Ukrainian intelligence eliminates son of Kherson region war criminal

Ukrainian intelligence eliminated Lieutenant Marzoev and his subordinates during a drone strike in the Zaporizhzhia sector. He is the son of a general involved in war crimes in Kherson.

This was reported by the press service of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.

According to the Ukrainian intelligence, on October 15, 2025, during aerial reconnaissance in the Zaporizhzhia sector, fighters of the combined UAV detachment of the Department of Active Operations of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine discovered the position of drone operators of the Russian occupation forces near the village of Plavni, Vasyliv district.

At the time of the precision strike with a guided aerial bomb, Lieutenant Vasyl Marzoev, platoon commander of the 108th Parachute Regiment of the 7th Airborne Assault Division of the Russian Army, was at the position.

SCREENSHOT: Video gur.gov.ua

As a result of the strike, he and several other Russian servicemen were killed. An exclusive video released by Ukrainian intelligence shows the moment Marzoev and his subordinates were killed.

According to the press service, Lieutenant Marzoyev was the son of Lieutenant General Arkady Marzoyev, commander of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation, who is involved in war crimes against the civilian population of Ukraine in Kherson.

The lieutenant general of the Russian Armed Forces, 55-year-old Arkady Marzoev, is suspected by law enforcement officers of leading the occupation of Kherson region. Marzoev's actions led to the death and injury of many people, as well as the destruction and damage to hundreds of civilian objects.

SCREEN SHOT: Video gur.gov.ua

SBU investigators established that Marzoev conducted aggressive military operations from February 24, 2022, leading units of the 22nd Army Corps of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Coastal Troops in Kherson region, in particular in the city of Kherson, until November 11, 2022. In August 2024, he was notified in absence of being suspected of committing a crime.

In July 2025, the SBU collected evidence of the involvement of five Russian military commanders in artillery shelling of civilian targets in the liberated part of the Kherson region, which led to the deaths of more than a hundred civilians. The investigation established that from January to October 2023, these commanders directed targeted artillery strikes on residential buildings, schools, hospitals and important infrastructure in the right-bank part of the region.

Based on the evidence collected, the SBU served these five individuals with war crimes notices in absentia. The press service emphasized that each of the suspects will be found and brought to justice.

Анна Бальчінос