelligence. In a Telegram publish, the division mentioned Rzhitsky was “apparently liquidated by his own (people) for refusing to continue following orders of the command to launch missile attacks on peaceful Ukrainian cities.”

Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s essential intelligence directorate, denied any involvement by Kyiv within the assault on Rzhitsky. However, the company posted particulars in regards to the killing on its Telegram channel, together with the time of the assault, the variety of photographs fired, and native climate situations.

Accounts of the killing differed. Ukrainian intelligence mentioned Rzhitsky had been shot seven occasions, whereas Russian information shops Baza and Mash reported he had been shot six occasions.

Rzhitsky was named commander of the submarine Krasnodar in 2016, and took half in Moscow’s navy marketing campaign in Syria, Russian media reported.

His deal with and different private particulars had been posted on the Ukrainian web site Myrotvorets - “Peacemaker” in English. The website, which acts as an unofficial database of these thought-about by its customers to be enemies of Ukraine, described Rzhitsky in 2022 as a “Russian war criminal.”

Rzhitsky’s household denies he took half within the invasion, telling Baza he had resigned his publish in December 2021. They additionally mentioned Rzhitsky had been included on the Myrotvorets database as early as 2014, when Russia illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula and took over a submarine based mostly there that after was a part of Ukraine‘s fleet.

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