Russian Officer Killed in St. Petersburg Blast May Have Been Major in Regiment Accused of Ukraine War Crimes
The Russian serviceman killed in a St. Petersburg car blast on Aug. 27 may have been identified as Major Sergei Sechkov, who reportedly served in a helicopter regiment previously accused by Ukraine of attacks on civilians, Russian and Ukrainian outlets reported Friday.
On August 27, a Russian serviceman, Sergei Sechkov, 43, allegedly died in a car explosion in St. Petersburg. According to reports, Sechkov served with Russia’s 332nd Separate Guards Helicopter Regiment, a unit previously accused by Ukraine of attacking civilians during the war. Ukrainian Telegram channel Supernova+ and independent Russian outlet Agentstvo confirmed Sechkov’s death.
Sechkov’s father confirmed his son’s death, and ASTRA independently verified details about Sechkov and his wife. The 332nd regiment allegedly carried out missile and bomb strikes against civilian targets in Sumy and Kharkiv regions in May 2022, according to Ukraine’s Military Intelligence.
Sechkov and his wife, Anna, reportedly lost their legs in the blast. They lived about 100 meters from the explosion site, as per leaked databases cited by Agentstvo and ASTRA. Russian media reported that Sechkov had mentioned being on a "liquidation list" and inspecting his vehicle regularly before leaving. A criminal case was opened after the explosion, but the motive and circumstances behind the attack remain unclear.
On August 28, Russian outlet Fontanka reported that a 24-year-old woman allegedly planted the bomb in Sechkov’s car before departing Russia for Moldova on the same day. However, the report did not establish who ordered or organized the attack.
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