Vitaly Gerasimov

2022 - 3 - 8

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Ukraine says it killed a 2nd top Russian general, intercepted FSB call (Business Insider)

Maj. Gen. Vitaly Gerasimov, the first deputy commander of Russia's 41st army, was killed in Kharkiv on Monday, Ukraine's defense ministry said.

"We never wanted this war, but it was brought to us," Zelensky said. Christo Grozev, the executive director of the open-source investigative outlet Bellingcat, tweeted Monday that a Russian source had confirmed Gerasimov's death. "Can you get on a secure channel?"

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A SECOND Russian army general is killed in Ukraine in yet another ... (Daily Mail)

Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, 45, was killed on Monday, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine's defence ministry said in a statement.

The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers are expected to meet in Turkey on Thursday. Their deaths came as Ukrainian forces battled to reclaim Chuhuiv from Russian control. 'You saw everything, you know everything, I beg you not to invent anything. Thank you for your life.' Russia's 41st Combined Arms Army is a field army of the Russian Ground Forces, and is currently a part of the Central Military District. The death of Sukhovetsky, who also took part in Russia's military campaign in Syria, is also a major blow to the Russian military. Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky, 47, deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, was also killed in Ukraine last week According to reports, Gerasimov was the son of Valery Gerasimov - the Chief of General Staff of Russia's armed forces. Major General Vitaly Gerasimov (pictured) was the first deputy commander of Russia's 41st army, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine's defence ministry said in a statement Ukrainian forces have killed a Russian general near the besieged city of Kharkiv, the second Russian senior commander to die in Vladimir Putin's invasion of the country. Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, 45, was killed on Monday, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine's defence ministry said in a statement. - His death represents a second major blow to the Russian army after Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky was reportedly killed by a sniper on Feb. 28

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Ukrainian Intelligence Claims Senior Russian General Killed Near ... (Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty)

Ukrainian intelligence says a top Russian military officer has been killed in fighting near the city of Kharkiv and has released what it says are ...

Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to close the UN? And the time of international law is gone?" Vereshchuk said late on April 6 that 1,171 people were evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol, and 2,515 more left the cities of Berdyansk and Melitopol and several smaller cities and towns in the south. "What we've seen in Bucha is not the random act of a rogue unit. He said the United Nations must take a hard look at itself and ask whether the time of international law is over. Britain also announced a ban on investment in Russia and a freeze on the assets of Credit Bank of Moscow and Sberbank, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said. Many in the town of Derhachi, which lies just north of Kharkiv, have decided to leave while they can. Most of the 160,000 remaining residents have no light, communication, medicine, heat, or water, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that while Bucha was under Russian control "not a single local person has suffered from any violent action." Malofeyev remains at large and is believed to be in Russia. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer to speak on his behalf, the AP reported. Concentration of political power and accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few must be reversed if this country is to prosper," Toqaev wrote. The fact of the matter is, I can't speak on Russian television," he said. The sanctions "are pushing up the price of energy.

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Who was Vitaly Gerasimov? Ukrainian forces kill second Russian ... (MEAWW)

Ukrainian intelligence claimed that Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, the Chief of Staff with Russia's 41st Combined Arms Army, was eliminated outside ...

Meanwhile, Gerasimov's death is yet to be announced officially by the Russian Ministry of Defence but was confirmed by Ukrainian Defence Ministry. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed the country's army and civilian resistance, claiming that the war had turned out to be a "nightmare" for Russia. The Kremlin-backed Pravda has confirmed that Sukhovetsky was killed "during a special operation in Ukraine". Sukhovetsky's death has not been officially confirmed by Russia's Ministry of Defence but was announced on social media by his colleague Sergey Chipilyov. It was also reported by several Russian and Ukrainian news outlets. He was also awarded a special medal for his military contribution during the Annexation of Crimea. I still don’t get it what Russians are hoping for in this war." If the claim is true, Gerasimov would be Russia's second army general killed by Ukrainian forces within barely a few days.

