Ukraine's military intelligence said on Tuesday that its forces had killed a Russian general near the besieged city of Kharkiv, the second Russian commander to be killed in the attack.
On Monday, the first deputy commander of the 41st Army of Russia, Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, died.
The Russian Defense Ministry could not be reached for comment. Reuters was unable to view the report. Another Russian general, Andrey Sukhovetsky, also deputy commander of the 41st Army, was reportedly killed in late February. Ukraine says its troops have killed more than 11,000 Russian soldiers. Russia has confirmed the loss of about 500 people. None of the pages reveal Ukrainian victims.
Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, First Deputy Commander of the 41st Russian Army, was killed on Monday. The head of Ukrainian intelligence said in a statement.
Ukraine's Defense Ministry said Gerasimov fought Russian forces in Syria and Chechnya and participated in the 2014 invasion of Crimea. No single death can be confirmed. Russia did not comment
At the end of February, another Russian general, Andrei Suchovecky, was killed, as well as the deputy commander of Army 41. An organization of local authorities in the Krasnodar region of southern Russia confirmed his death. The circumstances surrounding his death were unclear.
Sukhovetsky, who was 47 years old, began his military service as a division commander after graduating from a military academy and steadily rose to various leadership positions. He took part in the Russian military campaign in Syria.
Ukraine says its forces have killed more than 11,000 Russian soldiers. Russia has confirmed about 500 casualties. Neither side announced Ukrainian casualties. Russia has called its actions in Ukraine a "special operation" that it says is not aimed at seizing territory but at destroying the military capabilities of its southern neighbor and occupying it with dangerous nationalists. Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that recruits or reservists did not fight in his country's war with Ukraine. but a professional soldier In a statement released on International Women's Day on Tuesday, Putin said he understood the concerns of mothers, wives, and relatives of servicemen stationed in Ukraine. "You can be proud of them, as the whole country is proud of them," Putin said.
He promised that there would be no encouragement to midfielders to participate in the effort. “This event is only held by professional soldiers. They will ensure the security and peace of the people of Russia. " "The Russian invaders destroyed the head of the Ukrainian air force, An-225, at Antonov Airport in Gostomel, near Kyiv," the group said in a statement.
The aircraft was unique in the world: at a length of 84 meters (276 feet), it could transport up to 250 tons (551,000 pounds) of cargo at speeds of up to 850 km per hour (528 mph).
He was called "Mriya", which means "dream" in Ukrainian.
"This is the largest aircraft in the world, the An-225 'Mary'," tweeted Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba on Sunday. Make sure that a small corridor to the occupied territory is open to several dozen people. Not for Russia as far as propaganda, straight for TV cameras.
French President Emmanuel Macron also condemned the Russian plan. Ukrainian forces said on Tuesday that they repulsed a Russian attack on the city of Izium in the Kharkiv region, and armed troops tried to stop a Russian advance from the east and south in an attempt to surround Kyiv.
Russian forces "suffered losses and retreated" in Izyum after "managing terror in the city by bombing civilian targets and infrastructure," the military said.
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