Another Russian general killed by the Ukrainian army. Kyiv announces it, but Moscow does not confirm it: it would be Yakov Rezantsev, who died in an attack on an airport near Kherson in an area of heavy fighting. The 48yearold soldier was the commander of the 49th Combined Army of the Southern Military District and — according to some intercepted communications released by the Kiev Army — he had assured his soldiers by the fourth day of the invasion that their campaign was over “demilitarization and Denazification of Ukraine would be victorious in a few hours.
Earlier this week, the Times reports, a phone conversation between a demoralized Russian soldier and his commanding officer was released, with the former painting a bleak picture of life on the front lines, saying his unit even came under friendly fire and half her strength had frozen feet. “Rezantsev is in command here,” the soldier said in the released audio file. “Do you know what he told us? It’s no secret that there are only a few hours left for this special operation.
This adds to the list of heavy Russian casualties. He is said to be the sixth Russian general to be killed in Ukraine since the war began on February 24, according to Kyiv, which has so far claimed responsibility for the killings of generals Andrei Sukhovetsky, Andrei Kolesnikov, Vitali Guerassimov, Oleg Mitiayev and Andrei Mordvichev Has. However, Russia has so far only confirmed the deaths in Ukraine of General Sukhovetsky, the deputy commander of the 41st Army, who had served in Syria in 201819, as well as the Black Sea Fleet’s number two, Captain Andrei Palii.