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Servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces who took part in combat actions in Ukraine

Major General of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation 
ZAVIZION OLEKSII VOLODYMYROVYCH

(ZAVIZION Aleksej Vladimirovich)

in 2015 was the Commander of the 1st AC (Donetsk, Ukraine) of the Center of the Territorial Forces of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces

In 2015, took direct part in criminal activities in the territory of Ukraine.

In the temporarily occupied territories of the East of Ukraine uses the undercover name: PILEVIN Oleksii Volodymyrovych.

Position and place of service before he was seconded to participate in the Russian armed aggression against Ukraine: the Chief of Staff – the 1st Deputy Commander of the 41st Army (Novosybirsk) of the Central Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.

Year and place of birth: 1965, the town of Narva, Estonia.

Education: Cheliabinsk Higher Tank Command School (1986);

Academy of the Armored Forces of the Russian Armed Forces (1997);

Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (2011).

Military service at the commanding positions:

2014 – 2015 – the Chief of Staff – the 1st Deputy Commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

from 2015 – the Commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

2016 – the Deputy Commander for Security of Border Territory of the force grouping of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria (Khmeimim airbase, Syria).

Combat experience: a participant of Chechen campaigns of 1995 and 2000.

Additional information: was promoted for the participation in combat actions in the territory of Ukraine.