The commander of the Ulan-Ude tank brigade who died in Syria was considered one of the most promising strategists of the Russian army (video). Colonel Galitsky, who died in Syria, was a patriot of Ukraine Chief of Staff of the Juvo Colonel Ruslan Galitsky

Young years, education, military service Ruslan Galitsky was born on July 14, 1972 in Ivano-Frankivsk. Descended from a family of hereditary officers. Grew up in Western Ukraine, loved Ukraine and was a patriot of the USSR. Graduated from the Lviv military special school.

In 1990, Galitsky moved from Lvov to Moscow and entered the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, which he graduated in 1994 with a gold medal and began serving as a platoon and company commander of cadets there. During his studies, he was actively involved in sports and became the champion of the boxing school.

In 2002 he graduated from the Combined Arms Academy with a gold medal Armed Forces Russian Federation on the basis of the Frunze Military Academy and for eight years served in the Moscow region as commander of a motorized rifle battalion and deputy chief of staff of the 27th Separate Guards Sevastopol Red Banner motorized rifle brigade, Head of the Operations Division of the Operations Directorate of the Moscow Military District.

In 2010, Galitsky entered the Military Academy of the General Staff, from which he graduated in 2012 with the rank of colonel with a gold medal "For excellent graduation from a military educational institution of higher vocational education Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation ". The teachers considered Galitsky one of the most promising strategists and the best student of the course, and his name was engraved on the honorary board of the General Staff Academy.

In 2011 he received the title of candidate of military sciences. After graduating from the Academy, Galitsky was sent to continue military service in the operational directorate of the Southern Military District as the chief of the operational directorate of military unit 64722 of the 12th reserve command, based in complete secrecy on the Russian-Ukrainian border in Novocherkassk (Rostov region), for service in which during the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine he was awarded the badge "For military service" from the governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev.

In February 2016, Galitsky took over as commander of the 5th Guards Separate Tank Brigade, based in military unit 46108 at Divisionnaya station in Ulan-Ude (Buryatia). He served in this position for less than a year. According to media reports, tankers from this particular brigade took part in the conflict on the territory of Ukraine, in particular in the battles for Debaltseve. On May 6, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadym Skibitsky, based on military intelligence data, said that Galitsky, being a high-ranking military man, was coordinating the forces of Ukrainian separatists, which is denied by the Russian side. The 5th Tank Brigade under the command of Galitsky has repeatedly taken part in massive military exercises, including the Russian-Mongolian Selenga-2016, which took place in August-September 2016 at the Burduny training ground in the Eastern Military District, during which “ working out the issues of conducting reconnaissance and search operations, as well as blocking and eliminating conditional illegal armed formations. " Following the results of the exercises, the commander of the ground forces of the armed forces of Mongolia, Brigadier General B. Amgalanbaatar, in front of the formation awarded Galitsky with the departmental medal of the Ministry of Defense of Mongolia mw-parser-output .ts-comment-commentedText (border-bottom: 1px dotted; cursor: help) @media ( hover: none) (. mw-parser-output .ts-comment-commentedText: not (.rt-commentedText) (border-bottom: 0; cursor: auto)) "For the Motherland" 1st degree. After that Galitsky in as part of a group of Russian military advisers, he was sent to Syria, where, according to the official data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, he was engaged in coordinating interaction between the aviation group of the Russian Aerospace Forces, based at the Khmeimim airbase, units of the Syrian army and other units involved in the elimination of terrorist groups, assisted the command the composition of one of the formations of the Syrian army in organizing the training of units and subunits, mastering military equipment, namely tanks - Soviet T-72 and Russian T-90. According to Irek Murtazin, who is personally acquainted with Galitsky, he was involved in planning operations to liberate Palmyra and to liberate eastern Aleppo, in which private military companies such as the Wagner Group were involved. 2016 - Russia Today According to the official data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which spread through the media on December 7, Galitsky was seriously wounded as a result of artillery shelling from the residential quarters of the western part of Aleppo, occupied by "militants of the so-called" opposition ". According to the TV company "Arig Us", a shell exploded in the hospital tent where Galitsky was, and one of the fragments hit him at the base of his skull. Russian military medics fought for Galitsky's life for several days, and according to Arig Us, he died on December 5 in a hospital in Moscow without regaining consciousness. Meanwhile, according to REN TV, the shelling took place on December 5, and Galitsky died on December 7. According to the official data of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which differs from the actual data of the media, Galitsky became 23 Russian soldiers who died during the operation in Syria, despite the fact that this list does not include members of private military companies. their appointment to higher positions, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to present Galitsky for a state award. At the same time, the President of the Russian Federation noted that Galitsky died "yesterday", that is, on December 6. Later, the receipt of Galitsky's submission to the President of the Russian Federation was confirmed by his press secretary Dmitry Peskov. On December 8, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Galitsky was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage. According to the head of the St. Petersburg regional branch of the veteran organization "Officers of Russia" Vladimir Kuzmin, Galitsky was nominated for the title of Hero of Russia, and on December 12 was supposed to receive the next rank of major general, to which he did not live only 5 days. On December 8, the head of Buryatia, Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn, sent a telegram with words of condolences to the family and friends of Galitsky, as well as to the commander of the 36th Army Dmitry Kovalenko. Galitsky left a family - a wife and three children, who permanently lived in Moscow, but moved to Ulan-Ude at his place of service. Co-workers of Galitsky voluntarily began collecting money to help his relatives. On December 9, Heroes of the Fatherland Day, the Order of Courage was presented to Galitsky's widow personally by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Galitsky was buried with military honors - NTV memorial cemetery in the Mytishchi district of the Moscow region. The coffin with his body, covered with the flag of Russia, was exhibited, surrounded by a guard of honor, in the funeral hall of the cemetery. Hundreds of people, relatives, friends and colleagues came to say goodbye to Galitsky, as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov, Head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mizintsev, Commander of Long-Range Aviation Sergey Kobylash, Commander of the Central Military District Vladimir Zarudnitsky, Commander Airborne troops Andrey Serdyukov, First Deputy Commander of the Eastern Military District Alexander Lapin, Commander of the 36th Combined Arms Army Dmitry Kovalenko, Head of the Central Army Sports Club Mikhail Baryshev. Galitsky was buried with military honors to the sound of the anthem of Russia and volleys of rifle salutes.

