Contents tagged with Russian Generals Killed in Ukraine

  • Another Russian general killed in Ukraine

    Another Russian general has been killed in Ukraine, Russian state media has reported.

    General Roman Kutuzov was killed during a battle in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine.

     "The commander of the 1st Army Corps of the Donetsk People's Republic, Major-General Roman Kutuzov, has been officially de-Nazified and demilitarized," Ukraine's armed forces said in a statement on social media. The post pokes fun at the Kremlin’s rhetoric that the “special military operation” in Ukraine is aimed at “ …

  • Retired Russian Major General killed in skies over Ukraine

    Retired Major General of the Russian Air Force, Kanamat Botashev, was reportedly killed in the skies over Ukraine when his Sukhoi Su-25 was shot down by a Stinger MANPADS on May 22nd in the Luhansk region.

    It is unclear how the 63-year-old retired general found himself carrying out combat operations in Ukraine. Some speculate that his participation signifies the difficulty of the Russian Air Force’s missions over Ukraine, or that it indicates that there is a lack of high-quality pilots in …