At least 7 generals: how many officers have lost the Armed Forces in Ukraine during the Armed Forces counter -offensive

Thus, journalists estimated that in the first 4 months of a full -scale war in Ukraine Russia lost at least 4 generals. These are Andriy Sukhovetsky, Vladimir Frolov, Kanamat Botashev and Roman Kutuzov. After that, there were no casualties in the highest level of Russian officers for almost a year. From June to October 2023 - that is, during the counter -offensive of Ukraine - the Russian side lost at least 413 officers, including 44 servicemen in rank from the lieutenant colonel and two generals.

Among them is the chief of staff of the 35th Russian Army Army Major General Sergey Goryachov and Deputy Commander Southern Military District, Lieutenant General Oleg Tsovkov. Also in November 2023 it became known that Major General Vladimir Zavadsky was killed. The circumstances of his death are unknown. According to one version, he exploded on a mini RF in the rear. Another general - however, was deprived of this rank by court decision - died in Ukraine at the end of 2023.

It is about Igor Trifonov's exgeneral Major. In 2022 he was sentenced to 9 years in prison for bribes and illegal storage of weapons. According to relatives, the Trifon colony went to the front, where he died. "It is important that the loss of a large part of the officers did not lead to panic or serious disorganization in the ranks of the Russian military.

The Kremlin managed to win the time required to train new junior officers - both recent graduates of military universities and mobilized specialists. They were able to provide The degree of coherence and interaction of different units is required, "the BBC writes.

As previously reported by the BBC, Ukrainian sources also informed about the death of another 7 Russian generals, but at least 3 of them - Magomed Tushaev, Vitaliy Gerasimov and Andriy Mordvichev - were alive, which was confirmed by video recordings and their participation in hostilities in Ukraine. We will remind, about the death of Major-General Vladimir Zavadsky became known on November 28.