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Russian lieutenant colonel is dead

The Ukrainian military said Monday morning that Russian Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Agarkov had been killed.

– The number of liquidated commanders in the Russian army continues to increase, the Ukrainian army writes on Twitter.

Agarkov was the commander-in-chief of a Russian infantry regiment and was former chief of staff of a paratrooper regiment. He is said to have been stationed on the Crimean peninsula before Russia invaded Ukraine.

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He is the latest in a series of senior Russian officers to have been killed in fighting in Ukraine.

The death is confirmed by the governor of the region Agarkov was from.

– I am sorry to have to announce the first losses of people from our region, writes Governor Mikhail Vernikov in the Pskov region on Instagram, according to a local newspaper in the area.

Agarkov was buried at home in Russia on Tuesday, the governor said.

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