Summary:
- A high-ranking Russian general, Major General Vladimir Zavadsky, has been reported killed in Ukraine, marking the seventh Russian general lost in the conflict, though the Kremlin has not officially confirmed the deaths of its top officials in the ongoing invasion.
A high-ranking Russian general has been killed in Ukraine, Alexander Gusev, the governor of Russia’s Voronezh region, said on Monday.
Major General Vladimir Zavadsky, deputy commander of Russia’s 14th Army Corps, died “at a combat post in the [war in Ukraine],” Gusev said on his Telegram channel, without elaborating.
News of his death had been reported some days earlier by Ukrainian military officer Colonel Anatoly Stefan, on November 28, but hadn’t been confirmed by Russian officials. The Kremlin rarely confirms the deaths of its top-ranking officials. The cause wasn’t immediately clear, but some Russian Telegram channels said that Zavadsky blown up by a landmine in Ukraine. This publication has contacted Russia’s Defense Ministry for comment by email.
Russia has lost a number of high-ranking officers and generals in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Zavadsky was reportedly the seventh Russian general to be killed in Ukraine, according to the “Mozhem Obyasnit” (We Can Explain) Russian Telegram news channel.
Independent Russian-language news outlet Mediazona previously reported that, by June 2, at least four Russian generals, 58 colonels and 176 lieutenant colonels had been killed since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine was launched in February 2022. That figure included Major General Kanamat Botashev, Major General Vladimir Frolov, Major General Roman Kutuzov and Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky.
