{"id":1411398,"date":"2026-06-28T20:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T17:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/commander-of-the-154th-motorized-rifle-brigade-vladimir-kononnikov-has-died-what-is-known\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T20:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T17:07:18","slug":"commander-of-the-154th-motorized-rifle-brigade-vladimir-kononnikov-has-died-what-is-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/commander-of-the-154th-motorized-rifle-brigade-vladimir-kononnikov-has-died-what-is-known\/","title":{"rendered":"Commander of the 154th Motorized Rifle Brigade Vladimir Kononnikov has died: what is known"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Sunday, June 28, the commander of the 154th separate mechanized brigade, Colonel Volodymyr Kononnikov, was found dead. According to preliminary information, no signs of violent death were found, and an official investigation and investigative actions are ongoing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OperationalCommandSouth\/posts\/pfbid02yd5rHihAjCUakTFp8BVy5p8Ps6Ekf6egPjimPTHf3iLag5yRMsvCFhHPt8fbo5Jtl?rdid=6bJ4XRLfikOY8Atw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> the Operational Command &#8220;South&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> Currently, law enforcement agencies are conducting primary investigative actions, and an internal investigation has been ordered. According to preliminary information, no signs of violent death have been found. Final conclusions will be made after the investigation is completed.<\/p>\n<p> The command noted that they are fully supporting the work of law enforcement agencies and called on media representatives and the public to refrain from spreading unverified information, as well as to respect the privacy of the deceased&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Colonel Volodymyr Kononnikov was an officer devoted to Ukraine and the military cause, a responsible commander who cared about the personnel and needs of his military team,&#8221; the Operational Command &#8220;South&#8221; reported.<\/p>\n<p> The command and personnel of the Operational Command &#8220;South&#8221; also expressed their condolences to the family, loved ones, and comrades of Volodymyr Kononnikov.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, June 28, the commander of the 154th separate mechanized brigade, Colonel Volodymyr Kononnikov, was found dead. According to preliminary information, no signs of violent death were found, and an official investigation and investigative actions are ongoing. This was reported by the Operational Command &#8220;South&#8221;. Currently, law enforcement agencies are conducting primary investigative actions, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1411391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76873,76875],"class_list":["post-1411398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-events","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1411391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1411398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}