Ukraine claims second Russian general killed in war
- First deputy commander of Russia’s 41st army killed near the besieged city of Kharkiv, Ukraine claims
- Ukraine says its forces have killed more than 11,000 Russian troops, but Moscow claims 500 losses
Ukraine’s military intelligence said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces have killed a Russian general near the besieged city of Kharkiv, the second Russian senior commander to die in the invasion.
Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, first deputy commander of Russia’s 41st army, was killed on Monday, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine’s defence ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine’s defence ministry and said Gerasimov had fought with Russian forces in Syria and Chechnya and had taken part in the seizure of Crimea in 2014.
It was not possible to confirm the death independently. Russia has not commented.
Another Russian general, Andrei Sukhovetsky, also a deputy commander of the 41st army, was reported killed at the end of February.
His death was confirmed by a local officers’ organisation in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia. The circumstances of his death were not clear.