In 1986, Colonel Bondarenko was the leader of Signal Troops, whose technical expertise Mikhail Filitov leveraged when sending him to Bright Star to evaluate the facility.
Executive Orders[]
In 1996, Bondarenko was a General-Lieutenant for the Russian Ground Forces. He was also the trusted advisor to the Chairman of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergey Golovko.
The Bear and the Dragon[]
In 2001, Bondarenko was the commander in chief of armed forces in the Far East