stanislav rzhytskyi, the former commander of the ‘krasnodar’ submarine of the russian black sea fleet, involved in missile attacks on Ukraine, has been shot dead in the russian city of krasnodar.

On July 10, the submariner was jogging in krasnodar's 30th anniversary of victory park. He was shot seven times with a Makarov pistol around 06:00 a.m. rzhytskyi died on the spot due to his gunshot wounds.

The park was deserted due to heavy rain, so no witnesses could provide details or identify the gunman.

The ‘krasnodar’ is one of six Varshavianka-class submarines that are part of the black sea fleet of the russian navy. Each of them has the capacity to carry up to four Kalibr cruise missiles.

Captain 2nd Rank stanislav rzhytskyi had been living in Sevastopol since at least 2006. For some time, he was the commander of the submarine ‘alrosa’. After ‘alrosa’ was sent for modernisation, he was appointed commander of ‘kasnodar’ submarine.