President Zelensky’s military adviser said another Russian general was killed in an attack near Izyum. It would be Andrei Simonov, the leader in electronic warfare. As many as a hundred Russian soldiers were also said to have died.
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Earlier, the Ukrainian military released these drone footage of an attack near Izyum:
This news could not be independently confirmed. If true, Simonov is already the tenth general to lose Russia on the battlefield.
The main target was reportedly Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian General Staff. As commander-in-chief, he coordinates the offensive in the Donbas. At the time of the offensive, however, he would have already returned to Russia.
Military facility on fire in Russia
In western Russia, not far from the border with Ukraine, another military facility has caught fire. This was announced by the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkow, via Telegram. Someone who lived close to the facility was injured.
Recently there have been regular shelling in that area, according to Moscow they come from Ukraine. At the beginning of April, an oil storage facility in Belgorod was already bombed. Grenades also flew at targets in Kursk and Bryansk on Saturday. Kiev dismisses the news as “Russian provocation” to have an excuse to launch missiles.
In the Kursk region, a railway bridge also partially collapsed. The governor stated in a video message that sabotage is assumed. According to the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, an investigation has been launched to trace the perpetrators and bring them to justice. They struck near Suja, near the Ukrainian border, on the railway to Sosnovi Bor.
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