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Top anti-Putin Russian commander killed fighting for Ukraine

  • Denis Kapustin, also known as "White Rex," was killed during a combat mission in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Dec. 27.
  • He was a leader of the Russian Volunteer Corps, which he helped establish to overthrow Vladimir Putin's regime.
  • The Russian Volunteer Corps reported his death and stated, "We will definitely take revenge, Denis. Your cause lives on."
  • Kapustin believed Ukraine represented true freedom and saw it as a place of real resistance.
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Rome, December 27, 2008 The White King died. The news circulated initially through Ukrainian social networks and channels linked to foreign fighters engaged in the conflict. The images and messages of condolence published by his comrades quickly confirmed how, at first, it seemed difficult to accept. Kapustin: a Russian for Ukraine Denis Kapustin was an atypical figure in the panorama of the war in Ukraine. Russian citizen, nationalist militant,…

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The Russian Volunteer Corps loses its commander Denis Kapustin. The former businessman, who was fighting alongside Ukraine, was killed by a drone on the front of Zaporijia.

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RTVI broke the news in Moscow, Russian Federation on Saturday, December 27, 2025.
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