APU with HIMARS eliminated two Russian pilots/Channel 24 collage
Despite the fact that Russia hides the losses in the war in Ukraine, they are obvious. So, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liquidated two of the best pilots of the Russian army. Both died as a result of a HIMARS strike on Russian troops in Donetsk.
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The death of pilots is just another death of the military elite of Russian soldiers
Lieutenant Colonel Maxim Potyomin and a third-generation military pilot , Colonel Anatoly Stasyukevich died on July 8. Another victim of HIMARS in Ukraine is Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Mikhailov, who commanded a motorized rifle battalion.
The publication ironically notes that the death of this trinity is just another death of the Russian military elite, the cause of which was HIMARS. Russian losses are expected to only increase.
Two of Putin's best pilots have been killed by a HIMARS missile in Ukraine while the Russian leadership says they are not changing anything at the front. Maxim Potemin, 41, a fighter pilot with the rank of lieutenant colonel, was killed when precision rocket artillery fired on his cortege in Donetsk on 8 July. Colonel Anatoly Stasyukevich, 54, also a fighter pilot, died in the same attack, the article says.
The dead pilots have already been buried in Russia/Photo by Daily Mail
Grave of Colonel Stasyukevich/Photo by Daily Mail
About the death of Maxim Potyomin in As a result of the HIMARS strike, the father of the liquidated pilot said. He learned that it was the American systems that caused the death of his son, just a few days ago, according to the Russian, the UAF struck with the assistance of Western intelligence.
“My son's car was hit by a HIMARS missile,” Potyomin Sr. told local media.
Father together with the dead Russian occupier/Photo by Daily Mail
Briefly about the dead occupiers
Potemin
PoteminHe was married and had two children – a son aged 15 and a daughter aged 8. The occupier was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage for “selfless deeds and valor”. Another liquidated fighter pilot, Stasyukevich, chief of staff of the 1st Guards Baranovichi Red Banner Mixed Aviation Division, was a military third generation pilot. He flew in the same unit as Potemin, it was based in Krymsk, Krasnodar Territory. The third loss of the military elite and the victim of American weapons is 42-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Mikhailov, who commanded a motorized rifle battalion. He was eliminated in Ukraine, but in a different place, not where Potemin and Stasyukevich were liquidated.
Liquidated Lieutenant Colonel Mikhailov/Photo Photo by Daily Mail fight about a month ago. Kyiv used these weapons to strike at Russian command posts and ammunition depots in the deep rear, which were previously unreachable,” the publication explains. By the way, on July 8, explosions were indeed reported in the occupied part of Donbass. Residents of Donetsk and Shakhtyorsk told about several fires in their cities at once. Pay attention! Warehouses and military infrastructure facilities in the occupied territories became more common when the American HIMARS systems arrived in Ukraine. In particular, with the help of these combat vehicles, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 50 Russian ammunition depots in a few weeks. Experts believe that this significantly affects the situation at the front, because the number of enemy shelling has even decreased. 