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A second Russian general has reportedly been killed in Ukraine (Task & Purpose)

Russia's Maj. Gen. Vitaly Gerasimov, the chief of staff of the 41st Combined Arms Army, has reportedly been killed in Ukraine.

It’s also unclear how many civilians have been caught in the crossfire. They didn’t have the supplies to sustain those units as they moved forwards, and their logistics convoys have been heavily targeted.” Of course,” Vindman said of Sukhovetsky’s death. A senior defense official who briefed reporters on Tuesday could not confirm that Gerasimov had been killed. It’s probably a bigger morale loss than anything else, an indication of how tough things are going.” The news of Gerasimov’s death is based on intercepted “expletive-ridden phone conversations” between Russian officials, according to BBC News. In one phone call, the officials “complain that secure communication lines have been lost,” BBC reports, and in another, Russian officials reportedly said Gerasimov was killed and other Russian troops were wounded.

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Russia-Ukraine crisis: Russian Major General, Vitaly Gerasimov ... (Idoma Voice)

The Ukrainian forces have killed Vitaly Gerasimov, a Russian Major General while fighting around Kharkiv on Monday. This was revealed by Ukraine's Chief ...

Mr Gerasimov is the first deputy commander of Russia’s 41st army. On February 28, Andrei Sukhovetsky, Another Russian general who was a deputy commander of the 41st Army, was killed fighting near Mariupol. The Ukrainian forces have killed Vitaly Gerasimov, a Russian Major General while fighting around Kharkiv on Monday.

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Did Ukraine kill Russian military chief Gerasimov's relative? (TRT World)

Ukraine claims its forces killed Russian Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, who has the same surname as that of the Russian army chief.

This is the leading major general of the Russian army near Kharkiv-Vitaly Gerasimov, born in Kazan and nephew Chief of Staff Gerasimov— cyber cossack (@CossackCyber) https://t.co/mdG6IudJBY March 7, 2022 There is even a “Gerasimov doctrine” named for this military approach. His international fame, however, is based on a misunderstanding. The older Gerasimov has attained mythic status. This is huge - Russian general killed along with a host of top officers sent to Ukraine to fix the invasion. The killing of Russian Major General Vitaly Gerasimov in Ukraine, as claimed by Kiev, has led many people on the social media to question if he was a relative of Russian army chief Valery Gerasimov.

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FSB Officer Caught Lamenting Death of Vitaly Gerasimov in ... (Daily Beast)

War reporters Emil Filtenborg and Stefan Weichert made a desperate escape after a gunman opened fire at them without warning, leaving them both bleeding ...

The boss says Era is not working.” Grozev went on: “His boss, who makes a looong pause when he hears the news of Gerassimov’s death (before swearing), is Dmitry Shevchenko, a senior FSB officer from Tula. We identified him by searching for his phone (published by Ukrainian military Intel) in open source lookup apps... Thus the intercept.”

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Live updates: Russia invades Ukraine (CNN)

The United States cannot confirm Ukrainian claims to have killed Russian Maj. Gen. Vitaly Gerasimov, a senior US defense official said Tuesday.

“I would like to tell you about the 13 days of war. And you had to fight for Britain.” “It’s very contested air space, and as I’ve said before, Russians have not achieved air superiority over the whole country,” the official said. “A little bit more than 70” missiles have been fired from Belarus, and “only a half dozen or so” are coming from the Black Sea, the official added. We will continue fighting for our land, whatever the cost," he said in his comments translated by an interpreter. We will fight until the end at sea, in the air. The ministry also alluded in its statement to communication problems that it says Russia’s army is facing. "The industry has already taken significant and meaningful steps to unwind relationships, both with respect to assets in Russia, as well as imports of Russian crude oil and refined products. We will keep this under close review.” It added "We join calls for an end to this war and hope that peace, human rights, and the international rule of law will prevail.” We have also committed to donate €5m of essential Unilever products to the humanitarian relief effort.” Some context: Russia accounts for a small amount of the total energy imports into the US — about 8% last year. The White House blamed Russia’s GRU military agency for the first set of website-disrupting cyberattacks that occurred in January. Moscow denied the allegation.

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