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Anton Milaev, the adopted grandson of Leonid Brezhnev's daughter, was reported captured by Ukrainian forces while serving as a Russian combat engineer. Russian and Ukrainian social media accounts shared the information this week.
nypost.comAnton Milaev, the 45-year-old adopted grandson of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's daughter, was reported captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting for Russia in the ongoing war. Milaev joined Russia's military last fall as an elite combat engineer. He lost contact with his family in November.
Capture details Months later, his relatives were told he was being held as a prisoner in a de-occupied area of Ukraine's Kherson region, according to Russian Telegram channel Baza, the BBC reported. A similar Telegram post by Serhiy Sternenko, adviser to Ukraine's defense minister, was shared Thursday.
The exact circumstances of his capture and any chance of a future prison swap remain unknown.
ran the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1964 until his death in 1982. His long reign was marred by bureaucratic gridlock and rising corruption. His death ended an era of political stagnation and ushered in rapid leadership change in the Soviet Union, which saw three leaders in three years and ended with the collapse of the communist nation.
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