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Roskomnadzor official and children killed in Ukrainian strike on Zaporizhzhia
Roskomnadzor, Russia's communications watchdog, announced that its regional director Mihail Ivanov and his underage children were killed in an attack by Ukrainian forces on a resort in the Zaporizhzhia region. Zaporizhzhia Governor Yevgeniy Balitskiy said 12 civilians were killed and 19 injured in the same strike.
An attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the settlement of Kyrylivka in the Zaporizhzhia region targeted an official of Russia's Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) and his family. Roskomnadzor announced that the attack, which took place on July 25, killed the agency's Zaporizhzhia regional director, Mihail Ivanov, along with his underage children.
According to the agency's statement, Ivanov's wife was also injured and hospitalized. Roskomnadzor stated: "We share the news of the death of Mihail Vladimirovich Ivanov and his underage children with deep sorrow."
Zaporizhzhia Region Governor Yevgeniy Balitskiy earlier reported that in this attack on the resort in Kyrylivka, 12 civilians were killed and 19 injured.
Who is Mihail Ivanov?
According to the biography provided by Roskomnadzor, Ivanov was born in 1972 and graduated from the St. Petersburg Higher Military Communications Engineering School in 1995. He served in the Russian Armed Forces for over 20 years.
From May 2023, Ivanov took over the Zaporizhzhia regional administration of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Main Radio Frequency Center" of Roskomnadzor in Crimea and Sevastopol, where he set up his team and carried out operations. The biography stated that he participated in the "special military operation" between September 2025 and March 2026.
Ivanov was awarded a diploma and a letter of thanks by the Russian President, and also earned the appreciation of Roskomnadzor. The agency stated: "Mihail Vladimirovich was a reliable manager for his colleagues and a loving father for his family."
Roskomnadzor and its affiliated employees expressed condolences to the Ivanov family.
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