Lieutenant Colonel Evgeny Tikhanovich dies in Kursk Oblast
Russian media reported the death of Evgeny Tikhanovitch, deputy commander of the 22nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian Army. A 41-year-old soldier who was awarded the Order “For the Return of Crimea” died in the Kursk region.
Information about the death of the Russian lieutenant colonel was published on the social media of the newspaper “Sayonogorsk First City”. The soldier died on the territory of the Kursk region, as indicated in the issued condolence letter.
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The exact circumstances of the soldier’s death are unclear, but Ukraine’s Union Agency said he had been “liquidated.” The website also points out that photos published by Russian media show that the soldier had previously been awarded the Order “For the Return of Crimea.”
This decoration was introduced by the Russian Ministry of Defense in March 2014. The prototype of its appearance was the Soviet medal “For the Liberation of Crimea”, created in 1944.
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A statement in the Russian newspaper emphasized that Lieutenant Colonel Evgeny Tikhanovych will be buried “with full military honors” in the cemetery in the village of Sisaya. He was called a “hero” and said he “gave his life to protect the residents of the Kursk region.”
Ukrainian military sums up Russian war losses
In an interview with TCH, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Shirski said that Russia had lost more than 434,000 people in Ukraine in 2024. soldiers. This is more than the first two years of the invasion combined.
– According to our estimates, the total losses exceeded PLN 434,000. staff. About 140,000 of them died, Shilsky said.
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According to information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the beginning of the Ukrainian war, the invaders have lost approximately 818,740 soldiers.
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