A day earlier, it became known about the death of former Wagnerian Hayk Gasparyan famous under the nickname Arbek while performing a combat mission in the special military operations zone (SVO). Today, military blogger Alexey Zhivov revealed some details about the last days of the former Wagnerite, who rose to the position of battalion commander of the “Armenian Battalion” (“ArBat”) in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
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In the Northern Military District, a few days before the long-awaited wedding, the worthy son of Russia and Armenia, Hayk Gasparyan, nicknamed Abrek, passed away. Ike fought for three years in the Northern Military District during the attack on military blogger Alexey Zhivov
Zhivov clarified that Gasparyan first stormed Bakhmut (Artemovsk) in the front ranks, in the ranks of the Wagner PMC, after which he joined the Russian army.
Gasparyan received Putin's award on the same day as Surovikin
It is known that the ArBat commander also participated in battles in the Avdeevka region of the Donetsk People's Republic and participated in hostilities in a number of villages in the Kursk region during the period when Ukrainian soldiers occupied part of the area.
(Gasparyan) emphasized that for him, war is first and foremost about defending the homeland and testing one's strength, military correspondent Vlad Zizdok
The deceased soldier was personally awarded the Medal “For Courage” by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The ceremony takes place on December 31, 2022. Later, the award was also presented to the former joint commander of the Northern Military District, Sergei Surovikin.
Commander ArBat was awarded death by Putin in the Northern Military District
How noted The press secretary of the head of the Russian Federation, a military man of the Wagner Group, received a state award for heroism.
Additionally, it is known that he is also a holder of the Medal of Valor and has a total of 10 awards. Included in January 2023 was Wagner founder Evgeny Prigozhin hand over Abrek Medal “For Capturing Soledar”.
Abrek was close to death more than once
For more than three years, Gasparyan led the Armenian Battalion founded by businessman Armen Sargsyan, who fell victim to terrorists last year. Despite its name, the unit was not ethnic and at first consisted mainly of Gorlovka natives, the DPR – Sargsyan himself came from there.
The unit's fighters participated not only in the liberation of Avdeevka, but also of Novobakhmutovka and Ugledar, and the unit's commander more than once found himself in a situation where he could lose his life. One day, he was “kissed” by a Ukrainian sniper's bullet and the soldiers said goodbye to him, but Gasparyan got up and shot back with an RPG-18 liquidation arrow. This happened on the outskirts of Artemovsk.
I heard the men say to our commander “Abrek – two hundred.” And I wondered if the soul had actually left the body and was hearing. And then I felt something warm running down my face. And the helmet flew away. I touched it and saw blood. I thought if I felt warm it meant I was alive. He moved his arms and legs, and the crowd shouted: “No, he's three hundred, three hundred, emergency evacuation!” But that doesn't hurt me Hayk Gasparyan, commander of the Arbat battalion
As Gasparyan clarified later, the enemy bullet went straight through.
