[NTDTV, Beijing, March 21, 2022]The Ukrainian military reported that Andrei Nikolaevich Parly, deputy commander and first-class captain of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet, was shot dead. Senior Russian officials confirmed the news.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported on March 20 the news of the death of the deputy commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Pali, 51, was born in Kyiv and graduated from the Kyiv Naval Political Academy in 1992. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he joined the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet.
Parly is believed to be the first senior Russian naval officer killed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Two senior Russian officials have confirmed that Parly was killed in fighting in the southern Ukraine port city of Mariupol, CNN reported.
Sevastopol administrator Mikhail Razvozhayev issued a statement on Telegram confirming the news of Pali’s death.
Sevastopol, the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, is located on the Crimea peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
Ekaterina Altabaeva, the Russian senator of Sevastopol, said on the social network VK.com that the death of Pali had caused the city to “suffer a heavy and irreparable loss”. loss”.
According to Artabaeva, Parly participated in Russia’s 2008 war against Georgia.
According to Sevastopol media reports on the 20th, one theory is that Pali was killed by Ukrainian snipers. Another version is that he was killed by a shell. At present, the Russian military has not confirmed the cause of Pali’s death.
The report said that the farewell ceremony for Parly’s body will be held in Sevastopol from March 22 to 23.
Separately, Ukrainian officials said Russian Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev was killed in the fighting, the fifth Russian general killed in action. But Russian officials have yet to confirm his death.
According to Ukrainian military information, the five Russian generals killed in action are Major General Oleg Mityaev of the 150th Motorized Infantry Division, Major General Andriy Kolesnikov, and the 41st Coalition. Regiment Major General Chief of Staff Vitaly Gerasimov, Russian Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev and Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky.
Western officials said about 20 Russian generals were commanding the fighting in Ukraine, The New York Times reported. If the news of the deaths of five Russian commanders is true, it means that about a quarter of all Russian generals were killed in the war, a surprising probability for the outside world.
(Comprehensive report by reporter Luo Tingting/responsible editor: Wen Hui)
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