Andriy Gusev, a Grasp of Sport of Ukraine who gained the Ukrainian Trophy Raid Championship in 2014, died on 3 June whereas serving in Kharkiv Oblast. The Vehicle Federation of Ukraine issued an announcement of condolences on Monday.
A lieutenant colonel, Gusev was the commander of the “Omega” third separate particular unit. Omega teams are particular forces formations for the Nationwide Guard of Ukraine, specialising in counterterrorism and particular fight operations. Though Kharkiv metropolis was liberated by Ukrainian forces in Could 2022 adopted by a lot of the oblast after a profitable counteroffensive within the fall, the area has remained below Russian fireplace since.
Previous to becoming a member of the navy, he competed within the Ukrainian Trophy Raid Championship, an off-road racing self-discipline primarily based on navigation by tough terrain much like rock crawling. In 2014, he and Viktor Monomarchuk gained the title within the top-level TR-1 class of their Suzuki Samurai. In addition they raced a Toyota Land Cruiser within the Nationwide Trial Sequence.
For his successes, Gusev was named a Grasp of Sport, a title granted to athletes for his or her contribution to Ukrainian sport. Igor Kalinovskaya, a Grasp of Sport like Gusev who competed in rally raid and has served within the Ukrainian navy since 2014, died from sickness in the beginning of the month. Ukraine’s Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov gained the 2013 Trophy Raid Championship for UTVs.
Whereas it occurred in June, Gusev’s dying is the second confirmed by the FAU in 5 days. Final Thursday, the federation said karting driver and navy intelligence officer Kyrylo Demidov was killed in motion in southern Ukraine on 6 August.
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