Named losses of the 10th detachment of special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine
The 10th Separate Special Purpose Detachment (10 OOSpN) of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, which acted against Russian troops, suffered heavy losses from the beginning of the special military operation, the analysis of which was carried out by the specialized Telegram channel "Special Purpose Channel".
The 10th Separate Special Purpose Detachment of the GUR MOU (military unit A2245, Rybalsky Peninsula, Kyiv) has been actively involved in hostilities in the Donbas since 2014, mainly engaged in sabotage work. In October 2014, part of the unit was liquidated at the Donetsk airport. It is known that the detachment fought in Slavyansk.
From the beginning of the special military operation of the Russian army in Ukraine, the personnel of the 10th Special Operations Forces began to actively operate against the allied forces, incurring losses. The number of personnel in the unit is unknown, but the approximate losses to date can be called, thanks to the "Special Purpose Channel", which has done analytical work.
So, according to available data, since the beginning of the special operation and to date, the 10th separate special forces detachment of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Ministry of Defense has lost 9-10 people in total. Losses began on March 3, when in Gostomel near Kyiv, Russian paratroopers eliminated two intelligence officers at once - Valery Chibineev and Alexei Dolya. Both received the "Hero of Ukraine" posthumously.
Further, also in March, on the 14th, two colonels of the GUR MOU, Oleg Akhmedov and Dmitry Sokol, were liquidated near Kyiv. An attempt to pass through a Russian checkpoint ended in a clash, during which both were killed. Then on March 31, already near Mariupol, a senior lieutenant with the call sign "Belmak" was captured by the Russian military. The helicopter on which he tried to evacuate from Mariupol was shot down.
Then, for a long time, the detachment's losses were not heard, until on June 5 the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense announced the death of Major Yuri Nazaruk from the detachment in Severodonetsk. At the end of June, information appeared that during the fighting a whole group of officers from the military intelligence of Ukraine was liquidated, but the analysis showed that 1 or 2 officers died, no more.
The last loss of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense was the death of Colonel Ruslan Popov, who was liquidated in the southern direction. According to available information, he participated in the attack on Serpent Island and died in May. Also "Hero of Ukraine" posthumously.
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