Top Russian colonel who trained Vlad’s kamikaze drone unit found dead as Ukraine says ‘every war crime will be punished’

A SENIOR Russian colonel has been found dead as Ukraine vows to punish everyone committing war crimes against them.

Aleksey Kolomeitsev, 51, was regarded as one of Vladimir Putin’s top cronies as he trained up Russia’s kamikaze drone unit and was directly involved in the full-scale invasion, according to Ukraine’s military.

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Aleksey Kolomeitsev, 51, has been found dead in Russia[/caption]

He was found dead in Russia on September 27, in a reported joint operation by Ukrainian military intelligence and anti-Putin fighters.

The Ukrainian GUR military intelligence directorate announced the “elimination of a war criminal” but gave no detail on how the Shahed drone chief was killed.

Kolomeitsev was being targeted by Ukrainian officials after he led Russia’s 924th State Center of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

This “trains specialists in the combat use of unmanned aerial vehicles, in particular Shaheds, as well as UAV maintenance personnel”.

The GUR said: “The occupier is directly involved in the full-scale invasion of Russia and the commission of war crimes against Ukraine.

“The GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reminds that there will be a fair retribution for every war crime.”

One Ukrainian report stated: “He left our sinful world, because during his life he was a terrorist and killed peaceful Ukrainians….

TThe special operation was carried out by partisans who operate inside Russia, in coordination with the [GUR] – the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.”