The Russian elite special forces unit of the Russian Guard “Mercury” has lost at least 10 fighters. The journalists were able to confirm the identity of the dead.
The journalists found out the relevant information by watching a video of the veteran organization “Brotherhood of Maroon Berets-Penza”. There is footage of the memorial corner of the 26th special forces detachment “Mercury”.
At least 10 members of the elite detachment of Russia died in Ukraine
Photographs of 18 commandos with black commemorative ribbons were put on the table, two carnations lay nearby, the journalists reported. Kharkov region. At this time, probably, the detachment lost its personnel.
By comparing photos with videos and data from open sources, the BBC was able to confirm the data on the death of 10 commandos. In particular, the video contained photographs of:
- Major Viktor Slushkin;
- Senior Warrant Officer Alexander Vishnyakov;
- Warrant Officer Pavel Stepanenko;
- Sergeant Maxim Tregubenko;
- Corporal Yaroslav Simakov and others.
After all, Russian social networks wrote about their death church, local authorities, local cells of Putin's party and other organizations, which included the dead Russians.
It is known that the detachment was stationed in Smolensk. Some of them died in May, while others died on July 19.
Photos of eight of the 18 special forces (that is, 40% of the probable deaths from the “Mercury”) have not yet been identified , – the message says.
Journalists also noticed a trend that since February 24, 40-60% of the burial places of the Russian military have not been written anywhere. The Kremlin does not report losses either – they talked about the gates twice: on March 2, the Russian Ministry of Defense wrote about 498 dead and 1,351 dead on March 25.
It should be remembered that on August 30 alone, 350 enemies were killed in Ukraine . In total, since February 24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already liquidated 47,900 invaders.
