Full name: Shishkin Vitaly Andreevich

Rank: Colonel

Date of birth: March 24, 1982

Duty station: Commander of the 559th Bombing Aviation Regiment of the 1st Mixed Aviation Division of the Air Force of the Russian Federation (in/hr 75392, Morozovsk, Rostov Oblast) Aircraft of this unit actively bombed Kharkiv during the first months of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Later they were based in the settlement of Gvardeyskoye, Crimea. On August 17, after the explosions at a military airfield, the surviving planes were moved to Russian territory.

Awards: Order for Merit to the Fatherland, First Class (2022)

Place of residence: Morozovsk, Rostov Oblast.

Colonel Shishkin Vitaly Andreevich was born on March 24, 1982. Serves as commander of the 559th Bombardment Aviation Regiment of the 1st Combined Aviation Division of the Air Force of the Russian Federation (military unit 75392, Morozovsk, Rostov Oblast). Aircraft of this unit actively bombed Kharkov during the first months of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Later they were based in the settlement of Gvardeyskoye, Crimea. On August 17, after the explosions at the military airfield, the survivors were transferred to the territory of the Russian Federation, and Shishkin received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, First Class.

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