In response to the attack of Russian armed forces on Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea, InformNapalm international volunteer community is publishing information about officers and pilots of the 55th Separate Helicopter Regiment (military unit #35666, based in Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai). Combat helicopters from this regiment attacked the Ukrainian ships in international waters.

Earlier, InformNapalm determined that the Ukrainian ships and tugboat were attacked by the Ka-52 helicopters from this unit.

After that we started looking for information about officers and pilots from this unit who may be involved in the attack. We are publishing a complete list of military personnel who may be prosecuted or be called as witnesses in future court trials of the attack on Ukrainian sailors.

The presented data is the result of the work of volunteers who, through open source intelligence (OSINT), collected and analyzed a large array of information. In total, the list includes 55 Russian military, including the command and pilot officers of the Helicopter Regiment from Korenovsk. We also found photos of the 24 officers.

Commanding officers

 

1. Regiment Commander Colonel Sukhodolsky, Evgeny Viktorovich

 

2. Deputy regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel Oreshenkov, Yury Anatolievich

3. Deputy Commander on electronic warfare Lieutenant Colonel Peikrishvili, Nikolai Davidovich

Date of birth: Feb 3^rd 1973. Originally from the city of Telavi (Georgia) where at that time the 793rd Separate Transport and Combat Helicopter Regiment was based. Now he lives in Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

 

Education: graduated from the school #8 in Telavi in 1990; graduated from the flight operational department of the Ufa Higher Military Aviation School in 1994.

Service record: N. Peikrishvili’s officer career began in the helicopter unit in Korenovsk where he was assigned to after graduating from the military school. In 1999, he actively participated in the second Chechen war; in 2003-2004, he took part in the UNAMSIL mission in Africa. Since 2014, he has held the position of deputy commander of the 55th Helicopter Regiment responsible for work with personnel. Also after the death of the Regiment Commander Colonel Habbibulin in Syria, Lieutenant Colonel Peikrishvili was mentioned as the acting Commander of this military unit.

 

Details

 

Family (lives in Korenovsk, 38-53 Tsiolkovsky St.):

 

– wife: Svetlana Y. Peikrishvili, born on June 30, 1975;

 

– son: Yustin Nikolaevich Peikrishvili, born on March 17, 1998.

 

Parents (live in Tikhoretsk Raion, village Alekseevskaya, 37 Kochubey St.):

 

– father: David Nikolaevich Peikrishvili, born on March 10, 1944;

 

– mother: Nina Alekseevna Peikrishvili, born on August 13, 1950.

 

Brother – Gennady (George) Peikrishvili, head of the rescue service unit of the 55th Helicopter Regiment, senior warrant officer, telephone 89284369480;

 

– brother’s wife – Svetlana Yurievna Peikrishvili, born on April 10, 1975;

 

– daughter – Angelica Gennadievna Peikrishvili, born on November 11, 1994;

 

– daughter – Anastasia Gennadievna Peikrishvili, born on May 12, 1999.

 

The live in the city of Korenovsk, 38-36 Tsiolkovsky Street.

 

Note: InformNapalm has detailed information about the listed Russian officers, however, it chooses to reveal only part of it at this time.

 

4. Deputy regiment commander for flight training Lieutenant Colonel Sklyankin, Alexander Viktorovich

5. Deputy regiment Commander head engineer Colonel Kharchenko, Eduard Mikhailovich

6. Chief of staff of the regiment Lt. Colonel Efremov, Oleg Alekseevich

7. Deputy chief of staff Major Grigorenko, Sergey Sergeevich

 

Squadron of Mi-28N / Mi-35M

 

8. Helicopter squadron Commander Major Zhukov, Roman Alexandrovich

9. Helicopter squadron Deputy Commander, Major R.A. Kushnirenko

10. Chief of staff of the helicopter squadron Major V. Voitenko

11. Navigator of the helicopter squadron Major G. Kurbanov.

12. Commander of the Mi-28N helicopter unit Major Gundorov, Sergey

 

13. Commander of the Mi-28N helicopter Captain Seimov, Anton Vladimirovich

 

14. Commander of the Mi-28N helicopter Captain N.Yu. Volontir

 

15. Commander of the Mi-35M helicopter Captain A. Skidarchuk

 

16. Operator of the Mi-35M helicopter Senior Lieutenant S.A. Shehurdin

 

17. Operator of the Mi-35M helicopter Senior Lieutenant A.V. Mitin

 

 

The Ka-52 Squadron

 

