British Defense Intelligence said Friday General-Major Sergei Goryachev 'was almost certainly killed' earlier this week in southern Ukraine.
Goryachev's reported death, Defence Intelligence wrote,"continues a war record which has been both difficult and controversial for 35th CAA: in March 2022 elements of the army were present during the massacre of civilians in Bucha, and in June 2022 the force was largely wiped out near [Izyum]."
"With 35 CAA's nominated commander, General-Lieutenant Alexandr Sanchik, reported to be filling a gap in a higher HQ, there is a realistic possibility that Goryachev was the acting army commander at the time of his death," the body added."Goryachev is the first Russian general confirmed killed in Ukraine since the start of 2023."
A Ukrainian serviceman stands on a tank at a position near the front line in Kharkiv region, on June 15, 2023. Ukrainian forces have launched their long-awaited counteroffensive at several points along the 800-mile front.It is not yet confirmed what weapon was used in the strike that killed Goryachev, though some pro-Kremlin military bloggers reported that a British-made Storm Shadow cruise missile was employed.
Russia suffered a slew of senior officers killed in 2022 as Moscow's armies were turned back from the edge of Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson in successive major battlefield defeats from spring through to winter. The anti-Kremlin Russian-language news outlet Mediazona has, as of June 2, counted four Russian generals, 58 colonels and 176 lieutenant colonels killed in Ukraine since February 24, 2022.Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language:
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