PUTIN’S TOP MILITARY OFFICER MAJOR GENERAL VITALY GERASIMOV KILLED DURING BATTLE OF KHARKIV

Russian Major General, Vitaly Gerasimov, was killed during the battle of Kharkiv. (Credits: Ukrainian defence website)

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Tue 08 March 2022:

Ukrainian defence reported that another Russian general, Vitaly Gerasimov, was killed during the battle of Kharkiv on Monday, March 7. “Another loss among the senior command staff of the occupying army,” said the Ukrainian defence ministry.

According to reports, Gerasimov and some other senior officers were killed during the clash in Kharkiv. Gerasimov is the second Russian general to be killed in the war with Ukraine. Earlier, Major General Andrei Sukhovtsky, the commanding general of the Russian 7th Airborne Division, was killed in an attack by Ukraine.

Major General Andrei Sukhovtsky.

The Kyiv Independent wrote in a tweet, “The Chief Intelligence Department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said that Ukraine has killed Russian Major General Vitaly Gerasimov near Kharkiv.” Gerasimov was a senior military officer who participated in the Second Chechen War and was awarded a medal for the “capture of Crimea”.

⚡️Ukraine kills Russian Major General Vitaly Gerasimov near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Defense Ministry said.

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

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 7, 2022

Major General Vitaly Gerasimov played a key role in Russia’s occupation of Crimea in 2014. He was also awarded a medal for the annexation of Crimea. According to Ukraine’s defense ministry, he fought alongside Russian forces in Syria and Chechnya. However, there has been no comment from Russia on his death. Major General Vitaly Gerasimov was the first deputy commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of Russia.

Nearly two weeks after the Russian offensive, Ukrainian forces, with the help of Western countries, managed to block the advance of their enemies. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it clear that no power in the world can stop him and his goal.

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