The captain involved in the strike on the village of Groza is critically injured due to an explosion, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR).

Captain Konstantin Nagayko, involved in the Iskander missile strike on the village of Groza in the Kharkiv region on October 5, 2023, is in critical condition following an explosion, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.

Ukrainian intelligence has reported that the commander of the battery of the 112th missile brigade of the 1st Tank Army of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces (military unit 03333) was at the epicenter of an explosion in the city of Shuya, Ivanovo region, on January 3.

“He was on duty at his military unit, and now he is near death. Nagayko has multiple shrapnel wounds affecting virtually all organs, including the brain — he underwent a craniotomy… In the Russian 112th missile brigade, there are disheartening rumors that the 29-year-old Russian killer has almost no chance. His condition is critical… The GUR MOU reminds us: for every war crime against the Ukrainian people, there will be just retribution!” — states the publication.

According to intelligence, Nagayko is implicated in strikes with Iskander ballistic missiles on civilian and military targets in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions.

It is worth noting that on the afternoon of October 5, 2023, the Russians shell a café in the village of Groza in the Kupiansk district. According to the regional prosecutor's office, civilians — mostly women and elderly people — were gathering for the memorial service of a reburied local military — a resident of the village. Interior Minister Igor Klymenko reported that the strike was conducted using an Iskander missile, and it was highly accurate. According to GUR MOU, 59 civilians were killed, including an eight-year-old boy. The head of the investigative department of the National Police in the Kharkiv region, Sergey Bolvinov, named the victims.

On October 11, 2023, the SBU announced that they had identified the spotters of the strike on Groza. Two local residents suspected of collaborating with the occupiers and who fled to Russia after liberation are being investigated — former police officer Vladimir Mamon and his younger brother Dmitry. Security forces published correspondence of the Mamon brothers.