Ukrainian journalist says his brother was killed in ballistic missile strike during military decorations event

Dmytro Sviatnenko, a journalist from TSN, a Ukrainian news website and TV channel, has said that his brother Volodymyr, a drone pilot, was killed on 1 November when a Russian ballistic missile hit the place where troops were being decorated.

Source: Sviatnenko on Facebook

Details: Sviatnenko said that his brother, Volodymyr Sviatnenko, 43, a pilot with the Unmanned Systems Battalion of the 35th Marine Brigade, was killed in the Russian strike on 1 November. He added that Volodymyr, along with other pilots and infantrymen, had been assembled on a parade ground for a decorations ceremony.

Quote: "My brother was killed on Saturday. He had been fighting since 2023. He went through hell in Krynky, Kurakhove, Marinka, Krasnohorivka… He was killed by the Russians. But not on the battlefield. Deep in the rear. He and his fellow soldiers were gathered on the parade ground to be decorated. They gathered the best. The best pilots and infantrymen of the brigade. Simply because it was ordered. In open terrain. A ballistic missile hit. The story of negligence (or not) has repeated."

Background: Russian forces launched a combined missile and drone attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 1 November. The attack resulted in fatalities and injuries among soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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