"He was called up in 1990 from Lviv"

The brigade commander Ruslan Galitsky, who was killed during the shelling in Aleppo, was a closed man: no pages in social networks, of course - the service obliges. More full information"MK in Buryatia" was obtained from a classmate of the deceased officer. Actually, it was he who announced on his page on the social network on December 5 that Ruslan Galitsky did not have 5 days before the new rank.

Ruslan Galitsky

“Yesterday my friend, classmate Ruslan Galitsky died. We studied in one platoon, one department, "said Vladimir Kuzmin, a classmate and head of the St. Petersburg regional branch of the veteran organization" Officers of Russia ".

Ruslan was the best of the best.

He was called in 1990 from Lviv and loved Ukraine very much. “In the VAF, even for sports work, he always wore a sports suit with the inscription“ Ukraine ”. And he was, according to a friend, a real patriot of the common homeland - the USSR.

After graduating from a military school (the so-called "Kremlin") he entered the Academy of the General Staff. Frunze and graduated with a gold medal. He served in the Moscow Military District, before that he was in charge of the operational management of a military unit in the Southern Military District. The Governor of the Rostov Region awarded Galitsky with a badge "For military service" in February 2016. Later he was transferred to the 5th separate guards tank Tatsinskaya Red Banner of the Order of Suvorov II degree brigade. The distinguished unit of the Eastern Military District, which is deployed at the Divisionnaya station in the city of Ulan-Ude, celebrated its 98th anniversary on December 1.

In early December, there were reports of sending a number of Buryat tankers as military advisers to Syria, where the fighting for Aleppo is currently underway, but many colleagues did not know what kind of mission Galitsky went on. We learned about this already from the news.

A classmate was the first to report that on December 12, 2016, Galitsky was to receive the rank of major general. Now he is posthumously nominated for the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. “Aleppo will be ours, Rus! And your bust will stand there, Brother. Then, maybe, at school in Western Ukraine, when they come to their senses, ”notes Kuzmin.

On December 7, information about the death of a member of a group of military advisers in Syria was confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Defense: Ruslan died in a hospital as a result of a serious injury. Russian military medics fought for his life for several days. The officer was wounded during artillery shelling of one of the residential areas in the western part of Aleppo. Now Ruslan Galitsky's colleagues are collecting material assistance for his family.

