A senior Russian air-borne leader has supposedly been eliminated in Ukraine, according to the newest upgrade from the Institute for the Study of War, as Moscow’s elite systems continue to suffer high rates of attrition.
The U.S.-based think tank pointedout pro-Russian military Telegram channels and the Russian independent Mediazona outlet in its report that Vasily Popov, the leader of the 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment—a system under the command of the 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division—was eliminated throughout combating at an unidentified area in Ukraine.
The veryfirst to report Popov’s death was milblogger Egor Guzenko, who runs the pro-war “Thirteenth” Telegram channel. He reported the loss in a voice note published to the channel on September 10.
Popov, the voice note stated, “only justrecently took workplace.” The note explained the leader as a great guy and a hero. Guzenko included: “I feel sorry for him. Three more people passedaway with him, and I feel sorry for them.” Newsweek hasactually gottenintouchwith the Russian Defense Ministry by e-mail to demand remark.
Mediazona pointedout leakages from Russian databases in its report that Popov was 38 years old when he passedaway, and that he was taped as a captain and a significant. In 2021, the outlet stated, Popov studied at the General Air Force Academy, and might haveactually been promoted to a greater rank priorto being provided command of the 247th Regiment.
The program is based in Stavropol, a southern Russian city some 250 miles east of the Kerch Strait Bridge and the inhabited Crimean Peninsula. Its momsanddad 7th Division is headquartered in the Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk.
ISW reported that Vasily Popov mostlikely prospered Pyotr Popov as leader of the 247th in August or September2023 If his death is verified, Vasily Popov would be the 2nd leader of the system to be eliminated in action consideringthat the start of the full-blown intrusion. Colonel Konstantin Zizevsky was eliminated in southern Ukraine in spring 2022.
Mediazona reported that the 247th has suffered extreme casualties throughout 18 months of battle in Ukraine. “In the veryfirst week of the war, the routine lost at least 60 individuals who passedaway while attempting to storm Nikolaev,” it composed, utilizing the Russian name for the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Mykolaiv, where Russia’s southern advance was stopped in spring 2022.
The system might have continual casualties in the series of Ukrainian attacks versus the Russian-held Kherson International Airport at Chornobaivka. The 247th is likewise thought to haveactually been trampled