The Ukrainian high command announced the death of Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev, who it has been reported was killed when local forces struck an airfield in the region of Kherson.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev, commander of the 8th General Army of the Southern Military District of Russia's Armed Forces, had been killed.
The statement did not say where he died but ex-presidential candidate adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said he was killed when Ukrainian forces struck an airfield in Chornobayivka, in Kherson region, Interfax Ukraine reported.⚡️ Armed Forces report another Russian general dead. According to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Russian Lieutenant-General Andrei Mordvichev, who commanded the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, was killed in action in southern Ukraine.has contacted for comment, has not confirmed Mordvichev's death in keeping with most previous claims by Ukraine of the deaths of several generals.
Ukraine's claims about the deaths of generals on the battlefield give Kyiv a significant public relations coup. Ukraine has said that as many as 14,000 Russian troops have died, although the U.S. estimates this number to be closer to 7,000. However, Kyiv has been boasting about the demise of some of Putin's most senior figures in the war, which started on February 24.Major General Oleg Mityaev, who commanded the 150th motorized rifle division, which he had led since 2020.
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