The brother of Councilor Zelansky Podoliak, who fought on the side of the Russian Federation in Zaporizhzhia, was eliminated - a project was killed in Ukraine.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhia region, the elder brother of the adviser of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak, Russian army colonel Volodymyr Podoliak, who fought on the side of the Russian Federation, died during hostilities. He was eliminated on May 19, 2024, but the circumstances of his death have only now become known.
This is what the Killed in Ukraine (KIU) research project reported with reference to the Rosstat data leak.
According to published data, 59-year-old Volodymyr Podoliak died on May 19, 2024 in the Kirilyvka region, Zaporizhia region.
The cause of death of the Russian colonel was an intracranial injury received as a result of hostilities.
Volodymyr Podoliak's grave was discovered by KIU researchers back in June 2024. The date of death was noted on the cross, but the circumstances of the death remained unknown at the time.
On the portrait near the grave Podoliak is depicted in the uniform of a colonel from the Russian army. On his chest you can see two courage teams, a badge "for service in military intelligence" and other awards.
Near the burial, the investigators noticed a bouquet of flowers with the inscription "Mitzvah TsPS. According to their assumption, the abbreviation may be the Specialist Training Center of the Russian GRU.
Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the president of Ukraine, previously admitted to Big Brother's connection with the Russian special services.
At the same time, in 2021, in an interview with Ukrainian journalists, he assured that his brother had long since finished his military service.
"He was a regular military pensioner for a long time," said Mykhailo Podoliak at the time.
The adviser to the President of Ukraine did not publicly comment on the death of his brother and the circumstances of his death.
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