Aleksey Mozgovoy
pro-Russian rebel and warlord in Eastern Ukraine
Aleksey Borisovich Mozgovoy (Russian: Алексе́й Бори́сович Мозгово́й, Ukrainian: Олексі́й Бори́сович Мозгови́й, born Oleksiy Borisovich Mozhovyj; 3 April 1975 – 23 May 2015) was a Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist commander in the self-proclaimed Republic of Novorossiya until 20 May 2015. He was leader of the rebel battalion "Prizrak". He was born in Svatove Raion, Voroshilovgrad Oblast.
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He and four other people were killed on 23 May 2015 in a car attack in Perevalsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast. He was 40.[1]
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- ↑ "Ukraine crisis: Separatist commander Alexey Mozgovoy killed in car attack, rebel authorities say". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.