Magyar confirms Russian general Anton Grunis killed in Donetsk Oblast — video
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Russian Maj. Gen. Anton Grunis (Photo: TASS)
Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Robert Brovdi, call sign
Magyar, confirmed that Russian Maj. Gen. Anton
Grunis was killed in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast.
Brovdi announced the killing
on Facebook on Sept. 16.
He also released video showing the attack on the site where
Grunis was present. The Russian general was killed on Sept. 12, 2026, in the
village of Kindrativka in Donetsk Oblast.
Grunis was killed at a Russian military position, Brovdi
said.
“The seventh confirmed military commander at the level of a
brigade commander, division commander or army commander eliminated by the
‘Birds’ of the Unmanned Systems Forces. This time, the Birds of the 427th
Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade Rarog worked with precision,” Brovdi said.
Grunis commanded the 4th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade and
held the rank of major general. Brovdi said Grunis reported the “complete
capture of Kostiantynivka” to Putin in July 2026 and received the title “Hero
of Russia.” Before the full-scale invasion, he also took part in the occupation
of Crimea in 2014.
Open-source records indicate that Grunis graduated from the
Kazan Suvorov Military School in 1996 before turning 17. He took part in the
wars in Chechnya and against Georgia.
Grunis transferred to the reserves in 2021 but returned to
the Russian military after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Under his command, Russian occupation forces operated in the Bakhmut and
Kostiantynivka sectors.
The 4th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, military unit 40318,
which Grunis commanded, was formed in 2014 from illegal armed groups of the
so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic.”
On Sept. 14, several Russian media outlets reported that
Ukraine’s Defense Forces had likely killed Russian Lt. Gen. Sergei Milchakov,
who led operations to capture Avdiivka, New York and other settlements in
Donetsk Oblast.
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