Alexey Gorobets, commander of the Volgograd-based 20th Motor Rifle division, was killed in action in Ukraine, Bloknot Volgograda cites his wife and a local vets organisation.
“The command called me and informed me that my husband had been killed,” Anna Gorobets said.
Gorobets's photo posted on a local vets organisation VK page
Colonel Gorobets, 49, has commanded the division since 2021, V1.ru says. He was behind the arrangement of Army-2021, Russia’s military forum. His deputy, second-in-command Colonel Alexey Avramchenko, also lost his life in Ukraine.
Russia lost its first female soldier in this war, Anastasia Savitskaya, yesterday.
