Russia has confirmed the death of 10 generals so far. Among them, Andrey Sukhovetsky, deputy commander of the 41st Army, was killed in action while commanding a counterattack near Antonov Airport on February 28, 2022, just four days after the start of the war.
Kanamat Botashev, major general of the Wagner Group, was killed in Lukhansk on May 22, 2022. Vladimir Frolov, major general of the 8th Army, was killed during the fierce battle with the Ukrainian Azov Battalion in Mariupol on March 10, 2022.
At that time, the Ukrainian forces attacked the command vehicle of the 8th Army headquarters, claiming to have killed the commander of the 8th Army, Andrei Morderovich, and Deputy Commander Frolov. However, it was later proven that the commander of the 8th Army, Andrei Morderovich, was not dead, and at that time, it was the deputy commander who died in action.
Roman Kutuzov, major general of the 8th Army, who also served as commander of the 1st Army Corps, was killed by a remote strike on the command post during the Lysychansk campaign on June 5, 2022.
Sergey Goryachev, chief of staff of the 35th Army, was killed in a remote attack by HIMARS rockets on the headquarters of the 35th Army in Zaporizhzhia on June 12, 2023.
Oleg Zokov, lieutenant general, Hero of Russia, recipient of three Courage Medals, and deputy commander of the Southern Military District, was killed in a missile strike on the headquarters of the 58th Army in the Zaporizhzhia front on July 11, 2023. At that time, Ukraine claimed to have killed the commander of the 58th Army, Popov, but in fact, Popov was not in the command post; it was Lieutenant General Oleg Zokov of the Southern Military District who was killed.
Vladimir Zavatsky, deputy commander of the 14th Army, was killed in action in Kherson on November 28, 2023. Pavel Klimenko, commander of the 5th Motorized Infantry Brigade, was killed by a drone attack on November 6, 2024. Medical diagnosis showed that Klimenko had multiple fractures and head injuries.
Oleg Zokov, lieutenant general, Hero of Russia, recipient of three Courage Medals, and deputy commander of the Southern Military District, died in a missile strike on the headquarters of the 58th Army in Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on July 11, 2023. At that time, Ukraine claimed to have killed the commander of the 58th Army, Popov, but in fact, Popov was not in the command post; it was Lieutenant General Oleg Zokov of the Southern Military District who was killed.
The two most recent deaths of Russian generals, Major General Yaroslav Moskalik of the General Staff Operations Department and Major General Igor Kirillov of the Troops for Protection Against Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Threats (Three Armies Command), were both assassinated by the Ukrainian Intelligence Bureau while carrying out missions in Moscow.
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