Russian military official on Ukraine blacklist shot dead on morning run

FILE PHOTO: A Turkish Coast Guard boat escorts Russian Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine Krasnodar as it sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo

(Reuters) - A Russian military official who had commanded a submarine in the Black Sea and appeared on a Ukrainian blacklist of alleged war criminals has been shot dead by an unknown assassin while on his morning run.

Russia's top investigative body said Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, was gunned down early on Monday in the southern city of Krasnodar.