Top Neo-Nazi commander killed in Ukraine, killed by Russian reconnaissance team

KIEV – Russian special forces kill leading member of the Ukrainian Right Sector Ultra-nationalist group Taras Bobanich. The statement was made by the Russian Ministry of Defense (Kemhan) on Monday (11/4/2022).

Taras Bobanich is accused by Moscow of causing hundreds of civilian deaths in eastern Ukraine during hostilities in 2014.

“A Russian reconnaissance team killed the Neo-Nazi leader while on patrol about 5 km south of the town of Izium in Ukraine’s Kharkov region,” the ministry said in a statement, reported by RT.com.

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Russia’s defense ministry said he was the deputy commander of the Right Sector in charge of reserve operations.

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The Ministry of Defense did not disclose the circumstances of Bobanich’s death. Social media The Right Sector reported he was murdered Friday near Izium, calling him a “legendary nationalist”.

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The 33-year-old man, whose nickname “Hummer” comes from western Ukraine.

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