18. Helicopter squadron Commander Lieutenant Colonel Drozd, Yury Anatolevich

19. Helicopter squadron mavigator Captain G.A. Yefremov

20. Chief of staff of the helicopter squadron Major D.A. Polupanov

 

The Mi-8 Squadron

 

21. Helicopter squadron Commander Lieutenant Colonel Kogutnitsky, Oleg Leonidovich

22. Helicopter squadron Deputy Commander Major A.S. Fomintsev

23. Chief of staff of the helicopter squadron Captain O.N. Khobakovsky

24. Squadron navigator Captain A.N. Lyashenko

25. Squadron engineer Major A. A. Tkachuk

26. Commander of the Mi-8 helicopter Senior Lieutenant Zabrodsky, Sergey

 

Management and Services

 

27. Chief of the flight and tactical training Colonel Azorkin, Alexander Yurievich

 

28. Head of the Flight Training Center, Senior Lieutenant Cherkashin, Denis

 

29. Deputy Commander for physical training Major Tikhonov, Alexey Vladimirovich

 

30. Senior Regimental Officer Senior Lieutenant Chekhov, Ruslan Vasilievich

31. Deputy Chief of staff Major Shigida, Eduard Anatolievich

 

32. Deputy Chief of staff for Communications navigator Major Khristenko, Andrei Anatolievich

 

33. Senior assistant of the Chief of staff Major Khlynov, Evgeny Ernestovich

 

34. Head of the command post Major Myasnikov, Mikhail Sergeevich

 

35. Chief Security officer Captain Kolomiytsev, Alexander Eduardovich

 

36. Security officer Warrant officer Gubanova, Svetlana Anatolievna

 

37. Chief of the regiment intelligence, Captain Kirichenko, Stanislav Vladimirovich

 

38. Chief of the flight safety Captain Obyezchikov, Maxim Sergeevich

 

39. Senior Navigator Lieutenant Colonel Dus, Viktor Fedorovich

40. Head of the Rescue and Paratroopers unit Captain Lyapunov, Georgy Alekseevich

 

41. Chief medical officer Captain Panchenko, Vladimir Nikolaevich

42. Head of the NBC Protection unit Major Zhilyakov, Vladimir Alexandrovich

 

43. Chief of the weather service Major Sypchenko, Dmitry Pavlovich

44. Head of vehicle and energy services Captain Boguslavsky, Alexander Sergeevich

 

45. Head of airport services Captain Druzhinin, Andrei Nikolaevich,

 

46. ​​Chief of the aviation weaponry service Captain Morozov, Aleksey Leonidovich

 

47. Head of the airfield engineering service Lieutenant Colonel Medvedev, Dmitry Sergeevich

48. Head of the fuel service station, Lieutenant Markov, Alexey Valerievich

 

49. Head of clothing and food services Senior Lieutenant Belokobylsky, Sergei Nikolaevich

 

50. Head of the flight management group Lieutenant Colonel Volkov, Andrei Vladimirovich

 

Support units

 

51. Communications Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Sharkov, Sergey Valerievich

 

52. Airfield service Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Chernyak, Alexander Yakovlevich

 

53. Guards Company Commander Major Igumnov, Sergey Leonidovich

 

54. Head of the aviation maintenance unit Major Igumnov, Sergey Leonidovich

 

55. Head of the vehicle maintenance unit Captain Valyaev, Andrey Nikolaevich

 

Unit information

 

The 55th Separate Sevastopol Order of Kutuzov of the 2nd degree Helicopter Regiment, military unit 35666 (Krasnodar Krai, Korenovsk, Korenovsk airfield), former the 393rd Helicopter Base.

 

The Mi-28N, Mi-28UB, Mi-35M, Ka-52, and Mi-8AMTSh helicopters are in service. They expect to receive Mi-28NM. There are total of 120 flight crew members in the regiment.

 

At the beginning of 2018 the unit had:

10 pieces of Mi-35M (tail numbers 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40)

12 pieces of Mi-28N and Mi-28UB (tail numbers 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, and 12)

17 pieces of Mi-8AMTSH (tail numbers 41, 42, 44, 47, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 62, and 63)

12 pieces of Ka-52 (tail numbers 70, 71, 72, 73 and so on).

 

The helicopter regiment consists of an aircraft training complex (Mi-28, Ka-52) to train pilots, engineers and technician. In January 2018, regiment trained specialists in aircraft armament, paratroopers, and aircraft and engine maintenance technicians.

 

In August 2008, the Korenovsk helicopter unit took an active part in the hostilities against Georgia.

 

This publication was prepared specially for InformNapalm.

Translated by Gek, edited by Svitlana Kemblowski
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