During a drone attack on a tourist base in Kyrylovka on the night of…
During a drone attack on a tourist base in Kyrylovka on the night of July 25, Mikhail Ivanov, head of the Zaporizhzhia regional branch of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise 'Main Radio Frequency Center' in Crimea and Sevastopol, was killed.
Consensus
- Mikhail Ivanov died in a drone attack on a tourist base in Kyryloivka, Zaporozhye Oblast.
- The attack occurred on the night of July 25.
- Ivanov's two minor children also died in the attack.
- His wife was injured and hospitalized.
- A criminal case for terrorism was opened by the Investigative Committee of Russia.
- Twelve people, including four children, were killed in the attack.
- Nineteen people were injured.
Points of divergence
- Ivanov was born in 1972 in Khabarovsk Krai and graduated from the Saint Petersburg Higher Military Engineering School of Communications in 1995. — fontanka
- After retiring from military service in 2015, Ivanov worked in radio frequency control and communication units and participated in creating a satellite radio monitoring station. — fontanka
- Ivanov served in the Special Military Operation (SVO) from September 2025 to March 2026. — fontanka
- Ivanov was recognized with a presidential commendation for his service during SVO. — kommersant
- Ivanov 'formed the team and ensured operations on the assigned territory' after taking leadership of the GRCHC regional unit in May 2023. — kommersant
Coverage (2 sources)
- Head of the Radio Frequency Center and his children killed in attack on a base in Zaporozhskaya region — Фонтанка
- Head of the Main Radio Frequency Center Management Directorate killed in drone attack on Zaporizhzhia power plant — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Mikhail Ivanov
- Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Crimea
- Roskomnadzor
- Main Radio Frequency Center
- Ukrainian Armed Forces
- Russia
- VS
- Sevastopol
- Melitopol
- Roskomnadzor
- Kyrillovka
- Main Radio Frequency Center