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A number of Russian general officers [ a] have been killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of 28 November 2023, Ukrainian sources claimed that 16 Russian generals and 1 admiral had been killed during the invasion, while Russian sources have confirmed 7 deaths. Although seven of the Ukrainian claims were rebutted, the loss of even two ...
According to BBC News Russian and the Mediazona news website, out of 61,831 Russian soldiers and contractors whose deaths they had documented by 31 July 2024, 6.17 percent (3,815) were officers, while 7.2 percent (4,442) were Motorized Rifle Troops and 4.5 percent (2,785) were members of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV).
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian authorities and armed forces have committed multiple war crimes in the form of deliberate attacks against civilian targets, [291] [292] massacres of civilians, torture and rape of women and children, [293] [294] and many indiscriminate attacks [295] [296] in
Separately, the press service of the Southern Military District said that Russian forces had killed a group of five saboteurs that morning near the village of Mityakinskaya, Rostov Oblast. The press release alleged that the saboteurs had penetrated the border from Ukraine in two infantry fighting vehicles , which were destroyed in the act. [ 394 ]
On 4 March, Valeriy Chybineyev, a sniper, was killed at the Battle of Antonov Airport. [ 7] On 6 March, Pavlo Lee, an actor and member of the Territorial Defense Forces, was killed during the Kyiv offensive. [ 8] On 7 March, Oleksandr Marchenko, a former member of the Verkhovna Rada and member of the Territorial Defense Forces was killed in a ...
The siege of Mariupol began on 24 February 2022 and lasted until 20 May, as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It saw fighting between the Russian Armed Forces (alongside the Donetsk People's Republic People's Militia) and the Ukrainian Armed Forces for control over the city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine.
An ex-Russian officer has said Vladimir Putin’s forces are ‘deteriorating’ in Ukraine as the Crimea was hit by up to 17 drones.. Igor Girkin, an imprisoned Russian nationalist, said Putin ...
— Igor Girkin, — Newspaper "Zavtra", 20 November 2014 According to an accomplice, Girkin arrived in Crimea describing himself as the "Kremlin's emissary," and soon after formed the Crimean self-defense forces. His position was above that of self-declared Crimea prime minister Sergei Aksyonov. His main task in March 2014 was the accelerated military training of the newly formed Crimean ...