Oleg Mityaev | |
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Birth name | Oleg Yuryevich Mityaev |
Born | 1974 Orenburg, Russian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 15 March 2022 Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine |
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Rank | Major general |
Commands held | 150th Motorised Rifle Division |
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Oleg Yuryevich Mityaev (Russian: Олег Юрьевич Митяев; (born 1974) is a Russian major-general who according to Ukrainian officials was killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 15 March 2022. His death, however, has not been confirmed.
From 2013 to 2015 Mityaev was commander of the 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade. Between December 2016 and November 2018 he ran the Russian 201st Military Base in Tajikistan. He was one of the leaders of the Russian intervention in Syria.[1] From 2020 Mityaev was the commander of Russia's 150th Motorised Rifle Division.[2]
According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed in a Ukrainian ambush while taking part in a "combat mission" (according to Russian reports) during the Siege of Mariupol at the Illich Steel and Iron Works during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reportedly by the Azov Battalion.[3][4] According to the Ukrainians, he was the fourth Russian general killed during the 2022 invasion.[5] Western sources believe 20 major-generals were deployed to Ukraine.[4]
Mariupol in the Russo-Ukrainian War | |
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War in Donbas (2014–2022) | |
Siege of Mariupol (2022) | |
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Military offices
Preceded byVladimir Khazretovich Elkanovs
Commander of the 150th Rifle Division 2020-
Succeeded byKilled In Action
Preceded byUnknown
Commander of the Russian 201st Military Base 2016–2018
Succeeded byUnknown
Preceded byMikhail Nikolaevich Ugolyov
Commander of the 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade 2013–2015
Succeeded byRuslan Leontyevich Evkodimov
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