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A former Russian officer who commanded air operations during the siege of Mariupol and later became deputy mayor of Stavropol was killed in an apparent bomb attack overnight, officials said Thursday

Stavropol Mayor Ivan Ulyanchenko confirmed the death of his first deputy, Major Zaur Gurtsiyev, 34, a veteran of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Stavropol region Governor Vladimir Vladimirov had said earlier that Gurtsiyev died in a “nighttime incident,” adding: “All leads are being followed, including the possibility of a terrorist attack organized by Ukrainian Nazis.”

The local branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said two people were killed in the explosion, identifying the second man only as a 29-year-old acquaintance of Gurtsiyev. It said the acquaintance was believed to have set off an improvised explosive device.

Law enforcement authorities launched a criminal investigation into murder and illegal weapons trafficking, adding that the explosion may have been “an act of terrorism.” Alexander Bastrykin, head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, ordered regional officials to report on the probe’s progress.

Surveillance footage shared by Telegram channels linked to Russian law enforcement agencies showed an explosion after one man approached another near a parking lot. The channels identified one of the men as Gurtsiyev, though officials have not commented on the video.

According to the Time of Heroes website — a state initiative for training war veterans for civilian government roles — Gurtsiyev oversaw air operations during Russia’s devastating siege of the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. His biography states he “implemented best practices in missile guidance technology,” improving strike “accuracy and efficiency.”

Human Rights Watch says that at least 8,000 people were killed during the siege of Mariupol, which lasted between March and May 2022. Since claiming military control over the ruined city, Russia has sought to rebuild homes and structures that its army damaged and destroyed.

Born in Vladikavkaz in 1990, Gurtsiyev ed the Russian Armed Forces in 2007 and graduated from the S. M. Budyonny Military Academy of the Signal Corps in 2012. He received the Order of Courage and other military honors.

Gurtsiyev became Stavropol’s first deputy mayor in September 2024.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/29/mariupol-siege-air-commander-killed-in-bomb-attack-a89266

Padre normal level we go soon hear sai he rise again. na so Dem talk sai Dem don take some general for Russian take shine beyond he choke us wen we see they wit Putin

It will get to putin

Innomama7:
Padre normal level we go soon hear sai he rise again. na so Dem talk sai Dem don take some general for Russian take shine beyond he choke us wen we see they wit Putin

Yaroslav Moskalik is waiting for you to rise him up 🤣🤣🤣

kudos to the men and women of Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

fuckingAyaya:
It will get to putin

Back to sender.

Russia, definition of big for nothing.

Putin's problem is greed and selfishness.

He's self-centred.

COMRADES, no side that doesn't lose in a war, even when NATO was fighting Iraqi during the reign of Sadam Hussein they lost some fighters, so, to me, this is not a big deal at all

Ukraine acting like Israel going after them one by one.

All is fair 😊

E no sweet again

No shock value anymore

Ukrainian Nazi, Russian Nazi, German Nazi...

Funny people. ...


Imagine if the Nazis had won back then, the narrative would have been demonized the losers as usual..

Any common person ing these murderous wereys is a total dunce...

obedience4:


https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/29/mariupol-siege-air-commander-killed-in-bomb-attack-a89266

Died for Putin to be alive what a shame

The land of Lenin, Stalin , Zhukov, Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich, and Alyosha Popovich will win.
Down with Ukraine that terrorist nation ,

obedience4:


Yaroslav Moskalik is waiting for you to rise him up 🤣🤣🤣

You dey mind mumu

They are still amazing me to have held on against a whole Russia since over two years now. I really give Kudos to Ukraine, even if at long last, Russia comes up victorious.....it's still Ukraine I would regard as the Winner of this War.....

obedience4:
kudos to the men and women of Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

Same Hot temper Putin has, Zelensky also has.

Same kind.

Infact, Russia taking on Ukraine in a war was a big mistake for Putin. Ukraine has demystified the Almighty Russia the world was afraid of.

Infact, with the way things are going, i think we were all lied to and Russia being a supper power.

Isreal is busy dealing with the stubborn Arabs of the middle east... Something the US ran away from.

osuofia2:
Russia, definition of big for nothing.

* 3rd most powerful military on earth
* 3rd largest economy
* one of the world super-powers
* Currently fighting a war against NATO's 32 countries with Ukraine as the battleground, and still showing them pepper
* One of the world's top-performing currency
* Only country with 24,311 sanctions on them, and they're still waxing stronger


How're they "big for nothing"?

Wizardslayer:
Putin's problem is greed and selfishness.

He's self-centred.

absolute balderdash. You know nothing.

Go and read about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Same thing happened; Russia wanted to build a missile base in Cuba and US invaded Cuba because of that. Funny thing is, Cuba doesn't share boundaries with US. Now US wants to put missiles in Ukraine which shares boundaries with Russia, despite RUssia and Ukraine having an agreement (Read the Minsk Agreement) against that, and now Russia is the bad guy?

Zelensky should go find out what happened to Bandera

Wizardslayer:
Putin's problem is greed and selfishness.

He's self-centred.

Putin remain a great political leader.

He is an asset to Russia.

Overhyped Russia. They had to beg North Korea to help fight a nation they share boundary with.
Syria rebels really exposed their weakness.

If Ukraine had a functioning air force before the Russian invasion, Putin would have recorded more losses than now.

fuckingAyaya:
It will get to putin

Amen

YourKarma:



absolute balderdash. You know nothing.

Go and read about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Same thing happened; Russia wanted to build a missile base in Cuba and US invaded Cuba because of that. Funny thing is, Cuba doesn't share boundaries with US. Now US wants to put missiles in Ukraine which shares boundaries with Russia, despite RUssia and Ukraine having an agreement (Read the Minsk Agreement) against that, and now Russia is the bad guy?

Bring a single proof that the US wants to put missiles in Ukraine,

The Cuban Missile Crisis, the US didn't invade Cuba, they only initiated a naval blockage to stop Soviet Union nuclear missiles from reaching Cuba.

That's right. Very very good.

Ukraine is finished on the battlefield they now resort to targeted assassinations of Russias military men, when the west was pushing them to fight Russia with their backing thats when they commited suicide, now both Ukraine and their west is now peace beggars, 32 Nato nations plus the almighty USA could not defeat Russia, Russia really won world war 2, country strong Abegi….

Frm 3wks war to 3yrs now and still counting