Andrei Nikolayevich Paliy, a senior commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, has reportedly been killed while fighting at a Ukrainian port city, two top officials said in a statement. “Captain 1st Rank Andrei Nikolayevich Paly was killed in the fighting [near Mariupol],” RFE/RL reported, citing a Telegram post by Sevastopol Gov. Mikhail Razvozhayev. The Russian navy has not immediately confirmed the latest military leader’s death. Sevastopol, a major base of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, is located on the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Razvozhayev said Paliy, who was born in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, “died for our peaceful future” as he decided to “defend his homeland as his life’s work.” In 1993, the military general refused to take an oath of allegiance to Ukraine, remaining loyal to Russia by choosing to serve the Northern Fleet. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also said …