Main Normal Volodymyr Liapkin, a former head of division within the Safety Service of Ukraine (SSU) who fled to Russia after the Revolution of Dignity and served within the Bars-33 unit, was reportedly killed in motion in Ukraine on 17 March.
Supply: Mediazona, an impartial Russian media outlet
Particulars: Liapkin's dying was initially reported by former Ukrainian MP Oleh Tsarov and later independently confirmed by Mediazona.
A former emergency companies officer from Moscow Oblast, Colonel Eduard Malov, was reportedly killed alongside him. Each servicemen had been killed on 17 March 2026.
Liapkin served as head of the SSU's operational documentation division through the time of former pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. In line with Tsarov, his space of accountability included "the invisible aspect of the SSU's work – wiretapping, exterior surveillance and knowledge gathering". Liapkin was made a serious basic in 2013. That very same yr, he personally took half in dispersing protests on the Maidan, Tsarov stated.
In February 2014, instantly after the Maidan protesters' victory, Liapkin was dismissed from the SSU together with different senior officers. He fled to Russia and settled in occupied Crimea.
Following the beginning of the conflict and the occupation of Kherson, Liapkin was appointed deputy head of the so-called "State Safety Service of Kherson Oblast". The founding father of the "State Safety Service" was Liapkin's former superior on the SSU – Oleksandr Yakymenko, head of the Ukrainian safety service from January 2013 to February 2014, who additionally fled to Russia.
In 2025, the SSU served Volodymyr Liapkin with a discover of suspicion for collaboration with the Russians. In line with the investigation, as deputy head and appearing head of the "State Safety Service", he was concerned in "filtration measures" and repressions towards the civilian inhabitants. The SSU believes that following the formal liquidation of the "State Safety Service", its successor was the FSB directorate for occupied Kherson Oblast.
Tsarov said that Liapkin served within the Bars-33 unit and glided by the alias "Batyi".
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