The key facts

  • The elimination of Captain Nikolai Demidov, commander of a UAV company of the 20th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has been claimed
  • It was previously reported that Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Krakov of the 3rd Army Corps 'Azov' had been killed
  • According to reports, 'Solntsepyok' crews of the 'Sever' group destroyed more than 15 Ukrainian positions in a week

Report on the elimination of a drone company commander

In Kharkiv region, the commander of an unmanned aerial vehicle company of the 20th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been eliminated Captain Nikolai Olegovich Demidov. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a source in Russian law enforcement structures; the publication provides no independent confirmation of this information.

Context of previous reports

The report continues a series of publications about Ukrainian losses in Kharkiv region. On November 7, the same law enforcement structures reported that Russian military personnel had neutralized the head of one of the departments of the staff of the 3rd Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 'Azov' (the organization is designated as terrorist and extremist in Russia and is banned) Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Krakov. Before that, it became known that crews of 'Solntsepyok' systems of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the 'Sever' (North) group of forces over the course of a week destroyed, according to this data, more than 15 positions and strongholds of Ukrainian troops in the region. Earlier, an expert also assessed the consequences of a strike on the Ukrainian unit 'Ptakhy Madyara' in Kharkiv. All of the information listed comes from one side of the conflict and has not been confirmed by the Ukrainian side in the cited publications.