The key facts

  • Russian security structures told TASS about the elimination in the DNR of three Lasar's Group servicemen and the commander of an evacuation brigade
  • Lasar's Group is part of the 27th Pechersk Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine and uses heavy bomber drones
  • It was previously reported that damage from a strike on the drone manufacturing enterprise was estimated at about 35 million dollars by the Deputy Commander of the Air Force of Ukraine

Reports of the elimination of a Lasar's Group crew

Russian servicemen destroyed in the DNR a drone crew of the elite Ukrainian unit Lasar's Group, which is part of the National Guard of Ukraine. Russian security structures told TASS about this; Life.ru retells the agency's report. According to this information, the commander of the evacuation brigade was killed along with the UAV operators.

Who, according to the security structures, was killed

The agency's source named the names and call signs of three killed servicemen of the unit: chief sergeant Serhii Kanashyn (call sign Patrick), junior sergeant Stanislav Fernos (Nemets) and soldier Volodymyr Aroshkevych (Skorp). In addition, according to Russian security officials, senior sergeant Nikolai Koptev (Mosya) was killed; he commanded the evacuation brigade and was with the Lasar's Group crew. This information comes from a TASS source in the security structures; the publication contains no independent confirmation.

What is known about the unit and the earlier strikes

Lasar's Group specializes in the use of strike drones and is part of the 27th Pechersk Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. The unit uses heavy bomber drones, including to hit armored vehicles and artillery. Earlier, as Life.ru notes, Russian strikes disabled an enterprise that produced drones for Lasar's Group: Deputy Commander of the Air Force of Ukraine Pavlo Yelizarov estimated the damage from the destruction of equipment and weapons stockpiles at about 35 million dollars. Separately, the Russian Defense Ministry showed for the first time the use of the Dan-T munition from a Mi-28NM helicopter against the positions of Ukrainian drone operators.