Lt. Col. Pavel Kislyakov, 40, was buried on Thursday with full military honors in his hometown of Moscow. Kislyakov, commander of a notorious Russian paratrooper unit, is the 57th known colonel to be killed since President Putin ordered his troops to launch a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Kislyakov was reportedly the deputy chief of staff of the Russian army and head of the operational department of the 11th Airborne Brigade. Commenting on his death, a Ukrainian soldier said: “Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Kislyakov has left the conversation. He was officially de-Naziized and demilitarized. Glory to the Nation “. No details have been released about where he was killed in Ukraine – but his death underscores the horrific losses suffered by high-ranking Russian officials. Procession for Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Kislyakov (Alms) Russia announced on Thursday that it would withdraw its troops from Snake Island off the Black Sea as a “gesture of goodwill.” The ministry said the move showed that Russia was not blocking UN efforts to set up a humanitarian corridor to export agricultural products from Ukraine. Ukraine celebrated the announcement, while Boris Johnson said it signaled Kiev’s ability to counterattack against Russia. “Kabum! There are no more Russian troops on Snake Island. “The Armed Forces have done a great job for us,” Andriy Yermak, the head of the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, wrote on Twitter. Snake Island, which Russia captured on the first day of its invasion, gained worldwide fame when Ukrainian border guards stationed there rejected a request for a Russian warship to surrender. Earlier this month, Russia lost another senior colonel, Sergei Postnov, who was killed in battle. He was a member of a military propaganda unit in the Russian National Guard, which reports directly to Vladimir Putin. Russia withdrew its troops from Snake Island on Thursday (June 30th) (Planet Labs PBC) He was on active duty with Russian forces near Kyiv, Kharkov, and more recently in the Luhansk region. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia has lost about 35,600 people since the beginning of the invasion. Colonel Pavel Kislyakov was the 57th known colonel to die in battle, and at least 12 generals are believed to have been killed in Ukraine. The most recent missing general was confirmed this month as General Roman Kutuzov, who was killed in an attack on a Ukrainian settlement in the Donbass region, a state-run Rossiya 1 reporter said.
