Overview
- The Ukrainian State Film Agency said on December 9 that Ivan Kononenko was killed on the Kursk direction after a period in which he was considered missing.
- RIA Novosti republished the agency’s statement the same day, attributing the information to the Ukrainian State Film Agency and updating its article on December 9.
- According to the agency, Kononenko served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and was known publicly as both an actor and an athlete.
- His screen credits cited by the agency include Servant of the People, Krepostnaya, Kyiv Day and Night, and Sledovateli.
- TASS, citing Russian security structures, reported he was killed in November 2024 in Russia’s Kursk region and that his body was returned in June during exchanges.