“He died heroically.

He led his team, led the sailors out when the fire started, then went down, drowned out the boiler room, but he himself did not have time to get out.

He accomplished a feat and saved the lives of hundreds of his colleagues.

We will remember and be proud of our hero!”

— he wrote in his Telegram channel.

According to the Ministry of Defense, on April 13, on the Moskva missile cruiser, after the detonation of ammunition during the struggle for the ship's damage, one serviceman died, another 27 crew members were declared missing.

The remaining 396 crew members were evacuated to Sevastopol.