"Colonel Ruslan Galitsky died in a hospital as a result of a serious wound. Russian military medics fought for his life for several days. The officer was wounded during an artillery bombardment by militants of the so-called" opposition "of one of the residential quarters of the western part of Aleppo," the statement says. ...

As specified in the Ministry of Defense, Galitsky performed tasks in Syria as part of a group of Russian military advisers. "The command of Colonel Ruslan Galitsky is posthumously nominated for the high state award," the department added.

"Colonel Ruslan Galitsky, while on a business trip in the Syrian Arab Republic as a military adviser, assisted the command staff of one of the Syrian army formations in organizing the training of units and subunits, as well as mastering military equipment," the Defense Ministry said.

Russian losses in Syria

A Russian military adviser was killed in Syria earlier this year. On February 1, terrorists of the "Islamic State" (IS, banned in the Russian Federation) fired at a military garrison, where one of the units of the Syrian army is stationed. A Russian military adviser was mortally wounded. His name was not disclosed, but the Ministry of Defense said that he was presented for a state award.

Earlier this week, two Russian nurses died in Syria. On December 5, militants fired at the medical camp of the mobile hospital of the Ministry of Defense in Aleppo. As a result of a direct hit of a mine in the emergency room, two Russian military medical personnel died - Nadezhda Durachenko and Galina Mikhailova, pediatrician Vadim Arsentiev was seriously wounded.

Ruslan Viktorovich Galitsky(July 14, 1972, Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk region, Ukrainian SSR, USSR - December 5, 2016, Moscow, Russia) - Russian military leader, guard colonel of the Tank Forces of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He was seriously wounded in Aleppo while performing the mission of a military adviser during the Russian military operation in Syria, and died in a hospital in Moscow. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage for "courage and courage shown in the performance of military and official duties."

Biography

Young years, education, military service

Ruslan Galitsky was born on July 14, 1972 in Ivano-Frankivsk. Descended from a family of hereditary officers. He grew up in Western Ukraine, loved Ukraine and was a patriot of the USSR. Graduated from the Lviv military special school. In 1990, Galitsky moved from Lvov to Moscow and entered the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, which he graduated in 1994 with a gold medal and began serving there as a platoon and company commander of cadets. During his studies, he was actively involved in sports and became the champion of the boxing school. In 2002, he graduated with a gold medal from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the basis of the Frunze Military Academy and for eight years served in the Moscow Military District as commander of a motorized rifle battalion, deputy chief of staff of a separate motorized rifle brigade, head of the operational department of the district's operational management.

In 2010, Galitsky entered the Military Academy of the General Staff, from which he graduated in 2012 with the rank of colonel with a gold medal "For excellent graduation from a military educational institution of higher professional education of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation." The teachers considered Galitsky one of the most promising strategists and the best student of the course, and his name was engraved on the honorary board of the General Staff Academy.

After graduating from the academy, Galitsky was sent to continue his military service in the operational directorate of the Southern Military District as head of the operational directorate of military unit 64722 of the 12th reserve command, based in complete secrecy on the Russian-Ukrainian border in Novocherkassk (Rostov region), for service in which during the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine was awarded the badge "For military service" from the governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev.

In February 2016, Galitsky took over as commander of the 5th Guards Separate Tank Brigade, based in military unit 46108 at Divisionnaya station in Ulan-Ude (Buryatia). He served in this position for less than a year. According to media reports, Buryat tankers from this particular brigade took part in the battles for Debaltseve on the territory of Ukraine. On May 6, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadym Skibitsky, based on military intelligence data, said that Galitsky, being a high-ranking military man, was coordinating the forces of Ukrainian separatists, which is denied by the Russian side. From August 30 to September 4, 2016, the 5th Tank Brigade under the command of Galitsky took part in the Russian-Mongolian exercises "Selenga-2016", which took place at the Burduny range in the Eastern Military District. actions, as well as blocking and liquidation of conditional illegal armed formations ”.

