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

War criminal, Major General of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation 
NIKIFOROV Yevhen Valeriyovych

(Nikiforov Yevgenij Valerievich)

the commander of the 2nd AC (Luhansk, Ukraine) of the Center of the Territorial Forces of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces

In the temporarily occupied territories of the East of Ukraine uses the undercover name: MORHUN Yevhen Valeriyovych.

Position and place of service before he was seconded to participate in the armed aggression against Ukraine:

the deputy commander of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces (Vladykavkaz).

Year of birth: 1970.

Education:

Kolomen Higher Artillery Command School – in 1991;

Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – in 2005;

Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – in 2012.

Military service at the commanding positions:

1991 – 2002 – commander of the artillery platoon, antitank battery, artillery battalion EO, commander of the paratrooper battalion of the 83rd separate air assault brigade (Ussurijsk, Prymorskyi krai) of the Far Eastern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

2005 – 2010 – commander of the 83rd separate air assault brigade of the Far Eastern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

2012 – 2014– deputy commander of the 58th Army (Vladykavkaz) of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.

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

Additional information:

the rank of "Major General" was awarded by the Decree of the Russian President No.468 from 08.05.2013.