Ukrainian Main Military Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) agents assassinated three Russian servicemembers near Tambukan, Stavropol Krai on September 27, including a Rosgvardia lieutenant colonel commanding the elite Avangard Unit.
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GUR assassinated 3 Russian servicemembers including Rosgvardia lieutenant colonel
A Russian National Guard senior officer and two other service members were killed in a Ukrainian intelligence operation in the North Caucasus on Sept. 27
The lieutenant colonel, his aide, and a driver were killed near the village of Tambukan in Russia's Stavropol Krai while traveling to a training ground
The operation was carried out with the support of a group called the 'Caucasus Liberation Movement'
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