War in Ukraine, the service of Kiev Defense Ministry intelligence announced the killing in fighting near Kharkiv of Russian general Vitaly Gerasimov, chief of staff of the 41st army. Along with him, according to the same source, cited by the Guardian, other senior officers were killed. The investigative journalism agency Bellingcat has announced that it has received confirmation of Gerasimov’s death from a Russian source.
Gerasimov took part in the Second Chechen War, the Russian military operation in Syria and the annexation of Crimea. If confirmed, his death would be the second of a Russian general in a week. In early March, his deputy commander Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky was killed, as confirmed by the Russian media, the Guardian recalls.
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