A top Russian officer has been reported killed in a Ukrainian missile strike during Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Russian forces, a Russian-backed official in Ukraine has said.
He was Chief of Staff of Russia's 35th Army.A top Russian officer has been reported killed in a Ukrainian missile strike during Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Russian forces, a Russian-backed official in Ukraine has said, offering his condolences.
There was no immediate confirmation of the news of Goryachev's death from the Russian Defence Ministry.During his career, he fought in the Second Chechen War, commanded a tank brigade, oversaw a Russian military base in Tajikistan and led Russian forces in Moldova’s breakaway pro-Russian region of Transdniestria, according to the Reuters news agency.If confirmed, the death of Goryachev marks the first Russian senior officer killed in Ukraine in almost a year.
The meeting, in which Putin said Ukraine had suffered"catastrophic" losses in its counteroffensive, comes amid"widespread discontent in the Russian information space" following drone attacks on Russian territory and border incursions by pro-Ukrainian but Russian armed groups, a leading war monitor said on Wednesday.
"Putin is likely setting information conditions to prevent potential lines of attack against the Kremlin in the event of Russian failure" in Ukraine, the ISW said, adding that the Russian president may be aware"that committed pro-war figures" and the influence of military blogging are"his key constituency as he calls on the Russian public to prepare for a protracted war in Ukraine".
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