Another Russian general has been killed in Ukraine. Ukrainian and Russian media report this and the news is confirmed by the military school where Major General Vladimir Zavadsky graduated. According to a count by the independent Russian news channel ‘Mediazona’, he is already the seventh general whose death Russia confirms.
Zavadski (45) died on Tuesday. According to the usually well-informed Russian Telegram channel ‘VChK-OGPU’, the man stepped on a landmine “far away from the front”, but this has not yet been officially confirmed.
The general is said to have been on his way with a group of soldiers. According to one version of events, he walked on a mine that had previously been installed by another Russian unit to surprise Ukrainian troops. ‘VChK-OGPU’ further believes that attempts are being made to attribute Zavadsky’s death to an artillery attack by the Ukrainian armed forces. This would allow him to posthumously receive the title of ‘hero’, something that would be more difficult if he had died in the rearguard.
Seventh
‘Mediazona’ calls Zavadsky the seventh general whose death Russia has confirmed. In addition to Zavadsky, this concerns one lieutenant general (Oleg Tsokov, 51) and five other major generals (Kanamat Botashev, 63; Vladimir Frolov, 55; Sergei Goryachev, 52; Roman Kutuzov, 53 and Andrei Sukhovevsky, 47).
Ukrainian security expert Maria Avdeëva follows that official count, but immediately indicates that the real number of fallen generals is probably higher. Even more. “The actual number may be the highest since World War II,” she said.
The total number of Russian casualties confirmed by public sources is 37,052 since November 17. “But the actual death toll is probably considerably higher,” according to ‘Mediazona’.
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