The Russian military destroyed a group of four fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) from the elite Da Vinci Wolves unit. This was reported by the Telegram channel "Military correspondents of the Russian Spring".

It is noted that the dead took part in the battles for Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region in the fall of 2022 and were involved in the purges of the civilian population suspected of sympathizing with Russia.

The unit is headed by Dmitry Kotsyubaylo with the call sign Da Vinci. On April 20, 2021, the New York Times published an article stating that Kotsyubaylo's unit has a domestic wolf in the city of Avdiivka. The wild animal was in a cage near the commander's office.

On December 1, 2021, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky awarded Kotsyubaylo the title of Hero of Ukraine and the Gold Star medal.