Alexander Kornev
Former commander of the 7th Guards Airborne Assault Division (Major General, deceased)
In short
- Who
- Position: Former commander of the 7th Guards Airborne Assault Division (Major General, deceased)
- Last event
- November 15, 2025 — Suspicion by SBU and Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine
- Verifiability
- 1 source
Case summary
Major General, commander of the 7th Guards Air Assault (Mountain) Division of the Airborne Forces (2021–2025). He led the division's invasion from Crimea, the occupation of Kherson Oblast, and the offensive in the Mykolaiv direction. He died on July 20, 2025.
In November 2025, the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) in absentia suspected him under Part 2, Article 437 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (aggressive war).
According to the provided information, Aleksandr Kornev led the division's invasion from Crimea, the occupation of Kherson Oblast, and the offensive in the Mykolaiv direction. However, detailed information regarding specific combat failures, participation in war crimes, meat assaults, the rout of subordinate units, the issuing of criminal orders to shell peaceful cities, or the refusal to evacuate the wounded for this individual, as described in the hypothetical scenario with dates in 2025, cannot be confirmed or reconstructed from actual open-source OSINT sources.
Failures and victims
According to the provided information, Aleksandr Kornev led the division's invasion from Crimea, the occupation of Kherson Oblast, and the offensive in the Mykolaiv direction. However, detailed information regarding specific combat failures, participation in war crimes, meat assaults, the rout of subordinate units, the issuing of criminal orders to shell peaceful cities, or the refusal to evacuate the wounded for this individual, as described in the hypothetical scenario with dates in 2025, cannot be confirmed or reconstructed from actual open-source OSINT sources.
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Timeline of events
- 15 ноября 2025 г.AppointmentSuspicion by SBU and Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine
Notified in absentia of suspicion of waging aggressive war under Part 2 of Article 437 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
- 20 июля 2025 г.AppointmentDeath of the General
Died on July 20, 2025 (according to official data - heart attack).
- 24 февраля 2022 г.AppointmentCommand of the invasion of Kherson Oblast
Led the division's offensive from Crimea in the Kherson and Mykolaiv directions.
- 1 ноября 2021 г.AppointmentAppointment as Commander of the 7th Air Assault Division of the Airborne Forces
Assumed command of the 7th Guards Air Assault Division in Novorossiysk.
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