Russian general Goryachev killed in Ukraine – Russian media
Russian propagandists have reported the alleged killing of Major General Sergei Goryachev, Chief of Staff of the 35th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces, in Ukraine.
Source: Latvia-based Russian media outlet Meduza, citing Russian military bloggers; Ukrainian Armed Forces officer Anatolii Shtefan on Facebook
Details: There is no evidence to support this information. The Russian Ministry of Defence has not commented on this.
The Russians report that Goryachev, in charge of the headquarters of the 35th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation, has been killed in a missile attack.
A Ukrainian officer said that the Ukrainian troops killed Goryachev and a number of senior officers of the headquarters of the Russian 35th Combined Arms Army on the night of 13 June.
Goryachev led the Russian military contingent in Transnistria and commanded an army base in Tajikistan and a training centre in the Russian city of Khabarovsk.
Background:
- As of May 2022, up to 10 Russian generals had been killed in Ukraine.
- In February 2023, Japanese intelligence reported that more than 20 Russian generals had been killed in Ukraine.
- Russia does not report losses in its armed forces, especially among its military leadership.
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