💥 Attack

A Russian army colonel responsible for training drone operators was killed in Kolomna, Moscow region. The operation was conducted by the local resistance movement coordinated by Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR).

Kolomna, Moscow region
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Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

On September 27, 2024, in the town of Kolomna, Moscow region of the Russian Federation, Russian occupation army Colonel Aleksey Vladimirovich Kolomeytsev was liquidated. Kolomeytsev, 51, was in charge of the 924th State Center (military unit 20924) of unmanned aviation of the Russian Defense Ministry, which trains specialists in the combat use of drones, including the Shaheds, as well as UAV maintenance personnel.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

The hit was the result of a special operation by the local resistance movement coordinated by the HUR.

Ukrinform → Source tone: uncertain

Kolomeytsev was directly involved in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is complicit in war crimes against Ukraine.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Kolomeitsev was directly involved in Russia's full-scale invasion and war crimes against Ukraine

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Every war crime will be punished with justice (implying responsibility for the killing)

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian Col. Aleksy Volodymyrovich Kolomeytsev was killed in a targeted assassination on the night of September 27 in the Moscow Region

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The elimination was conducted by the local movement of resistance to the Kremlin regime in coordination with the HUR

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

51-year-old Kolomeitsev headed the 924th State Center of the Russian Defense Ministry's drone aviation, which prepares specialists in combat use of drones, including Shaheds, and UAV maintenance personnel

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

The eliminated occupier was directly involved in Russia's full-scale invasion and war crimes against Ukraine

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Russian Army Colonel Alexey Kolomeitsev was killed in the Moscow region on the night of 27 September.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Alexey Kolomeitsev headed the 924th State Centre for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and trained operators for Shahed drones.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:13.294Z

Source story: 3910677-russian-war-criminal-liquidated-in-town-near-moscow-in-brazen-operation