Mikhail Mizintsev

Colonel General
Mikhail Mizintsev
Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev
Михаил Мизинцев
	Mizintsev in 2022
Deputy Minister of Defence
	In office; 24 September 2022 – 27 April 2023
Minister	Sergei Shoigu
Preceded by	Dmitry Bulgakov
Succeeded by	Alexey Kuzmenkov
Director of the National Defense Management Center
	In office; 1 December 2014 – 24 September 2022
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Oleg Gorshenin
Director of the Central Command Post of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
	In office; August 2012 – 1 December 2014
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	Mikhail Yevgenyevich Mizintsev; 10 September 1962 (age 61); Averinskaya, Vologda Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Nickname	Butcher of Mariupol
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union; Russia
Years of service	1980–present
Rank	Colonel general
Battles/wars	Syrian civil war Battle of Aleppo; ; Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Siege of Mariupol; ; ;

Mikhail Yevgenyevich Mizintsev (Russian: Михаил Евгеньевич Мизинцев; born 10 September 1962) is a Russian colonel general. He headed the National Defense Management Center of Russia, served as the deputy minister of defence of Russia for logistics from 24 September 2022 to 27 April 2023, and later in Wagner Group.^[3]

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mizintsev commanded Russian forces during the siege of Mariupol. He commanded numerous attacks on civilians, including airstrikes on the city's theatre and hospital, which were denounced as war crimes and earned him the nickname of "Butcher of Mariupol".^[4]^[2]^[5]

^ Ball, Tom (24 March 2022). "'Butcher of Mariupol' inflicts brutality he learnt in Syria". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Batchelor, Tom. "'Butcher of Mariupol' accused of ordering maternity hospital bombing six years after destroying Aleppo". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
^ "Former Russian defense minister joins Wagner PMC". Yahoo News. 4 May 2023. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
^ Ball, Tom (24 March 2022). "'Butcher of Mariupol' inflicts brutality he learnt in Syria". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ Brown, Lee (24 March 2022). "Russian 'Butcher of Mariupol' blamed for worst Ukraine war atrocities". New York Post. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.