Oleg Mityaev (general)

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| birth_place = Orenburg, Russian SSR, Soviet Union

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| birth_name = Oleg Yuryevich Mityaev

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| rank = Lieutenant general

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| commands = 20th Guards Combined Arms Army
150th Guards Motor Rifle Division

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Oleg Yuryevich Mityaev ({{langx|ru|Олег Юрьевич Митяев}}; (born c. 1974) is a Russian lieutenant general who according to Ukrainian officials was killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 15 March 2022. His death, however, has not been confirmed, and in December 2024 it was revealed that he is alive and still in service.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-09 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 09.12.2024 № 1060 "О присвоении воинских званий высших офицеров, специальных званий высшего начальствующего состава и высших специальных званий" |trans-title=Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 09.12.2024 No. 1060 "On conferring military ranks of higher officers, special ranks of higher officers and higher special ranks" |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202412090018?index=1 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=pravo.gov.ru |language=ru}} Since May 2024, he is also commander of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army.

Biography

From 2013 to 2015 Mityaev was commander of the 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade. Between December 2016 and November 2018 he ran the Russian 201st Military Base in Tajikistan. He was one of the leaders of the Russian intervention in Syria.{{cite news |last1=Troianovski |first1=Anton |last2=Schwirtz |first2=Michael |title=As Russia Stalls in Ukraine, Dissent Brews Over Putin's Leadership |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/world/europe/putin-russia-military-planning.html |access-date=24 March 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=22 March 2022}} From 2020 Mityaev was the commander of Russia's 150th Motor Rifle Division.{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Will |date=16 March 2022 |title=Russia 'loses another General' and elite SWAT fighters in Ukraine |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/russia-general-killed-oleg-mityaev-swat-fighters-ukraine-war-kremlin-putin-b988348.html |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=www.standard.co.uk |language=en}}

According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed in a Ukrainian ambush while taking part in a "combat mission" (according to Russian reports) during the Siege of Mariupol at the Illich Steel and Iron Works during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reportedly by the Azov Regiment.{{Cite news |date=16 March 2022 |title=War in Ukraine: Fourth Russian general killed - Zelensky |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60767664 |access-date=16 March 2022}}{{Cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Larisa |last2=Rose |first2=David |date=16 March 2022 |title=Fourth Russian general killed, claims Ukraine |language=en |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/fourth-russian-general-killed-claims-ukraine-fkfs7pwnb |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 March 2022 |issn=0140-0460}} According to the Ukrainians, he was the fourth Russian general killed during the 2022 invasion.{{Cite web |title=Breaking: 4th Russian army general Oleg Mityaev killed in Ukraine - P.M. News |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2022/03/16/breaking-4th-russian-army-general-oleg-mityaev-killed-in-ukraine/ |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=en-US}} Western sources believe 20 major-generals were deployed to Ukraine.

On 9 December 2024 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.