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KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine

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Czech-based international team, tracking confirmed Russian officers killed in the war against Ukraine. Confirmations are made via funeral notices, obituaries, news platforms, monuments and memorial plaques. Names and sources: https://tinyurl.com/mpvx7snn

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KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine @killedinukraine.bsky.social · 2d

At least 7032 Russian officers have been eliminated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 24 February 2022.
9 days update: +32 newly registered.
Sources: public Russian obituaries and graves (see link in bio).

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KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine @killedinukraine.bsky.social · 2h

The Immortal Regiment...

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Senior Lieutenant Мацнев Михаил Олегович (Matsnev Mikhail Olegovich), tank platoon commander, was killed in Ukraine on 16 September in the area of Bereslav settlement of Kherson oblast.

[re-post from September 2022]

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KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine @killedinukraine.bsky.social · 2h

Airborne reconnaissance Junior Lieutenant Мананов Даньяр Байронович (Mananov Danyar Bayronovich) of the 173rd Guards Reconnaissance Battalion, 106th Guards Airborne Division, was eliminated near Chasiv Yar, Ukraine on 24 August 2024.

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Zinky boy.
They buried him in a wooden transport crate containing a galvanized sheet metal coffin.

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Private Гальцов Дмитрий Андреевич (Galtsov Dmitry Andreevich), call sign “Tamada”, rose to the rank of Junior Lieutenant and platoon commander in the war against Ukraine (Kreminna, Avdiivka...) and was eliminated near Novopokrovske, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on 27 May 2024.

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Major Швецов Иван Фёдорович (Shvetsov Ivan Fedorovich), commander of a Storm detachment, 26th Tank Regiment, was eliminated in Ukraine.
In the discussion he is also called “kombat” — i.e. battalion commander...

[re-post from January 2024]

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Naval Infantry Junior Lieutenant Стародумов Игорь Анатольевич (Starodumov Igor Anatolievich) was eliminated in Ukraine.

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Lieutenant Лещенко Александр Сергеевич (Leshchenko Alexander Sergeevich) was eliminated in Ukraine on 21 April 2025

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Senior Lieutenant Зеленский Сергей Валерьевич (Zelensky Sergey Valerievich) was eliminated in Staromaiorske, Volnovakha Raion, Ukraine on 11 May 2024.

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22 yo Airborne Junior Lieutenant Козлов Олег Владимирович (Kozlov Oleg Vladimirovich) was eliminated in Ukraine, probably on 24 March 2025.

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Junior Lieutenant Кузнецов Сергей Андреевич (Kuznetsov Sergey Andreevich) was eliminated in Ukraine.

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KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine @killedinukraine.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like he didn't lie about that one, they've deployed fertilizer quite effectively IMO!

-SPL

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If leaked lists are to be believed, it's about 10% of the manpower of an infantry brigade that's made up of officers.

-SPL

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Junior Lieutenant Шкрябин Денис Алексеевич (Shkryabin Denis Alekseevich) was eliminated in Ukraine.

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The original plan for the memorial was also quite underestimated...

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Afghanistan — 3
Caucasus — 17
Ukraine — 100 (so far confirmed)

Neftekumsk, Stavropol Krai, Russia, population 22000.
Next to Major General Klimenko’s name, it is worth noting that most of the dead were in the rank of Private, i.e., cannon fodder.

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KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine @killedinukraine.bsky.social · 2d

Russian war criminal, Naval Infantry Junior Lieutenant Манахов Алексей Владимирович (Manakhov Alexey Vladimirovich) awarded for terrorizing Syrians, was eliminated in Ukraine.

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One of them, Saratov Oblast resident Isenbaev Mendvai Timofeevich. His name will soon be on the memorial. It is easy to die for the Tsar and for money at any age.

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Another 198 names of eliminated Russian occupiers have been added to the memorial in Saratov.
Two pillars remain empty, and an expansion of the memorial is already planned.

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