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Konstantin Evgenievich Smeshko (Константи́н Евге́ньевич Смешко́) (December 28, 1962 – December 26, 2024) was a Russian military commander who was deputy chief of the Engineer Troops (starting in 2017) and a major general.
He previously commanded the engineering troops of the Far Eastern Military District and the those of the Southern Military District from 2012 to 2017.
In 2015, he was responsible for the cleaning the area of explosive objects on the territory of the Chechnya and the Ingushetia. For that, he was awarded the honour "Messery to the Party of Mines in the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia". He later also operated the demining near Deir ez-Zor, Syria in 2017.
Killed in an unknown location allegedly due to the Himars strike in one of the multiple attacks carried out in December. His funeral ceremony was held in Moscow in last days of December 2024.
References
- "Konstantin Smeshko".
- Дурова, Дарья (31 December 2024). "В Москве похоронили замкомандира инженерных войск России, умолчав о причинах его смерти, но есть нюанс: всплыли громкие подробности. Видео". obozrevatel.com.
- "Впервые 110 военнослужащих награждены новым памятным знаком "Участнику разминирования в Чеченской Республике и Республике Ингушетия"". function.mil.ru. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016.
- "Российские саперы вернулись из Сирии без потерь". tass.ru.
- https://nv.ua/ukr/world/countries/kostyantin-smyeshko-u-moskvi-vidbuvsya-pohoron-zastupnika-komandira-inzhenernih-viysk-rosiji-50478253.html