When Kutuzov was a
colonel, he commanded the
38th Separate Communications Regiment of the
Russian Airborne Forces (military unit 54164). In 2017, Kutuzov was the acting commander of the
5th Combined Arms Army. In 2019, he was interim commander of the
29th Combined Arms Army. In 2020, Kutuzov was the chief of staff of the 29th Combined Arms Army. Kutuzov was killed on 5 June 2022 in the village of
Mykolaivka, during the
battle for Sievierodonetsk–Lysychansk near
Lysychansk, Ukraine, while commanding the
1st Army Corps of the
Donetsk People's Republic. Reports of his death originated on Russian
milblogger
Telegram channels and were later confirmed by Russian state media. He was buried in the
Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on 7 June 2022. Kutuzov's promotion to
lieutenant general was announced posthumously. ==Awards==