Russia loses another key figure, Ukraine kills elite marine commander

The news has been made known by the independent channel in Telegram, Astra, citing an already deleted post of local authorities in the officer's homeland.

According to The Moscow Times report, Colonel Sergei Ilyin, commander of the 155th Brigade Pacific Fleet Guard, has changed lives “during the special military operation” in Ukraine.

The post erased by authorities has not specified the date of Ilyin's death, but Astra has shared a picture of a banner at his funeral, where the date of birth and death was written: November 26, 1985, July 2, 2025. And that same day, July 2nd, we remember there were reports that 11 senior Russian army officers, including Navy Deputy Commander Mikhail Goodkov, were killed by a Ukrainian missile attack in the southwestern Kursk region. /Periscope/