
Major, Deputy Commander of the 2nd Battalion — Military Unit 16544 — 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces
Denis Aleksandrovich Golovko — Major, Deputy Commander of the 2nd Battalion — military unit 16544 — 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces. According to open sources, he took direct part in Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.
The dossier also contains information about his education.
On May 7, 2022, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR) included him (with an exact match of birth date and indication of personal and service numbers) in a list of officers of the 71st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, withdrawn from combat positions to guard the parade of Russian troops in occupied Mariupol; the list was also published by the "Myrotvorets" Center on the same day.
Realii" (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty), there is also a version of his death on March 29, 2022 — this date contradicts both the GUR record from May 7, 2022, and the death date of June 10, 2022, indicated in the dossier; the discrepancy in sources has not been resolved.
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The GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published a list of officers of the 71st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (military unit 16544), including Major Golovko D.A. (born 19.08.1987, personal number X-583793, service number 01191859), who were removed from combat positions by the command to guard a parade of Russian military personnel in destroyed Mariupol.
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