The Ukraine Defence Ministry announced the death of Russian Major General Vitaly Gerasimov on Monday, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to worsen. Russian general Gerasimov was killed on Monday, March 7 during the fight of Kharkiv, according to Ukraine’s Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Defense Ministry.
Gerasimov, according to the Ukrainian authorities, engaged in Russian military operations in Syria and Chechnya, as well as taking part in the 2014 takeover of Crimea.
On Monday, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry confirmed the death of Russian Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, saying, “Another loss among the senior command staff of the occupying army. During the fighting near Kharkiv, Vitaly Gerasimov, a Russian military leader, major general, chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of Russia, was killed. A number of senior Russian army officers were also killed and wounded.”
The general was killed in battle in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, where Russian soldiers have been present since the invasion began. However, on this, Russia has yet to comment.
On Tuesday, Putin’s Russia proclaimed a ceasefire in five Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Mariupol, in order to enable humanitarian corridors for executing evacuation plans. Russia also called for constant contact between the two parties in order to share information about the evacuation’s planning and execution.
