[5] He served in military operations in the North Caucasus,[1] including in Chechnya,[6] and fought in Abkhazia during the Russo-Georgian War of 2008.

[1] Promoted to major general,[2] Sukhovetsky was appointed deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army in October 2021.

[12] His death was first reported by Andrei Terekhov, a retired Russian intelligence officer, on Twitter on 1 March.

[6] It was also reported by Sergey Chipilev, a former colleague of his in the airborne forces, on the VKontakte social networking service on 2 March, though he deleted his account the next day.

[6] Vladimir Myshkin, an official of the Combat Brotherhood, a Russian veterans group, confirmed on 3 March that he and others had heard of the death.