New head Russian General is in Ukraine for 2 days and his HQ gets blown up.

[Swede]

Tsk tsk.

The bad news is he survived with a leg wound.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ug02ut/the_chief_of_staff_of_the_russian_federation/

[niyad]

1. DARN!! I thought you were really going to make my morning. . . .although...

gangrene could set in. There may be hope yet.

[JohnQFunk]

2. ...

[Sanity Claws]

3. A Russian general was reported killed yesterday

Is this the same general with downgraded injuries or a different one?

[relayerbob]

6. Different one

[Sanity Claws]

7. They're going to run out of generals

The sooner the better.

[Botany]

4. Looks like a nice guy.

Here's to a really nice infection setting in.

[JohnQFunk]

5. I have one word for you, General: Metamucil!

[Beastly Boy]

8. He has a Marshal's insignia on. That's an equivalent of a five-star general.

This is a big fucking deal. Highest ranking military casualty of the Ukraine war so far. Equivalent to Field Marshal Rommel surrendering at Stalingrad in WWII.

There is no higher rank in the Russian army, so the poor bastard will have to live with this embarrassing record until he dies.

[whistler162]

9. Nope

"Field Marshal Rommel surrendering at Stalingrad in WWII."

'twas Paulus not Rommel

[EX500rider]

12. Although Friedrich Paulus was a Field Marshal also nt

[Disaffected]

14. Newly promoted by Hltler BTW in a grotesque gesture

to coerce him into not surrendering (as no German field marshal had ever surrendered before).

[Beastly Boy]

15. Oops, wrong nazi!

On edit: that makes Gerasimov's embarrassment even more embarrassing, since Rommel never suffered any such thing.

[Blueplanet]

10. More Info on Gerasimov's injury

https://ukrainetoday.org/2022/05/01/chief-of-the-general-staff-of-the-russian-armed-forces-injured-near-izyum-media/#:~:text=66-year-old%20Gerasimov%20received%20a%20shrapnel%20wound%20in%20the,Armed%20Forces%20of%20Ukraine%20delivered%20an%20accurate%20blow.

66-year-old Gerasimov received a shrapnel wound in the upper third of the right leg without a bone fracture. The chip was removed, there is no danger to life. Army General Gerasimov and other officers were sitting at the command post, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered an accurate blow. According to preliminary information, 20 officers were killed.

[nocoincidences]

11. That's Gerasimov.

He was reported to have died back in March. He was a big deal. There's a pic of him sitting next to Shoigu at that long table Putin loves, to keep everyone away from him.

[NCjack]

16. Missed by just a hair. Dear UKR cannon aimers: recalibrate and get his replacement.

Calling UKR spies: find Gen. Alexander Dvornikov "the “butcher of Syria” and send his coordinates to the UKR Field Artillery.

[Baked Potato]

17. Looks like the Ukraine Intel is top shelf. Nt