Denis Sorokin

Battalion Commander - Lieutenant Colonel

Unit: Airborne Assault Battalion, 11th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade, Southern Military District

Previously: 31st separate guards air assault brigade

Cargo ID: #341

Full Name: Denis Mikhailovich Sorokin

Russian Name: Сорокин Денис Михайлович

Date of Birth: November 14, 1982 (age: 39 years)

Place of Birth: Volzhsky, Volgograd Region, Russia

Place of Death: Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine (Convoy Ambush, Mortar Shell, Died on the 19th "Wounds Incompatable with Life" received from Shrapnel Wounds)

Education: Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Graduated 2005 from the Faculty of Culture and Journalism)

Awards: Hero of Russia (ph.), other under investigation

Previously Deployed: Syria

Denis Sorokin devoted 22 years to military service, rising from private to guard lieutenant colonel. The officer received his baptism of fire in the Syrian Arab Republic.

On the Day of the Russian Airborne Forces in the city of Volzhsky (Volgograd region), the memory of the Hero of Russia, Lieutenant Colonel of the Airborne Forces Denis Mikhailovich Sorokin, who died during a special military operation, was immortalized.