# Two Russian Officers Killed in Mali Two Russian officers were killed in Mali on April 25 when a Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in Gao province, according to the KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine project, which tracks deaths of Russian officers. The deceased are Major Andrey Vasilyevich Kondratyev and Captain Dmitry Alexandrovich Lobanov. OSINT researcher Necro Mancer discovered a message about Lobanov's funeral on his sister's VKontakte page.