A Russian serviceman passed on information about officers of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division involved in a missile attack on a children’s hospital in Kyiv.

The Sprotyv info project reported on this.

After the Russian attack on the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital on July 8, 2024, one of the pilots of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division contacted the chatbot of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

It is reported that the Russian serviceman transferred the documentation of his military unit (military unit 06987, Engels military airbase): personal files of senior officers, personal data of servicemen and their families, as well as certified documents of the aviation division.

“The Russian soldier wrote that he was shocked by the attack on the children’s hospital and did not understand, as did several of his colleagues, why they were forced to strike at the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine. Therefore, he decided to transfer to Ukraine documents related to the activities of the military unit, as well as private photos of the command staff of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division,” the project reported, citing its own sources in the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

The Sprotyv info project published as an announcement a private photo of 30 commanders of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division.

The persons in the photo have been verified:

1. PECHKAREV Aleksey Gennadyevich, commander of the Tu-95 aircraft, 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation.
2. MARTYNOV Andrey Pavlovich, assistant navigator of the aviation squadron, 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation.
3. GOVOROV Vladislav Sergeevich, likely head of the state secret protection service, 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, captain.
4. GOLOVANOV Vyacheslav Georgievich.
5. ALUEV Aleksandr Nikolaevich, likely holds the command post of personnel management of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation.
6. KHOKHRYAKOV Denis Petrovich, senior officer, 52nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation.
7. MYKHAILYSHIN Oleg Vladimirovych), deputy commander for work with personnel of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation.
8. AZARENKOV Aleksandr Yurievich, senior officer, 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation.
9. BARANOV Oleg Yurievich, senior navigator of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation.
10. BURDAKOV Pavel Vladimirovych, Tu-160 aircraft commander, 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation.
11. TATUR Vladimir Bronislavovich.
12. DOLGUSHYN Sergey Vladimirovych, senior officer of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation.
13. PAPIKYAN Nikolay Lukashevich, deputy chief of staff of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, lieutenant colonel.
14. KORYAKIN Ilya Vladimirovych, chief of staff of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, colonel.
15. SMIRNOV Maksim Vladislavovich, senior officer, 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, lieutenant colonel.
16. KASHLEV Aleksandr Sergeevich, senior officer, 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, lieutenant colonel.
17. BELOKOBILSKY Konstantin Petrovich.
18. STRUCHKOV Stanislav Dmitrievich.
19. TSIBIZOV Aleksey Sergeevich, senior officer, 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation.
20. MALYUKOV Andrey Ivanovich, likely head of the meteorological service of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation.
21. STEPANENKO Dmitriy Viktorovich, deputy chief of staff of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, lieutenant colonel.
22. SOLOVYOV Ruslan Arslanovich, senior officer, 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, lieutenant colonel.
23. ZYKOV Zykov Vitaliy Evgenyevich, senior officer, 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant colonel.
24. POKATISOV Aleksandr Sergeevich.
25. MALININ VladIslav Viktorovych, senior navigator, 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, lieutenant colonel.
26. SKITSKY Oleg Igorevich, commander of the 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, colonel.
27. TETEREV Sergey Viktorovich, senior officer, 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, major.
28. VARPAHOVYCH Nikolay Nikolayevich, commander of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, colonel.
29. KAPSHA Trofim Aleksandrovych, deputy commander of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, colonel.
30. GORLOV Vladimir Aleksandrovich, senior officer of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Long-Range Aviation, major.

Missile attack on Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital

Investigators discovered the wreckage of a Kh-101 cruise missile at the site of the damaged hospital. These missiles are carried by Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers in service with the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division.

SSU investigators discovered fragments of the engine casing of the Kh-101 cruise missile with the inventory and serial numbers.

In addition, they discovered:

• a fragment of a Kh-101 wing deployment mechanism;
• a fragment of a jamming unit of a Kh-101 missile;
• the middle part of the body of a Kh-101 cruise missile (pictured under the rubble);
• tail section fairing and a Kh-101 cruise missile’s hydraulic part fragment.

“It was a targeted attack. This is evidenced not only by the missile debris found at the impact site but also by the analysis of the flight path data,” the investigators stated.

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine also reported that Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital was damaged by a direct hit from a Russian missile.

“Analysis of the video footage and assessment made at the incident site indicates a high likelihood that the children’s hospital suffered a direct hit rather than receiving damages due to an intercepted weapons system,” Danielle Bell, Head of Mission for the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, stated speaking to journalists in Geneva.