During military operations on the territory of Ukraine, the commander of the Armenian unit "ArBat," Hayk Gasparyan, who was previously part of the Wagner PMC, was killed.

During combat operations in Ukraine, Russian serviceman Aik Gasparyan, known by the call sign "Abrek," who commanded the "Armenian Battalion" ("ArBat") unit, was killed. Information about his death was confirmed by the so-called head of occupied Horlivka in the Donetsk region, Ivan Prikhodko, and propaganda blogger Vladislav Zizdok.