From what I gather, Gerasimov departed before the attack. It was a visit, not a relocation of the General and his staff. You don’t keep a 4-star and his staff in an active combat zone very long. Even the visit was a bit risky. Too bad they did’t get him. Pretty bad OPSEC by the Russians that Ukes knew of the visit.
UPDATE - Yesterday’s #Ukraine attack on the Rus. HQ in #Izium was designed to liquidate the high-value target - chief of Gen. Staff of RAF Gen. Valeriy Gerasimov. The Kremlin sent him to get a victory for the May 9 parade. Gerasimov was close to the blast but wounded.
https://twitter.com/MrKovalenko/status/1520757617437683713
Any possibility the report is false?