US EditionRussia Confirms Brigade Commander's Death, Allegedly Linked to Ukrainian Strike in Kursk Oblast
RUSSIA, JUL 11 – Colonel Sergei Ilyin was killed in a Ukrainian strike that killed 22 Russian troops and disrupted a planned offensive, amid war crime accusations against his brigade.
- Russian Colonel Sergei Ilyin, commander of the 155th Marine Brigade, was killed during a Ukrainian strike on July 2, 2025, in Kursk Oblast, Russia.
- The strike on the brigade’s command post near Korenevo followed Ukraine’s August 2024 cross-border incursion into Kursk Oblast, marking intensified hostilities in the region.
- Reports indicated that the attack resulted in the deaths of 22 Russian servicemen, among them Major General Mikhail Gudkov, who served as a deputy commander in the Russian Navy, and occurred amid accusations against the 155th Brigade for war crimes in Ukraine.
- Ilyin’s burial took place on July 10, 2025, in Musirmy village, Chuvash Republic, where a message praised his act as 'immortal heroism' for the homeland.
- The deaths of Ilyin and other officers underscore continuing heavy losses among Russian military leadership amid ongoing conflict and territorial disputes in 2025.
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