Andrey Chaplygin

Andrey Chaplygin is a Colonel, Deputy Commander for Logistics of the 126th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade. Open sources indicate the following service affiliation: 18th Combined Arms Army, 126th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade.

Colonel Andrei Chaplygin, as the Deputy Commander for Logistics of the 126th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, bears direct responsibility for the logistical support, supplies, maintenance, and medical evacuation of the brigade's personnel and equipment. The 126th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade has actively participated in combat operations in southern Ukraine since February 2022 and, according to numerous reports, has suffered significant losses. Amid widely known systemic logistics problems within the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, including insufficient supplies and issues with the evacuation of the wounded, these shortcomings within his area of responsibility may have contributed to a decline in the unit's combat capability and its casualties. However, specific details of combat failures, participation in war crimes, the issuance of criminal orders, or refusals to evacuate the wounded that are directly attributed to Chaplygin personally and confirmed by open sources are absent.