Ex-Prisoner Shoots Dead Artillery Battalion Command Of Russian Troops

They still can't find him.

A Russian military man, who fought as part of a tank regiment of the Russian Armed Forces, shot at the command of an artillery battalion, killed six soldiers and escaped. The man is being sought, and it is indicated that he is armed and may try to defect to the Ukrainian side. The incident in the occupied territories was reported by the Russian media ASTRA.

The note indicates that information about the shooter appeared in the pro-Kremlin public page “Project Bars” and in a number of other similar ones. It turned out that some person started shooting and fled the place of service. Approximate location — near the village of Oleksandrivka, Donetsk region. The man is armed and may try to get to the Ukrainian side, the Russian military said in a statement.

“This animal shot dead an entire artillery battalion command. He hid with a weapon in the Oleksandrivka area. Just be careful, the man is armed,” said one of the occupiers.

A photograph of a man in a military uniform of the Russian Armed Forces was also posted online. The man in the photo is allegedly the shooter who attacked the Russian Armed Forces unit.

Pro-Kremlin military correspondent Vladislav Pozdnyakov claimed that the shooter was a Ukrainian from the occupied territories. The man allegedly deliberately enlisted in the Russian army in order to commit sabotage there.

Representatives of the occupation authorities distributed brief information about the person they are looking for, Astra said in a note. The orientation indicates that the shooter's name is Yuri Galushko, he is 58 years old and is Russian. The man signed a contract to serve in the Russian Armed Forces on February 28, 2024, and before that he was in a penal colony. During the incident, which occurred on May 4, he killed six Russian soldiers of the 10th Tank Regiment using an AK-12 assault rifle with a silencer.

Let us note that the village of Oleksandrivka, which was mentioned in Russian public pages, is located south of Donetsk and Marinka. The approximate distance to the front line is about 7 kilometers.