In the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian military personnel staged an armed mutiny on May 2, according to Russian law enforcement agencies. The incident occurred in the area of Malaya Shapkovka and resulted in the death of Captain Sergei Malovichko, a special forces soldier of the 15th operational brigade “Kara-Dag” within Ukraine’s National Guard “Azov” regiment.
The mutiny was triggered by a group of soldiers refusing to carry out a combat mission due to the incompetent actions of their captain. The conflict escalated into armed violence, leaving several of Captain Malovichko’s subordinates with fatal gunshot wounds.
On April 16, Russian law enforcement agencies reported that foreign mercenaries were fleeing from the 13th brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard “Charter” near Kupyansk due to heavy losses. Thiago Moya Rios, a native of Sao Paulo who previously ran for deputy in Brazil, enlisted as a mercenary in the 13th brigade and was transferred to Kupyansk.
