Major General Sergei Goryachev, 52, is reported to be killed in a missile strike on 12 June 2023 - Courtesy
MOSCOW, Russia
A Russian
general leading troops in southern Ukraine has been killed in a
missile strike, a pro-Russian military blogger has claimed.
One of the most prominent
Russian bloggers, Voenkor Kotenok, said that the senior Russian officer was
killed as troops of Russia’s Fifth Army were forced to leave Makarivka in
southern Donetsk, where Ukraine has liberated a number of villages in their counteroffensive.
With 423,000 subscribers, the
blogger said in a Telegram post that “as a result of an enemy missile attack,
the Chief of Staff of the 35th Combined Arms Army, Major General Sergei
Goryachev, was killed.”
Meanwhile, Russia launched
a “massive”
attack overnight on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, killing at
least six people and wounding 25 others.
“Unfortunately, there are
already six dead. The rescue operation continues,” city mayor Oleksandr Vilkul
said on the Telegram messaging app.
At least 10 out of 14 cruise
missiles and one out of four Iranian-made drones fired by Russia were downed by
Ukraine’s air forces, the country’s top military command said.
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