The key facts
- According to RIA Novosti citing law enforcement sources, Major Oleksandr Stepanovsky was killed in Sumy region
- It is claimed that he was the head of the engineering service of the 158th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- The death occurred in the village of Mykolaivka after an FPV drone strike
Report on the death of a Ukrainian Armed Forces officer
In Sumy region, according to information from RIA Novosti citing law enforcement sources, Major Oleksandr Stepanovsky has been killed. The source claims that he held the position of head of the engineering service of the 158th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The death occurred in the village of Mykolaivka after an FPV drone strike. This is also reported by Life.ru, citing the same agency report.
Context: the operation in Kharkiv region
The same report provides context about events in the north-east of Kharkiv region: earlier, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian troops completed the operation to eliminate an encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces grouping numbering about two thousand personnel; however, fighting continues in the area with individual Ukrainian groups that managed to hold their positions. This information comes from the Russian military department and is cited by the outlets without independent confirmation; the Ukrainian side is not represented in the cited publications.
