Every year, on August 2, Russia celebrates the Paratroopers Day. The Day of the Airborne Forces is a big celebration for vets, with rallies, performances and parades held all over the country.
The latest death among Moscow s highest-ranking commanders comes a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired six of his senior military leaders.
Lt-Col Alexander Dosyagayev, left, was killed. A friend holds a portrait of Col Vladimir Ivanov, right, killed earlier in May. Planes flew in a Z formation to commemorate the dead colonels.
Ukraine's Armed Forces have eliminated the commander of a Russian air assault battalion of the 104th air assault regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Dosyagaev. Ukrinform.