Who is General Andrey #Simonov, the Russian officer reportedly killed by Ukraine in an artillery strike near Izium? A brief biography from Russian sources: /1 
Andrey Dimotrovich Simonov was born 29 June 1966 in Baranovka, Verkhnekamsk district, Kirov region. He graduated from Tomsk Higher Military Communications Command School in 1987. /2
He subsequently served in electronic security units as an operational duty officer, platoon commander, chief of command post, and battalion deputy commander for operational work. He graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 2000. /3
After the academy he became the senior officer of the electronic warfare service of the Siberian Military District, then head of the electronic warfare service of the headquarters of the Eastern regional command. /4
In 2010 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff and was appointed to the position of head of the electronic warfare service of the headquarters of the Western Military District. /5
Since August 2014, he has been Deputy Chief of the Electronic Warfare Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He was awarded nine medals of the Ministry of Defence, including the medal "For Military Valor". /6
Source: b-ok.cc/book/2719366/c… ("Electronic Warfare in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - 2015")
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