– A Russian captain was killed

Stanislav Rzhetskij, 42, deputy commander of the local office of mobilization in the Russian city of Krasnodar, was killed while jogging on Monday morning.

He writes, among other things Medusaan independent Russian news organization based in Riga, which in turn references a number of Russian Telegram channels.

also Russian state-owned news agency TASS He confirms the killing, citing Russian police.

According to Meduza, Rzhetsky holds the rank of military captain, second class, in the Russian Navy.

Local authorities confirm to the newspaper Kommersantowned by the oligarch Alisher Usmanov, that the death is under investigation.

Rzhitskij is said to have been killed in the morning hours of Monday, June 10, while jogging near the Olympus Arena sports complex. He is said to have been shot four times before the perpetrator disappeared from the scene.

Russian Investigative Committee Investigation of the death as a homicide, according to BBC – which refers to the Russian media, including the state-owned TV channel Rossija 1.

Included in the Ukrainian database

Ukrainian NGL modes He claimed to be able to link Rzhitskij to a submarine attack on the city of Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022.

also Military intelligence of Ukraine Claims Rzhitskij co Submarine attack against Ukraine.

The number of deaths reported after the attack varies. According to Meduza, the attack killed 27 people Kyiv Independent It wrote that the number was 28. The BBC wrote that 23 people died in the attack – including three children.

Meduza refers to the Ukrainian database Myrotvorets, which, according to its own statement, investigates “crimes against Ukraine’s national security, peace, human security and international law”.

On the database’s website, it is alleged, according to Meduza, that Rzhitskij “was directly involved in the military invasion of Ukraine”, and that he was supposedly the captain of the Alrosa submarine, part of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. .

The site has previously received criticism from a human rights organization Human Rights Watch To publish the supposedly leaked information about Russian journalists.

also Kommersant He writes that Rzhitskij was the commander of the Alrosa submarine.

Russia’s response: – He thrust a dagger

“Colander”

Rzhitskij’s address, along with other personal details, was also posted on the site, according to the news agency. Reuters.

According to the BBC, Rzhitskij’s profile on the website is now marked with the word “Liquidated”.

Telegram channel a base – which, according to the BBC, has “close ties with the police” – but quotes what is supposed to be a statement from Rzhetsky’s father, who claims his son asked to resign from his positions in the Russian Armed Forces in 2021, and that this was granted in August 2022 .

While the application was being processed, Rzhitskij was not at sea, according to what the father reportedly told the channel – and he should not have been involved in the “special operation”.

Baza also writes that the perpetrator may have used Rzhitskij’s public profile on Strava, which should have contained information about the route where he used to run.

The BBC wrote that an analysis by fact-checking group BBC Verify confirmed that Rzhitskij had been jogging regularly in the area where he was said to have been killed, and that facial analysis corroborated the profile.