Another Russian general killed amid invasion, Russian official says

The governor of St. Petersburg verified that another Russian normal has been killed amid the invasion of Ukraine, honoring him in a ceremony on Saturday, Russian media noted.

The deputy commander of the 8th Army, Maj. Gen. Vladimir Petrovich Frolov, died even though preventing from Ukraine, Russian information shops reported, citing St. Petersburg’s administration’s press service.

“Today we say goodbye to a genuine hero. Vladimir Petrovich Frolov died a heroic dying in struggle with Ukrainian nationalists,” Governor Alexander Beglov claimed, Russian condition information agency Tass reported, citing the push company.

“He sacrificed his life so that little ones, women and the aged in the Donbas would no extended hear bomb explosions. To halt waiting for dying and leaving household , to say goodbye as if it ended up the final time.”

The governor referred to as Frolov a “true patriot” and “brave,” introducing he “fulfilled his navy and human obligation,” according to St. Petersburg online newspaper Fontanka.

Many other Russian generals and top rated military personnel have reportedly been killed midst Russia’s ongoing invasion versus its neighbor, which include deputy commander of the 41st Mixed Arms Army of the Central Navy District Andrei Sukhovetsky Maj. Gen. Vitaly Gerasimov, Lt. Gen Yakov Rezantsev and Col. Sergei Sukharev, commander of the elite 331st Guards Airborne Regiment.

Russia, unsuccessful in its initial tries to capture Kyiv, is now readying by itself for a renewed offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned in an job interview with Ukrainian media that negotiations amongst Russia and Ukraine could sunset if Russia kills the remaining Ukrainian forces in Mariupol.

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