Yakov Rezantsev

Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev (; 17 June 1973) is a Russian lieutenant general (two-star rank). Between 2020 and 2023, he commanded the 49th Army of the Southern Military District.

According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed in Chornobaivka near Kherson (Ukraine) during the 2022 Chornobaivka attacks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Russian sources have not confirmed his death.

Biography Yakov Rezantsev was born on 4 January 1973,

He passed the main command positions from the commander of a platoon of cadets to the commander of a motorized rifle brigade.

From 2018 to 2020, he was the commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (Novosibirsk). From October 2020 he served as the commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (Stavropol).

In 2021, he was promoted to lieutenant general.

He was deployed in Russia's military intervention in Syria.

According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed at the Chornobaivka aerodrome his death was confirmed by "a Western security source" but Russian sources had not confirmed his death as of 25 March. According to the Ukrainians, he would be Russia's seventh general officer to be killed in the invasion and one of the two most highly ranked casualties of the war.

The Nevinnomyssk mayor congratulated Rezantsev on his birthday on 17 June in a Telegram post.

Awards Order of Military Merit (2020) Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree Medal "For military valor" (Abkhazia) Medal "For Combat Commonwealth" (Abkhazia)