Moscow [Russia], March 21 (ANI/Xinhua): A senior naval commander from Russia's Black Sea Fleet had been killed in Ukraine, said governor of Sevastopol, a port city on the Crimea Peninsula, on Sunday.

Post-Captain Andrei Paliy, the fleet's deputy commander, died during fighting in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Mikhail Razvozhayev said on the messaging app Telegram.

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Sevastopol is the base of Russia's Black Sea Fleet. (ANI/Xinhua)

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