Colonel died Andrey Kondrashkin, also known under the call sign “Danube” and commanded the 31st Ulyanovsk Airborne Assault Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces. This was reported by Alexander KhodakovskyDeputy Head of the Russian Guard in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
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“Today we were deeply hurt by the news of his death. We offer our condolences to his family and friends, his comrades in arms,” he wrote in his telegram channel.
The details of his death are not disclosed.
According to information presented in the community “Airborne Forces. Russian Army. Landing Magazine” on the social network “VKontakte”, Kondrashkin was born in 1971. Previously, he served as commander of the 56th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade, awarded the Order of the Patriotic War. He graduated from the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School and participated in the counter-terrorist operation in the Chechen Republic.
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