Russia's Ghost Battalion Commander was assassinated in Ukraine.

 Russia's ghost Battalion Commander killed in Ukraine the commander of Russia's ghost Brigade Otto bogachenko has reportedly been killed in Ukraine according to Newsweek news of bogachenko's death was reported by the colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Anatoli Stefan while the

 Russian telegram Channel Russian spring military correspondence reported that the commander was killed in clashes near klish evka a settlement south of bakmut in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region he was reportedly the commander of the prismac Brigade meaning ghost Brigade of the Russian

 armed forces the ghost Brigade is a pro-russian separatist militia operating in the donbass area of Ukraine it was formed in the luhansk region in 2014 when Russian forces invaded Ukraine and illegally annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea it comes nearly two months into Ukraine's push to

 recapture territory Russia has seized throughout the 17-month-old War all Ukrainian President Vladimir zielinski has acknowledged that his forces are advancing slowly in the long-anticipated counter-offensive which kicked off in early June according to Ukrainian news Outlet Focus the

 previous commanders of the ghost Brigade Alexi mosgovoy and Alexi Markov died in 2015 and 2020 respectively the commander of the ghost Battalion Artur bogachenko was successfully demobilized he went to visit mosgovoy and Markov Colonel Stefan said .