The VFU casualty counting group notes that the recent strike in Sumy added to the list of dead brigade-level commanders of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Yuriy Andriyovych YULA was among them. In total, at least 8 brigade commanders are known to have been killed:
Colonel ZENCHENKO Oleh Viktorovych - 25th Airmobile Brigade, 19.03.2022
Colonel SIKALENKO Maksym Anatoliyovych - 7th Brigade, 30 March 2022
Colonel Matiushhenko Mykhailo Yuriiovych - 40th Brigade, 26.06.2022
Colonel GULIAEV Vitalii Anatoliiovych - 28th separate brigade, 23.07.2022
Colonel DEGTYARIOV Oleh Valeriyovych - 66th separate mechanised brigade, 04.08.2022
Colonel POLIVIANYI Viktor Vitaliyovych - 160th separate mechanised brigade, 04/09/2024
Lieutenant Colonel AKIMENKO Yaroslav Anatoliyovych - 58th separate mechanised brigade, 04.12.2024
Colonel Yuriy YULA - 27th Reabr, 13 April 2025