Andrei Kolesnikov (general)

Andrei Kolesnikov
Andrei Kolesnikov
Birth name	Andrei Borisovich Kolesnikov
Born	6 February 1977 (age 47); Oktyabrskoye, Voronezh Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russia
Service / branch	Russian Ground Forces
Years of service	1998-
Rank	Major general
Commands	29th Combined Arms Army
Battles / wars	Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Siege of Mariupol; ; ;

Andrei Borisovich Kolesnikov (Russian: Андрей Борисович Колесников;^[1] born 6 February 1977) is a Russian major-general (one-star rank) who according to Ukraine was killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kolesnikov's death had not been confirmed by the Russian Federation. On 14 March 2023, Kolesnikov appeared in an interview with Vladimir Soloviev on Russian television.

^ Yermolin, Anatoly (11 September 2010). "Андрей Колесников — Военный совет" [Andrei Kolesnikov - Military Council] (in Russian). Эхо Москвы [Echo of Moscow]. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014.

[echo-2010-1] Yermolin, Anatoly (11 September 2010). "Андрей Колесников — Военный совет" [Andrei Kolesnikov - Military Council] (in Russian). Эхо Москвы [Echo of Moscow]. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014.

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