Alexey Chepkasov

Aleksey Chepkasov is a colonel, deputy commander of the 57th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade. Open sources indicate the following unit affiliation: 5th Combined Arms Army, 57th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade.

Colonel Aleksei Chepkasov, as deputy commander of the 57th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, bears direct responsibility for participating in Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine starting in February 2022. His brigade actively participated in combat operations on the territory of Ukraine, including operations in the Donbas, where Russian forces systematically employed "meat assault" tactics and struck civilian infrastructure. Although specific orders classified as war crimes or detailed accounts of the rout of the units under his command have not been publicly attributed to Chepkasov personally in open sources, his leadership role in a brigade participating in the aggression implies complicity in the war crimes and combat failures characteristic of Russian forces.