Second Russian General Killed in War, Ukraine Says

[AntiFascist]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - 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.

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Another Russian general, Andrei Sukhovetsky, also a deputy commander of the 41st army, was reported killed at the end of February.

Ukraine says its forces have killed more than 11,000 Russian troops. Russia has confirmed about 500 losses.

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-03-07/second-russian-general-killed-in-war-ukraine-says

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Originally posted by Uncle Joe but locked due to a bad link

[elleng]

1. Ukraine Recaptures City of Chuhuiv, Kills Top Russian Commanders: Officials

https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russia-recapture-chuhuiv-kharkiv-region-armed-forces-claim-facebook-1685356

[AntiFascist]

3. Thanks, much better report! n/t

[Pachamama]

2. If the numbers of dead Russian soldiers is correct according to Ukrainian reporting - 11,000

That is a very significant loss and 22 times more than what Russia is telling

[elleng]

4. Also,

THREE Russian commanders have been killed in recent fighting in Ukraine, with Z-marked tanks left abandoned during a stalled siege.

It comes as Ukrainian forces have recaptured Chuhuiv with defence officials claiming they have inflicted heavy losses on the Russian army.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17873540/three-putins-commanders-killed-recaptured-ukrainian-city/

[SheltieLover]

5. I'd read this yesterday, Ellen!

It feels so wrong to feel like cheering for another person's demise, but hey, they asked for it, so...

[elleng]

6. Right,

and lots of reports, so difficult to keep facts straight.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. That 498 killed figure from Russia is days old. . . . nt

[Botany]

7. If those # of Russian dead are correct it shows that if you are a Russian soldier you have a ...

.... 5.5% chance of dying if you get sent to Ukriane.

11,000 kia/200,000 # of Russian troops = .55 = 5.5%

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. That's 5.5% *so far*, rises daily. Thus true chance (unknowable) is somewhat higher. . . nt

[ouija]

8. Russian brass forced to lead from the front and dying for it

[TomWilm]

9. According to Russian news, it was just a guy with similar name ...

... the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confused the General with another Gerasimov. It was Stanislav Gerasimov, a junior sergeant from Tatarstan, who died.

- but here is another fine thread with lots of nice details of the Russian f*ck-up:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1500959074653024259.html

[oldsoftie]

12. I thought they were up to 4-5 generals now?

The Chechen guy, the Airborne one, an armored one & I think another

[BlueWavePsych]

13. K&R

[Roy Rolling]

14. A Fish Rots From the Head

This military operation stinks, Russian GRU intelligence bungled the rollout and facts on the field won’t allow them to run stories of victory anywhere but on Russian-controlled media.

It’s what happens when an ex-KGB spy tricks his way to the top and masquerades as a military general—he can’t explain away the dead Russian soldiers returning home.

[Warpy]

15. Not surprisied by the discrepancy between Russian losses claimed

and the 500 they admit to. Apparently they are not picking up their dead.

[ck4829]

16. Kick

[onetexan]

17. i had read a couple days ago there were 5 dead. Why is this one the second?

[AntiFascist]

18. This is old news, posted March 8th...

I believe there are now 5 army generals dead and one Black Sea fleet captain.

Correction: it may be 6 generals?

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