This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a volunteer, publicist Maxim Fomin, better known under the pseudonym Vladlen Tatarsky.

According to him, Rakhov died as a result of a mine explosion while performing a combat mission.

It is noted that Rakhov spoke about his service in the Vostok battalion in his Telegram channel.

Earlier, the commander of the Vostok brigade Oleksandr Khodakovsky said that the Ukrainian military, after a failure near Vuhledar, fired at the command post of the brigade from HIMARS, as a result of the attack, a staff officer was killed.