[V22.6 - Ground Combat] CTD after local (armoured) soldiers die during Terror Site (100% repro) (A fatal error occurred during Update[] - Object reference not set to an instance of an object)

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Description: CTD after local (armoured) soldiers die during Terror Site (100% repro) (A fatal error occurred during Update[] - Object reference not set to an instance of an object)

What Happened: Game keeps CTDing during ground combat a moment after any of the local soldiers drop dead.

Further information:

1. I suspect its somehow related to the fact its an armoured-up local as death of the plainclothes ones in previous missions did not result in any CTDs;
2. Initially I thought its related to the reaper infestation of the soldiers, but wiping the reapers did not help;
3. I found that the bug can be reproduced on demand by manually killing a local armoured soldier: 

03 bug - CTD when a local armoured soldier dies.7z