After that, Galitsky, as part of a group of Russian military advisers, was sent to Syria, where, according to the official data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, he was coordinating interaction between the aviation group of the Russian Aerospace Forces, based at the Khmeimim airbase, units of the Syrian army and other units involved in the elimination of terrorist groups. , assisted the command staff of one of the formations of the Syrian army in organizing the training of units and subunits, mastering military equipment, namely tanks - Soviet T-72 and Russian T-90. According to Irek Murtazin, who is personally acquainted with Galitsky, he took part in planning operations to liberate Palmyra and to liberate eastern Aleppo, in which private military companies such as the Wagner Group were involved.

For the third time this week, the Russian Defense Ministry had to report the death of a Russian serviceman in Syria. According to the military department, last Tuesday Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces Ruslan Galitsky was tragically killed.

In the Syrian city of Aleppo, which is currently being liberated by Syrian government forces from militants, the Russian colonel worked as a military adviser. The Ministry of Defense clarified that Galitsky was seriously wounded during the shelling by militants of the so-called "opposition" (Western countries stubbornly rank the militants as oppositionists) of a residential area in the western part of Aleppo. Russian military doctors fought for the officer's life for several days, but they failed to save him. At home, the deceased was left with his wife and three children.

"Colonel Ruslan Galitsky was posthumously presented by the command to a high state award," the military department said in a statement.

Colonel Galitsky helped the Syrian military to liberate the terrorist-occupied areas of Aleppo

The Kremlin confirmed that in the near future the corresponding presentation will fall on the signature of the head of state.

The last post of Colonel Galitsky before his assignment to Syria was the commander of the 5th Guards Separate Tank Brigade, stationed in Buryatia. Prior to that, he served in the Moscow Military District.

Even earlier, Colonel Galitsky headed the operational management of a military unit in the Southern Military District.

On the Internet, in social networks, you can find the profile of Colonel Galitsky. According to information from him, in the 90s, the young officer moved to the capital of Russia from the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk. In Moscow, he first graduated from the M.V. The Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR is military school better known as "Kremlin", the main forge of cadres of combat commanders. Then Galitsky graduated from the Frunze Academy, and after the General Staff Academy with a gold medal. According to our information, the officer's family permanently resided in Moscow, since his wife is a Muscovite.

As a reminder, he arrived in Aleppo as a military adviser. The colonel helped the Syrian military to liberate the areas of Aleppo captured by terrorists. "The officer assisted the command staff of one of the formations of the Syrian army in organizing the training of units and subunits, as well as in mastering military equipment," the press service of the military department said.

A Russian military adviser was also killed in Syria earlier this year. On February 1, terrorists of the "Islamic State" (activity is prohibited in the Russian Federation) fired at a military garrison where one of the units of the Syrian army is stationed. A Russian military adviser was mortally wounded. His name was not disclosed, but the Ministry of Defense stated that he was presented for a state award.

After two nurses and a military adviser were killed in Aleppo, the total number of soldiers killed in Syria has reached 23. The press service of the Russian military department previously informed about each victim in detail.

Meanwhile

Over the past 24 hours, Syrian government troops have freed another 15 blocks from the militants in the eastern part of Aleppo, and also occupied the dominant Sheikh Lufti hill. According to the Russian peacekeeping center in Khmeimim, Assad's army already controls 50 blocks, or 70 percent of the city's territory, where previously terrorist groups and armed detachments of the so-called moderate opposition that joined them were in charge.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that during yesterday 1224 civilians left the areas controlled by the militants for the safe areas of Aleppo. In addition, 66 militants laid down their arms and went to the western regions of Aleppo, all of whom were amnestied by the decision of the President of Syria.

Employees of the Russian Reconciliation Center provide the civilian population of the city with hot meals, warm clothes and basic necessities.

Meanwhile, experts are analyzing options for how the situation in Syria may change after the recent decision of the US House of Representatives to supply portable anti-aircraft missile systems to the so-called moderate opposition formations. Of course, it is not yet a fact that American MANPADS will necessarily end up in their hands. However, the very likelihood of the appearance of portable anti-aircraft guns among the militants cannot but be alarming.

First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Franz Klintsevich believes that this will create serious risks for Assad's military aviation. In an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel, the senator said that for the Russian aircraft operating in Syria, MANPADS do not pose any danger, "because neither the Su-24, nor the Su-35, nor even the planes from Admiral Kuznetsov, they strike from a height of at least 6 km ". That is, from an echelon inaccessible to portable anti-aircraft complexes.