Kremlin Favored Russian General Awarded Medal for Fake City Capture Dies in Action
Russian Maj. Gen. Anton Grunis, 46, profiled by Kremlin media as a tactically brilliant Ukraine battle winner, died in a reported Sept. 12 drone strike by Ukraine’s 427th Brigade “Rarog” near Kindrativka. He had claimed (and reported to Putin) the false capture of Kostiantynivka. Other senior Russian generals also died recently.
Major General Anton Grunis, a key figure in Russia's offensive in eastern Ukraine, has passed away, according to a senior Defense Ministry official. Grunis, who commanded the 4th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, played a pivotal role in the capture of Kostiantynivka, a heavily fortified city in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Grunis personally briefed President Vladimir Putin on the victory in July.
In August, Putin honored Grunis with Russia's highest state award, the Hero of Russia medal. The general, who serves as deputy chief of the Defense Ministry's ideological arm and commander of the Akhmat special forces, is remembered as a hero who fulfilled his sacred duty.
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