Ukraine eliminates Russian commander in strike on Black Sea Fleet headquarters

"The commander of the Russian boat Serna is listed among the occupiers eliminated due to the attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea on September 22, Readovka reports. Nikitin commanded the landing craft of project 11770 Serna. In Russia, he was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.

Russian propagandists assure that Nikitin supposedly died while saving his ship." Pravada