A Russian Black Sea fleet commander has been killed in a car bomb explosion in Crimea, it has been reported. Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of the occupied peninsula, said that a military officer was in a car that exploded in the street in the city of Sevastopol on Wednesday morning.

Valery Trankovsky was a "war criminal who has ordered cruise missile launches from the Black Sea against civilian sites in Ukraine," the SBU source said.

The Telegram channel Baza identified the serviceman as 47-year-old Valery Trankovsky, a captain of the 1st rank in the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

A Russian soldier was killed after a car exploded early Wednesday in the port city of Sevastopol in annexed Crimea. Kremlin-appointed officials suggested the explosion may have been part of a sabotage plot.

A Russian soldier was killed after a car exploded early Wednesday in the port city of Sevastopol in annexed Crimea, Kremlin-installed officials said, adding that the serviceman may have been targeted in a sabotage plot.