A funeral was held for Colonel Alexander Bespalov on Friday in the closed Russian city of Ozersk, according to a local announcement, which said he was killed during special operation .
Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev, 48, commander of the army s 49th combined arms division, was killed in a strike by the Ukrainian armed forces, sources in Kyiv said.
Ukraine claimed today that its forces had shot dead the deputy commander of Russia s Black Sea Fleet, first rank captain Andrey Paliy, 51, (pictured) in another significant blow to Vladimir Putin s forces.