{"id":28517,"date":"2026-09-03T13:41:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=28517"},"modified":"2026-09-03T13:41:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:41:03","slug":"varpakhovych-rozstrilyaly-engelsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/varpakhovych-rozstrilyaly-engelsi\/","title":{"rendered":"A Russian general, against whom the SBU had brought charges, was shot dead in Engels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">In Engels, an unidentified man on a motorbike opened fire near the home of Russian Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich, commander of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division. Russian media reported that the military pilot is in a critical condition. The attacker has not been apprehended. The SBU links Varpakhovich to the missile strikes on the \u00abOkhmatdyt\u00bb children\u2019s hospital and a residential building in Uman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An unknown assailant shot at Mykola Varpakhovych near his home in Engels.<\/li>\n<li>The attacker arrived on a motorbike and was not arrested after the shooting.<\/li>\n<li>The wounded commander of a Russian air division is in a critical condition.<\/li>\n<li>On 31 August, the SBU charged him in absentia in connection with the \u00abOkhmatdyt\u00bb case.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Attack near the air division commander\u2019s home<\/h2>\n<p>The marksman\u2019s target was <strong>Mykola Varpakhovych<\/strong> \u2014 commander of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Air Force. According to Russian media reports, the attack took place near his home in Engels: an unidentified man rode up on a motorbike and opened fire.<\/p>\n<h2>Suspicions raised by the SBU and links to attacks on Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>On 31 August, the SBU notified Varpakhovich in absentia that he was under suspicion in a case concerning <strong>a missile strike on the \u00abOkhmatdyt\u00bb children\u2019s hospital\u00bb<\/strong> 8 July 2024. According to the investigation, he gave the order to launch an X-101 from a Tu-95MS bomber.<\/p>\n<p>The Council of the EU added the military officer to the sanctions list in December 2024 and specifically linked the division he commanded to the attack on the hospital. During the massive strike that day, according to the UN, at least 43 civilians were killed and a further 147 were injured in several regions of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, in 2025, the SBU announced that Varpakhovich was under investigation in absentia in connection with the attack on a residential building in Uman on 28 April 2023. Twenty-four civilians were killed in the attack; an independent UN international commission assessed the attack as indiscriminate. Charges brought in absentia represent a procedural position taken by the investigating authorities, not a court verdict.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian General Mykola Varpakhovych was shot outside his home in Engels. 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