He was responsible for the bombing of Mariupol in 2022, had put hospitals and residential buildings in ruins and ash: now the Russian major Zaur Gurzijew (34) was killed in a murder attack. The Air War Commander was one of the favorite bombers of Kremlin Chief Vladimir Putin.
The mayor of the city of Stawropol, Iwan Uljantschenko, whose representative was Gurzijew, confirmed the death of the major.
Grenade exploded
Gurzijew was killed on Thursday evening in the explosion of a grenade in the city. Videos that spread on social networks how a man is approaching a different, two words changes and then suddenly there is an explosion. Or the video shows that the incident has not yet been confirmed.
Local researchers have identified the possible murderer as a 29-year-old man. A possible “act of terrorist” is investigated and determined for murder and illegal smuggling of weapons.
Satisfaction in Ukraine
As the governor of the Stawropol region announced, the authorities determine in all directions. According to Vladimir Vladimirow you also consider an Ukrainian murder attempt. There is no confirmation of Ukraine for an attack, but the satisfaction of the death of the Russian commander is great.
“A Russian war criminal got what he deserves,” says one of the comments about social networks. In the past, Ukraine had repeatedly attacked officers and soldiers responsible for war crimes in the Russian attack war against Ukraine.
Major ordered air strikes on Mariupol
As major, Gruzijew led the air strikes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the spring of 2022. He was responsible for bombing civil goals, hospitals, apartment buildings and the famous theater in the city. The rightful Ukrainian mayor Wadym Boitsken reported in April 2022 of more than 10,000 citizens murdered – with the possibility that the number could reach up to 20,000. Gruzijew was also mentioned in Ukraine as a “butcher of Mariupol”.
Gurzijew moved back to civil life after his war effort and became the mayor of the city of Stavropol as part of a government program in September 2024. In the biography of the city council, he stated that he “implemented the best practices of rocket control technology and thus improved” accuracy and efficiency “of the attacks.
Source: Krone
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