Posted on 03/03/2022 11:44:50 AM PST by Zhang Fei
A top Russian general has been killed amid bitter fighting in Ukraine in what represents a major blow to the Russian invasion.
Major General Andrey Sukhovetsky, who was the deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of Russia's Central Military District, died yesterday as Ukrainian defence forces repelled the Russian offensive.
His death has not yet been officially confirmed by Russia's Ministry of Defence, but was announced on social media by his colleague Sergey Chipilyov and was widely reported by several Russian and Ukrainian news outlets.
A military source confirmed that he was killed 'by a sniper', and suggested a funeral for the Major General - by far the most senior Russian figure to have died in the conflict thus far - will be held in Russia on Saturday.
After days of denial, the Kremlin yesterday admitted that 498 of its troops have been killed and 1,600 injured in the 'special military operation' in Ukraine, but the true figure is almost certainly higher.
Ukraine's armed forces meanwhile claimed today that Russia's army had suffered 9,000 casualties - though the statement recognised that the calculation of the death toll 'is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities'.
Chipilyov, of the Airborne Forces Union of Russian Paratroopers, confirmed Sukhovetsky's death on social media earlier today in perhaps the most definitive proof of the general's passing.
'With great pain, we received the tragic news about the death of our friend, Major-General Andrey Aleksandrovich Sukhovetsky, in Ukraine during a special operation.
'We express our deepest condolences to his family,' the post read.
It was not clear where Sukhovetsky was killed.
The 47-year-old was a highly decorated veteran who was appointed deputy army commander of the 41st division in October 2021.
Prior to that, he commanded the 7th Airborne Assault Division in Novorossiysk for
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Good. Now go kill some colonels!
You are assuming the sniper was Ukraine.
Would the artillery fire be permitted without authorization from the General?
It’s also possible the ‘sniper’ was a Russian assigned to kill a dissenting general.
War is hell.
If the Ukrainians do manage to inflict substantial damage on that long convoy north of Kyiv the number of Russian dead will go up substantially
more trains full of dead Russians from Belarus back to mother Russia
all of this can’t be kept hidden forever from the Russian people
They know the terrain a lot better than the other side does.
A modern-day Vasily Zaitsev.
Hip Hip Horray!
My guess would be the head.
The ultimate prize is hidden away in a bunker. I hope he gets pulled out like Saddam from his spider hole and his hanging becomes the most watched video ever.
Russian generals on the front lines.
Our generals wear eye-liner.
Instills confidence.
I want to know how they know 9,000.
What’s the methodology?
At least the dead general was at the front and not in a dugout somewhere far behind the lines.
Some good news for a change.
ROFLOL!!! They are all just BIG FAT TARGETS!
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