Russian Generals Killed in Ukraine War

Vladimir Frolov, deputy commander of Russia's 8th Guards Combined Arms Army on Saturday. Frolov was given a military funeral in St. Petersburg's Serafimovskoe Cemetery on Saturday.

General Magomed Tushaev Tushaev, a leading Chechen special forces warlord, was killed on February 26 near Hostomel, Ukrainian authorities said. He commanded the 141th Motorised National Guard Brigade, and had been accused of leading several homophobic purges in Chechnya.

Major General Andrey Sukhovetsky Sukhovetsky was the commanding general of Russia's 7th Guards Airborne Division and deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army. He was the first reported high-ranking loss for Russia's military—said to be killed by sniper fire on February 28, according to Ukraine.

Major General Vitaly Gerasimov Gerasimov was killed outside Kharkiv on March 7, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense said. He was a one-star rank major general of the Russian Ground Forces, and was chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army at the time of his reported death.

Major General Andrei Kolesnikov Kolesnikov, another one-star rank serviceman commanding the 29th Combined Arms Army, was killed in Ukrainian territory only four days after Gersimov's death, on March 11, Ukraine's military and media reported.

Major General Oleg Mityaev Mityaev, 46, was in command of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division, which he had led since 2020. Before the Ukraine war, the division was deployed in the Rostov region, at the Ukrainian border. He fought in the Syrian civil war and in 2016 was appointed commander of a Russian military base in Tajikistan.

Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev Mordvichev reportedly died when Ukrainian forces hit an airfield in Chornobaivka, near Kherson airport, the general staff of Ukraine's army claimed in a social media post on March 19. He was the commander of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army.

Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev Rezantsev was killed in a strike near the southern city of Kherson on March 25, according to Ukraine's Defense Ministry. He was the commander of 49th Combined Arms Army.

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