Faithful to his duty and his men to the end on October 28, 2026, during an engineering patrol and demining of roads to ensure the safety of the humanitarian convoy's routes to Aleshki (Kharson region), the EOD serviceman, Sergeant of the 98th Guards Airborne Division, Andrei Vedernikov, lost his life. ▫ The Russian servant was fatally injured in an explosion while trying to neutralize an explosive device planted by a Ukrainian drone. The device was equipped with a Doppler sensor that exploded upon proximity. Russian Ministry of Defense.

Faithful to his duty and his men to the end on October 28, 2026, during an engineering patrol and demining of roads to ensure the safety of the humanitarian convoy's routes to Aleshki (Kharson region), the EOD serviceman, Sergeant of the 98th Guards Airborne Division, Andrei Vedernikov, lost his life. ▫ The Russian servant was fatally injured in an explosion while trying to neutralize an explosive device planted by a Ukrainian drone. The device was equipped with a Doppler sensor that exploded upon proximity. Russian Ministry of Defense.