This article is about the Russian military officer. For the ice hockey player, see Dmitri Utkin.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Valerievich and the family name is Utkin.
Lieutenant Colonel
Dmitry Utkin
Utkin's passport photo
Native name
Дмитрий Валерьевич Уткин
Birth name
Dmitry Valerievich Utkin
Born
(1970-06-11)11 June 1970 Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died
23 August 2023(2023-08-23) (aged 53) Kuzhenkino, Bologovsky District, Tver Oblast, Russia
Cause of death
Airplace crash
Allegiance
Russian Armed Forces (1993–2013)
Slavonic Corps (2013)
Wagner Group (2014–2023)
Service/branch
GRU (1993–2013)
Rank
Lieutenant colonel (1993–2013)
Commands held
2nd Spetsnaz Brigade (1993–2013)
700th Spetsnaz Detachment Wagner Group (2014–2023)
Battles/wars
Syrian civil war
Russo-Ukrainian War
Awards
Order of Courage (4)
Dmitry Valerievich Utkin (Russian: Дмитрий Валерьевич Уткин) (11 June 1970 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian military officer and mercenary. He served as a special forces officer in the GRU, where he held the rank of lieutenant colonel.[1] He was the co-founder and military commander of the Russian state-funded Wagner Group, with his military alias reportedly being Wagner.[2][3][4][5][6] Utkin was reportedly a neo-Nazi. He rarely made public appearances, but was allegedly the commander of the private military company, while Yevgeny Prigozhin was its owner and public face.[7] Utkin was awarded four Orders of Courage of Russia.
Utkin was killed on 23 August 2023 when a plane carrying him, Prigozhin and eight others crashed in Tver Oblast, leaving no survivors.[8][9]
^Dettmer, Jamie (7 December 2020). "Mercenary Says Kremlin's Wagner Group Recruiting Inexperienced Fighters". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^Sukhankin, Sergey (18 December 2019). "Russian PMCs in the Syrian Civil War: From Slavonic Corps to Wagner Group and Beyond". Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^"Wagner, shadowy Russian military group, 'fighting in Libya'". BBC News Russian (in Russian). 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022.
^Rabin, Alexander (4 October 2019). "Diplomacy and Dividends: Who Really Controls the Wagner Group". Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^Rondeaux, Candace (7 November 2019). "Tracing Wagner's Roots". New America. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^Rondeaux, Candace (7 November 2019). "Forward Operations: From Deir Ezzor to Donbas and Back Again". New America. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^"In Prigozhin's shadow, the Wagner Group leader who stays out of the spotlight". Global News. 29 June 2023. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^"Prigozhin confirmed dead after genetic tests – Moscow". BBC. 27 August 2023. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
^Méheut, Constant (27 August 2023). "Russia Officially Confirms Prigozhin's Death". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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