
BBC News Russian later reported he was still alive.

ĭeath disputed by the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who posted a video said to show Tushayev alive, and a Chechen-based media outlet that posted a video of Tushayev denying his death on 16 March 2022. The reported deaths of four Russian generals have been rebutted.Ĭlaimed killed during an SBU Alpha Group ambush of a convoy around Hostomel, northwest of Kyiv. Killed in an artillery strike on a command post of the 2nd Combined Arms Army, in the vicinity of occupied Izium.

Ĭhief of Electronic Warfare Troops, 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army No information about his death was released prior to the notice of his funeral at Serafimovskoe Cemetery, St. ĭeputy Commander, 8th Guards Combined Arms Army Ukrainian officials claimed he was killed as a result of a Ukrainian strike on the command post of the 49th Combined Arms Army in the Chornobaivka airfield in the Kherson Raion. Ĭommander, 150th Motorized Rifle Division His death was reported by a retired Russian intelligence officer on Twitter on 1 March and by Russian online tabloid on 3 March 2022. Had previously been involved in the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war, and 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea. Shot by a sniper at Hostomel on 28 February 2022.

Ukraine has claimed the deaths of five additional generals, two of which have not been named, which Russia has neither confirmed nor denied.ĭeputy Commander, 41st Combined Arms Army Russia has confirmed the death of five generals. This has been attributed to Russian senior commanders going to the field to address "difficulties in command and control" and "faltering Russian performance on the front line", insecure communication by Russian forces, and United States military intelligence that allowed the Ukrainians to target Russian officers. The scale of these losses is unprecedented since World War II. Although four of the Ukrainian claims were rebutted, the loss of even two general officers is rare. As of 12 June 2023, Ukrainian sources claimed that 14 Russian generals had been killed during the invasion, while Russian sources have confirmed five deaths.
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A number of Russian generals have been killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
