Russian Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev, killed in strike by Ukraine army

[Donkees]

ByAbigail O'LearyNews Reporter
11:22, 25 Mar 2022UPDATED11:29, 25 Mar 2022

Vladimir Putin has lost another general in the Ukrainian war, claim military sources in Kyiv.

Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev, 48, was killed in a strike by the Ukrainian armed forces, they say.

He was Commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District.

The Russian side has not so far confirmed the death.



https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-russian-general-killed-strike-26554643

[Donkees]

1. ''Another Senior Russian army officer killed, another war crimes suspect.''

Link to tweet

[Lovie777]

2. If there is a after life . ..

may you meet the ones killed in Mariupol and other places you took life from.

[left-of-center2012]

3. When was he killed?

I didn't see it in the attached article.
Is he one of those previously reported killed or is this an additional one?

[Crowman2009]

4. Duh-duh-duh, another prick bites the dust!

This time a three-star general. How high can we go? Maybe Pooty-poot can visit the frontlines?

[mitch96]

5. Between the UKR freedom fighters and putin the generals of the russian army is not doing well.nt

[Donkees]

6. ''the enemy general was liquidated at the airfield in Chornobaivka, the Kherson region.''

Ukrainian troops have killed Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev, commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Southern Military District.

Oleksiy Arestovych, a freelance adviser to the head of the President's Office, said this at a briefing on Friday, March 25, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"Over the past day, our troops -- as we previously reported and we can now say for sure -- killed the commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of Russia, Lieutenant General Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev," he said.

According to Arestovych, the enemy general was liquidated at the airfield in Chornobaivka, the Kherson region.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3439582-ukrainian-troops-killed-commander-of-russias-49th-combined-arms-army-arestovych.html

[Raine]

7. Another of Putin's war criminals meets his end!!! 👍 nt