Former Kremlin prisoner from Sentsov Group Gennady Afanasiev was killed in war (photo)

Where exactly and under what circumstances did Gennady Afanasiev die, his friend did not specify. He has a wife and daughter. His wife Ludmila told about the death of Afanasyev on the front at the front. "Unfortunately, this is true," she briefly said. Olga Afanasiev's mother wrote on Facebook that the Ukrainian command did not inform her of the loss.

Deputy Chairman of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people, People's Deputy of Ukraine Akhtem Chygoz said that Afanasiev fought in the 130th battalion of the terroboron of 241 brigades. "Afanasiev Gennady, a call sign" Thor. People's Deputy Alexei Goncharenko said on Telegram that former Kremlin prisoner Gennady Afanasyev was killed in the fighting with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. "Once in 2014, the occupiers detained him in the Crimea, he was convicted, he was expelled.

Gennady Afanasiev was sentenced to Crimea in the creation of a "terrorist community". Its main organizer, according to the Crimean security forces, was director Oleg Sentsov. Afanasiev was detained by FSB staff in Simferopol in May 2014 and accused of preparing terrorist attacks. Russian prosecutors said he planned to perform a series of explosions in Simferopol. Initially, Afanasiev pleaded guilty and concluded an agreement with the investigation.

He further refused confessions in court and said that he had given them under torture. As a result, the Crimean was sentenced to 7 years in prison. Afanasiev was pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin. On June 14, 2016, Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners under the two -to -two formula. Moscow was handed over by Gennady Afanasiev and Yuri Soloshenko, and Ukraine - two Odessa journalists Elena Glischyna and Vitaliy Didenko.

After his release, Afanasiev was appointed to the post of Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for the release of prisoners. Gennady Afanasiev went to fight from the first days of a full -scale invasion of the Russian army. He went to the military enlistment office on February 24, on the first day of the war. "In short, I joined the Armed Forces to defend Ukraine. I want to convey only one to Ukrainians and Crimeans: Crimea will be Ukrainian soon.

Ukraine will be free from the occupiers and invaders. We will kill them all and win them," he said. We will remind that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy previously spoke about high losses among the Russian military in Ukraine. According to him, this figure is 10 times higher than that of the Armed Forces.