Sergei Mashnin

Position Unknown - Major

Unit: BARS-19, Southern Military District

Cargo ID: #1291

Call Sign: "Dad" (Батя)

English Name: Sergei Vyacheslavovich Mashnin

Russian Name: Машнин Сергей Вячеславович

Date of Birth: May 26, 1968 (age: 55 years)

Place of Birth: Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Current Address: Borzyonovsky Lane, Streletskaya District, Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: April 24, 2024

Place of Death: Semenivka, Yasinovatsky district, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (via grenade)

"My dearest husband died on April 24, 2024. He did not surrender, even when wounded, he let the enemy come closer and blew them up along with himself..."

Awards:
Order of Courage,
Cossack Medal "Volunteer - Who Stood Up for the Defense of the Motherland",
Cossack Cross,
Cross of the Don Cossack Army,
Badge "Parachutist",
Badge "Graduation from a Higher Education Institution"

Social Media: VK.com

Previously Deployed: Ukraine (2015)

Wife:

English Name: Elena Mashnina (Yakunenko)

Russian Name: Елена Машнина (Якуненко)

Date of Birth: March 19, 1968

Social Media: VK.com

Son:

English Name: Yaroslav Sergeyevich Mashnin

Russian Name: Ярослав Сергеевич Машнин

Social Media: VK.com (under the pseudonym "Vladislav")