“In the Somalia unit, together with the deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation, Sergey Kiriyenko, they presented awards,” Pushilin wrote in his Telegram channel.
The commander of the 1st assault platoon of the 1st assault company of military unit 08828 UNM DPR Igor Samoletov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the DPR.
Also, the star of the Hero of the DPR was awarded to the guard Captain Alexander Solodky.
On May 20, the President of Russia signed a decree on awarding Arsen Pavlov (Motorola), the commander of the Sparta battalion of the DPR, who died in 2016, the Order of Courage posthumously.