During an air strike in Luhansk on April 13, the commander of the 59th Brigade of the russian Army, Colonel of the Central Military District Pavel Kropotov was killed . This was reported by the russian media, UNN reports.
Details
According to propagandists' statements, the commander of military unit 28331 was said goodbye in Yekaterinburg. They noted that Kropotov "died in Luhansk under fire from British missiles."
The russians also wrote that it was not the first time Kropotov had come under fire in the war in Ukraine and even been wounded
It is known that Kropotov was the commander of the 59th Brigade.
Addendum
The information about the russian commander's death was confirmed by Ukrainian military Anatoliy Shtefan, who also said that Kropotov was killed in a strike on his headquarters in Luhansk on April 13.
Recall
The Strategic Communications Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that on April 13 , the Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully destroyed the command post of the enemy's "Center" military grouping in the temporarily occupied Luhansk