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Ukrainian Marines Capture Russian Recruit Linked to Brezhnev

6/20/2026

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Ukrainian marines of the 34th Separate Marine Brigade “Borysfen” captured Anton Milaev in Kherson on 18 June 2026.
Milaev, 45, signed a contract with Russia’s Ministry of Defence in fall 2025 and stopped contacting relatives in November 2025.
His mother Iryna Kuznetsova learned he was held by Ukrainian forces in Kherson Oblast.
Reports say he is the adoptive grandson of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev’s daughter Galina Brezhneva (some sources name Halyna).

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Ukrainian marines of the 34th Separate Marine Brigade “Borysfen” captured Anton Milaev in Kherson on 18 June 2026.
Milaev, 45, signed a contract with Russia’s Ministry of Defence in fall 2025 and stopped contacting relatives in November 2025.
His mother Iryna Kuznetsova learned he was held by Ukrainian forces in Kherson Oblast.
Reports say he is the adoptive grandson of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev’s daughter Galina Brezhneva (some sources name Halyna).