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Mikhail Shatsky, Deputy Chief Designer at the Mars Design Bureau and head of the software department, was killed in Moscow.

Moscow, Ukraine
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Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Mikhail Shatsky, Deputy Chief Designer at the Mars Design Bureau and head of the software department, has been liquidated in Moscow. Shatsky was responsible for upgrading Kh-59 cruise missiles to the Kh-69 level and developing new UAVs.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Shatsky was liquidated in the Kuzminsky Forest Park near Kotelniki, located in the Moscow suburbs.

Ukrinform → Source tone: uncertain

The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense (HUR) may be linked to his liquidation.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

War criminals will be punished, whether they personally killed or developed weapons that took the lives of peaceful Ukrainians. Justice will prevail.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

This was a successful special operation by the Ukrainian military's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR)

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Budanov has long arms. It seems that none of those guilty of the genocide of Ukrainians will die a natural death… Today, the HUR forces in Moscow eliminated a particularly harmful criminal… Mikhail Shatsky.

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Extracted: 2026-02-19T17:47:39.867Z

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