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| Major General Andrey Kolesnikov |
Ukraine claims to have killed Russia's Major General Andrey Kolesnikov, the commander of Russia's Eastern Military District.
A third Russian general has been killed in Ukraine in the space of eight days in another setback for Vladimir Putin’s invasion, according to officials.
Major General Andrei Kolesnikov, of the 29th Combined Arms Army, is the latest high profile casualty in the war, Ukraine’s government announced today.
It comes four days after the killing of Major General Vitaly Gerasimov – the first deputy commander of Russia’s 41st army.
And before that, Andrei Sukhovetsky, deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, was also killed in battle.
It is thought 20 Russian generals are taking part in Moscow’s invasion, which has dragged on for longer than expected.
Day 16 into the invasion – some units are running low and fuel and supplies, as Western leaders claimed Putin had failed to secure a swift victory as expected.
Andrei Sukhovetsky, the Deputy Commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District.
Russia’s military are said to have made limited progress in the last 24 hours, although a 40 mile long convoy is now on the move again after stalling outside Kyiv for over a week.
Putin’s forces have now lost more tanks than are currently operational in entire German army.
And the death of Kolesnikov, if confirmed, will mean as many Russian Major Generals have been killed in two weeks than during the entire Syrian civil war, in which Putin helped prop up Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
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