As the warfare in Ukraine approaches its second week, Russia has reportedly been rocked by the deaths of quite a few main navy figures.
Ukraine intelligence and Western officers have been detailing the dying of Russian generals and different main officers for the reason that invasion, a few of which have later been confirmed by Russia.
The checklist of reported high-profile Russian casualties embody two generals within the area of some days.
Below is an inventory of high Russian commanders who’re stated to have died in the course of the preventing in Ukraine. Newsweek has not been capable of independently confirm the claims.
Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, First Deputy Commander Of The forty first Army
On Monday, Ukraine’s protection intelligence company SAID that its navy forces had killed Russian Army Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, together with quite a few different senior officers.
Gerasimov was a embellished navy veteran who had taken half within the second Chechen warfare, Russia’s navy operation in Syria, and the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
Ukraine claimed that Gerasimov and the opposite officers have been killed throughout preventing close to Kharkiv.
If confirmed, Gerasimov could be the second Russian normal from the forty first Army to die inside every week amid the continued battle.
Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Andrei Sukhovetsky, Deputy Commander of the forty first Combined Arms Army
Russian media and President Vladimir Putin confirmed that General Andrei Sukhovetsky, deputy commander of the forty first Combined, was killed by a sniper throughout a particular operation in Ukraine.
Sukhovetsky, who was additionally the top of the seventh Airborne Division, was stated to have been killed alongside an unnamed divisional commander and a regimental commander.
Sukhovetsky’s comrade-in-arms Sergey Chipilev confirmed his dying in a submit on social media.
“With great pain, we learned the tragic news of the death of our friend, Major General Andrey Sukhovetsky, on the territory of Ukraine during the special operation. We express our deepest condolences to his family,” Chipilev wrote, by way of pravda.ru.
Putin additionally acknowledged the final’s dying throughout a publicly broadcast speech on March 2 whereas updating the Russian folks on the progress of the Ukraine battle.
Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Safronov, Commander of the 61st Separate Marine Brigade
In a press release on Monday, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense stated that Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Safronov had been killed whereas town of Chuhuiv was being “liberated” from Russian forces.
The company stated the main officer was killed as Russian forces “suffered heavy losses in personnel and equipment” in the course of the preventing.
Lieutenant Colonel Denis Glebov, Deputy Commander of the eleventh Separate Airborne Assault Brigade
In the identical assertion, Ukraine stated Lieutenant Colonel Denis Glebov was additionally killed within the preventing.
The Russian information company TASS reported Glebov was killed whereas collaborating in a particular operation in Donbas, and was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.
A memorial service was held for the paratrooper on March 6 within the Russian metropolis of Ryazan
Guards Colonel Konstantin Zizevsky
The dying of the commander of the 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment throughout a navy operation to “protect the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics” in Eastern Ukraine was confirmed in an Instagram submit by Mikhail Minenkov, the mayor of the Russian metropolis of Nevinnomyssk.
“The news of Konstantin’s death is a terrible blow! It hurts even to think that he is no more,” Minenkov wrote.
The mayor added {that a} funeral for Zizevsky occurred on March 6 within the metropolis of Pskov.
The Russian protection ministry has been contacted for remark.