Artyom Filin, 35, from the Moscow region, was declared to have voluntarily left the unit on August 1, 2025, from the date when he was in the hospital after surgery with shrapnel wounds to his chest and abdomen. Since 2018, Filin has been serving a drug distribution sentence, in November 2024 he signed a contract and turned out to be a grenade launcher assistant in the assault company of the 19th tank Regiment in the Kremennaya area in the “LPR”.