Who Was Alexey Glushchak? Russian Spy Killed In Ukraine

A Russian spy, Captain Alexey Glushchak, was killed during a “top-secret” operation in Ukraine.

Glushchak, 31, from Tyumen in Siberia, died in the carnage in Mariupol.

He is the 12 commander Vladimir Putin will be losing in the invasion.

“Due to the strict secrecy of the military operation, the circumstances of the death of the Tyumen hero are not disclosed,” said a statement.

The GRU was behind the poisoning with Novichok of its former spy Sergei Skripal – who had defected to Britain – in Salisbury.

Pictures emerged of father-of-one Glushchak’s funeral in Russia, where he was buried with full military honors and a guard of honor.

On the day the military intelligence officer died he had spoken to both his wife and mother in Russia.

He called to congratulate them on International Women’s Day but on the same day in the evening they learned he had been killed.

His death coincides with the first expressions of anger and dismay on the number of coffins now returning to Russia, even though those officially acknowledged as having fallen in Ukraine are seen as a small fraction of the total number which best estimates suggest now run into many thousands.

Glushchak will be posthumously decorated.