A special forces commander of the DPR army died in battle
Rodion Graf-Safonov, commander of the reconnaissance and assault battalion of the special forces regiment of the DPR army, died in the special operation zone in Ukraine.
Zakhar Prilepin, a former adviser to the deceased head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko, reported this on his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Prilepin did not specify the section of the front where “Graf” died, emphasizing that he did not have enough time to get out from under mortar fire.
“My closest and most beloved comrade all these years. “...first two PCs began to work on us, then mortars, then age, I was in the second group, “Graf” was in the first group, they were waiting for us and worked on us, we managed to leave the line of fire, “Graf” accepted the battle, he was barely wasn't enough. Covered with a mine." Rodion Graf-Safonov. He left behind a wife and little daughter,” Prilepin wrote.
Graf-Safonov, or simply call sign “Count,” was born in the village of Petrovka, Stanichno-Lugansk district, served military service in the 15th separate mountain infantry battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and with the beginning of the punitive operation of Kyiv in the Donbass, he joined the ranks of the militia.
During this time, he took part in battles on different sectors of the front. In 2017, he joined the battalion created by Zakhar Prilepin.
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