Brigade Deputy Commander for Combat Training - Dishonorable Mention

Unit: 5th Sabotage and Reconnaissance Brigade ("Terek" Cossack Brigade), Volunteer Assault Corps, Redut PMC

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Yevgeny is being added to the list as a Dishonorable Mention because we do not have confirmation of his official military rank. However, as a brigade deputy commander he was certainly senior. He is also said to have been the founder and original commander of the "Ermak Battalion" in the LPR's Prizark Brigade (active since 2014).
Emblem of the Ermak Battalion

Cargo ID: #1435

Call Sign: "Ermak" (Ермак)

English Name: Yevgeny Vladimirovich Smirnov

Russian Name: Смирнов Евгений Владимирович

Date of Birth: July 23, 1982 (age: 42 years)

Place of Birth: Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai, Russia

Date of Death: September 27, 2024 (via Drone)

Place of Death: Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (Geolocated)

Previously Deployed: Ukraine (2014)

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Yevgeny can be seen driving the ATV at the start of this video, then being dragged through the vegetation. The video was taken by the Russian milblogger "Thirteenth" who was injured in the strike. He is seen in the interview at the end of the video.

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