CCTV footage has emerged showing the final run of a Russian submarine captain before he was shot dead in revenge for a missile attack in Ukraine.
Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, was seen jogging as a mysterious cyclist followed him in Krasnodar, Russia, minutes before he was killed instantly after being shot seven times.
It comes after Rzhitsky’s submarine fired Kalibr missiles at a town in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, killing up to 27 civilians.
Ukrainian-born judo teacher Sergei Denisenko, 64, confessed to killing the submarine captain on the “instructions” of Ukrainian intelligence after he was arrested, Russian media claim.
He had been preparing for the mission since December and was detained before he flew via Turkey to Switzerland, where he has Ukrainian refugee status.
Stanislav Rzhitsky (pictured), 42, was seen jogging as a cyclist followed him in Krasnodar, Russia, minutes before he was killed instantly after being shot seven times.
Ukrainian-born judo teacher Sergei Denisenko (pictured), 64, confessed to killing the submarine captain following the “instructions” of Ukrainian intelligence, according to Russian media.
He was ordered to eliminate a senior Russian official. Denisenko chose Rzhitsky’, reported 112.
The killer may have tracked Rzhitsky’s movements on the fitness app Strava, where he posted details of his usual jogging route, according to Baza, a Russian Telegram channel with links to security services.
His partner with whom he has two small children is also a refugee in Switzerland.
REN TV reported that he had been ‘recruited’ by his ex-wife who lived in kyiv.
The detainee’s friends claimed that he had been framed for the shooting and various theories arose about the death of the submarine captain.
“His friends and colleagues do not believe in his involvement in the crime,” reported the Telegram channel VChK-OGPU.
Russian law enforcement agencies claim they shot him on Ukrainian orders and rushed to arrest the alleged suspect, a father of six, Ukrainian-born 64-year-old judo teacher Sergei Denisenko (pictured huddled as armed police broke into his house)
It comes after Rzhitsky’s submarine fired Kalibr missiles at a town in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, killing up to 27 civilians. In the picture: Stanislav Rzhitsky
Pictured: Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, who was shot seven times and died while jogging in Krasnodar, Russia.
The location would be an “extremely strange place” for a Ukrainian assassin to kill his Russian target, the channel said.
The killer then escaped to a trolleybus stop on Kubanskaya Embankment street, about 300 meters from the scene of the shooting.
“The stop is in front of the fence of the Krasnodar branch of the Alpha special forces unit,” the channel said.
The murder was committed almost at the… FSB Special Forces Center. They often run there, train in this park.
The cyclist allegedly following the submarine captain is not believed to be Denisenko.
When the war broke out, Denisenko took refuge in Switzerland with his wife and two preschool-age children.
Later he returned to Ukraine and repaired his bombed-out house. She then came to live with her eldest son in Russia.
“Relatives note that all this time Sergei was positive and spoke to his family on the phone,” the report says.
“Despite his anti-war stance, he was not an activist and planned to develop his favorite sport.” Before the war he headed the Ukrainian Shotokan Karate Federation.
While a pistol and silencers were found in his rented apartment where he was detained huddled on the floor in his underwear by special armed forces officers, his friends say he had no experience with firearms.
While a pistol and silencers were found in his rented apartment where he was detained huddled on the floor in his underwear by special armed forces officers, his friends say he had no experience with firearms.
Major General Kyrylo Budanov denied that his agents were responsible for the assassination in Krasnodar, instead blaming Russia’s internal enemies against Putin’s war.
He claimed it was a Russian on Russian shooting. “We know that the roots of what happened yesterday in the Russian Federation must be found within Russia itself, where the internal protest against the war in Ukraine is growing,” he said.
Since Rzhitsky had left the navy before the war, the motive for the Ukrainian assassination seems to be missing.
Captain Anatoliy Varochkin, 56, was in command of the submarine on July 14, 2022 when missiles killed tragic little Liza Dmitrieva, four, and 26 others in the devastating attack from the Black Sea, according to reports. he knew. He now he is deputy chief of staff of the Black Sea Fleet.
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