[tlozo]

Ukraine just killed Gen. Maj. Vitaly Gerassimov, chief of staff of the 41 Army. At Kharkiv.

Gerasimov was a senior military official who participated in the second Chechen war and was awarded a medal for “capturing Crimea.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-fighting-general-killed-b2030661.html

[Zhang Fei]

[Ukraine just killed Gen. Maj. Vitaly Gerassimov, chief of staff of the 41 Army. At Kharkiv.

Gerasimov was a senior military official who participated in the second Chechen war and was awarded a medal for “capturing Crimea.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-fighting-general-killed-b2030661.html]

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I’m extremely pessimistic about Ukraine’s odds, but this is an indicator that Russian morale can’t be all that great, if general officers are having to show up within sniper range to rally the troops. It’s as if Steve Jobs decided show up on iPhone assembly lines to get them moving.