The commanding positions in the artillery units of the 2^nd separate motorized rifle brigade hold the career officers of the Russian Armed Forces – citizens of the Russian Fedeartion, as follows:

chief of artillery – chief of artillery section of brigade Lieutenant Colonel TSAREHORODTSEV Dmytro Petrovych (TSAREGORODTSEV Dmitrij Petrovich), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Dmitriev. He was born 09.01.1979 in village of Rozhentsovo, Nizhny Novhorod oblast, Russian Federation. He graduated from the Kolomna Higher Artillery Command School (military institute) in 2000;

commander of howitzer SP artillery battalion Lieutenant Colonel SAZONOV Volodymyr Viktorovych (SAZONOV Vladimir Viktorovich), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Ageyev. He was born 07.03.1983 in town of Shumerlia, Chuvash Republic, Russian Federation. He graduated from the Kolomna Higher Artillery Command School in 2005;

executive officer of the artillery section Major RYBAKOV Serhii Viktorovych (RYBAKOV Sergej Viktorovich), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Ganchev, was born 23.07.1980;

assistant commander of the motorized rifle battalion for artillery Captain AVERIANOV Oleksii Yevhenovych (AVERYANOV Aleksej Yevgenyevich), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Hlebov, born 04.07.1985;

assistant commander of the motorized rifle battalion for artillery Captain MITROFANOV Arkadii Hennadiiovych (MITROFANOV Arkadij Gennayevich), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Karmanov, born 10.05.1985;

assistant commander of the motorized rifle battalion for artillery Captain KAPKOV Oleksii Yuriiovych (KAPKOV Aleksej Yuryevich), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Maslov, born 16.10.1985;

deputy commander of the howitzer SP artillery battalion for armament Major PROTSIUK Vitalii Mykolaiovych (PROTSYUK Vitalij Nikolayevich), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Pilinchuk, born 03.11.1967;

commander of the howitzer artillery battalion Lieutenant Colonel PICHKALIOV Kyryl Mykhailovych (PICHKALYEV Kiril Mikhailovich), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Komyshan, born 06.10.1978;

executive officer – deputy commander of the howitzer artillery battalion Major IVANOV Borys Valeriiovych (IVANOV Boris Valeryevich), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Kurayev, born 22.11.1984, graduated from Mykhailivska Military Artillery Academy in 2011;

deputy commander of the howitzer artillery battalion for armament Major SEVRIUKOV Denys Oleksandrovych (SEVRYUKOV Denis Aleksandrovich), born 01.09.1983;

commander of the MLRS battalion Lieutenant Colonel MALYSHEV Oleksandr Oleksandrovych (Malyshev Aleksandr Aleksandrovich), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Shypelenko, born 06.08.1983 in town of Kokhma Ivanovo oblast, Russian Federation;

executive officer – deputy commander of the rocket-propelled artillery battalion Major KHIZHENKOV Hryhorii Ivanovych (KHIZHENKOV Grigorij Ivanovich), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Danko, born 07.10.1983;

deputy commander of the rocket-propelled artillery battalion for armament Major PAVLOV Dmytro Yuriiovych (PAVLOV Dmytro Yuriiovych), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Fatkhudinov, born 27. 01.1976;

executive officer – deputy commander of the howitzer SP artillery battalion Captain HAINULLIN Ruslan Munirovych (GAJNULLIN Ruslan Munirovich), in Ukraine uses the undercover name – Khasanov, born 14.10.1988, graduated from Mykhailivska Military Artillery Academy in 2010;

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine continues to purposefully gather facts considering the participation of the Russian Armed Forces career servicemen who concealing their personal data and using fictitious documents, have participated in the combat actions in the temporarily occupied territories of the East of Ukraine.