Vyacheslav Lebedinsky

Battalion Commander - Major

Unit: 331st Guards Airborne Regiment, 98th Guards Airborne Division, Western Military District

Cargo ID: #846

English Name: Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Lebedinsky

Russian Name: Лебединский Вячеслав Александрович

Date of Birth: June 17, 1983 (age: 40 years)

Place of Birth: Voronezh region, Russia

Place of Death: (Bakhmut)

Lived in: Kostroma, Russia

Education: Kolomna Higher Artillery Command School (graduated 2007 Specialising in Airborne Artillery Units)

Awards: Order of Merit for the Fatherland IV Degree with Swords (ph.), Medal "For Military Valor" 2nd Class, Medal "All-Army Competition" 1st Place, Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 3rd Class, medal under investigation, badge under investigation, Badge "Officer 3rd Class", Badge "Instructor Parachutist", Badge "Graduation from a Higher Education Institution", Badge "Guard"

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He begins his service as a senior officer in a self-propelled artillery battery of the 331st Guards Parachute Regiment of the Guards Airborne Division.

In June 2011, Senior Lieutenant V. Lebedinsky was appointed to the post of commander of the self-propelled artillery battery of the self-propelled artillery battalion of the 331st parachute regiment. On June 23, 2012, he was awarded the rank of captain.

In 2018, Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich was awarded the rank of major and appointed to the post of deputy commander of the 3rd parachute battalion for airborne training of 331 airborne troops.

In the period from March 2 to June 6, 2019, Major V. Lebedinsky performed special tasks on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic as part of the Palmyra group of troops. He was awarded the medal of the Russian Ministry of Defense “Participant in the military operation in Syria.”

On June 2, 2023, Major V. Lebedinsky was sent on a business trip to participate in the Special Military Operation on the territory of the LPR, DPR and Ukraine.

From the first days, he became involved in the combat work of his parachute battalion, which at that time was performing tasks in the area of the settlement. Kremennaya Lugansk People's Republic, acted as commander of the assault group, senior reconnaissance group.

On June 21, 2023, it was moved to a new area in the Artemovsky direction.

On June 27, 2023, Guard Major V. Lebedinsky, commanding a reserve group, died heroically in battle during a confrontation with superior enemy forces in the area of the city of Bakhmut.