Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov has instructed GVPU chief Viktor Goremykin and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov to understand the situation regarding the deaths of servicemen of the 87th Independent Rifle Regiment of the Southern Military District with the call signs Ernest and Goodwin. This was announced by the Russian Defence Ministry.
“The Minister of Defense instructed the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Viktor Goremykin and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, together with the Military Counterintelligence Department of the FSB “Russia should as soon as possible resolve the situation related to the information about the death of two servicemen with the call signs Ernest and Goodwin from the 87th Independent Rifle Regiment of the Southern Military District,” – the department said in a statement.
It should be noted that Belousov took this order under personal control.
