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During the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], an unusual number of generals in the Russian forces, including the [[Russian Armed Forces]] and the [[National Guard of Russia]], have been reported [[killed in action]] by Ukrainian officials. However, this figure is impossible to verify, and the Russians have only confirmed a single general's death and single senior naval commander.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220328-deaths-of-generals-expose-russia-s-troubles-in-ukraine|title=Deaths of generals expose Russia's troubles in Ukraine|website=France24|date=28 March 2022}}</ref> "Even if we are talking about two generals, that's a big deal," noted one analyst.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reuters |date=2022-03-23 |title=Russia's military hit by high-ranking losses in Ukraine |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-military-hit-by-high-ranking-losses-ukraine-2022-03-23/ |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref>
During the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], an unusual number of generals in the Russian forces, including the [[Russian Armed Forces]] and the [[National Guard of Russia]], have been reported [[killed in action]] by Ukrainian officials. The total figure is currently unverified, and the Russians have only confirmed a single general's death and single senior naval commander.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220328-deaths-of-generals-expose-russia-s-troubles-in-ukraine|title=Deaths of generals expose Russia's troubles in Ukraine|website=France24|date=28 March 2022}}</ref> "Even if we are talking about two generals, that's a big deal," noted one analyst.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reuters |date=2022-03-23 |title=Russia's military hit by high-ranking losses in Ukraine |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-military-hit-by-high-ranking-losses-ukraine-2022-03-23/ |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref>


== List ==
== List ==

Revision as of 01:49, 30 March 2022

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, an unusual number of generals in the Russian forces, including the Russian Armed Forces and the National Guard of Russia, have been reported killed in action by Ukrainian officials. The total figure is currently unverified, and the Russians have only confirmed a single general's death and single senior naval commander.[1] "Even if we are talking about two generals, that's a big deal," noted one analyst.[2]

List

Lieutenant generals (two star), equivalent to major generals in the US, Canadian and British militaries, are the highest-ranking Russian officers killed in the war. Russian major generals (one star), equivalent to brigadier generals in the US and Canadian militaries and brigadiers in the British military,[3] are the lower ranking.

Listing in chronological order based on reporting.

Name Rank Date reported Notes
Magomed Tushayev Major General 26 February 2022[4] Disputed - Commander of the Chechen units of the National Guard of Russia; killed during an SBU Alpha Group ambush at a convoy around Hostomel, northwest Kyiv.[5] His death claim was made by Ukrainian military and Daily Mail. This is disputed by the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov who posted a video said to show Tushayev alive[6][7] and Chechnya media which posted video said to be Tushayev denying his death on 16 March 2022.[8]
Andrey Sukhovetsky Major General 1 March 2022[9] Deputy commander, 41st Combined Arms Army. Shot by a sniper at Hostomel[10][11] on 28 February 2022.[12][13] Had previously been involved in the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war, and 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.[14] His death was reported by a retired Russian intelligence officer on Twitter on 1 March[9] and by Russian news source Pravda.ru on 3 March 2022.[15]
Vitaly Gerasimov Major General 8 March 2022[16] Chief of staff of the 41st Combined Arms Army. Allegedly killed outside Kharkiv. Had previously been involved in the Second Chechen War, Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war, and 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.[14] CNN said it had not independently verified Gerasimov's death and US officials had not confirmed it.[17]
Andrei Kolesnikov Major General 11 March 2022[18] Commander of the 29th Combined Arms Army.[14]
Oleg Mityaev Major General 15 March 2022[14][19] Commander of the Russian Army's 150th Motorized Rifle Division. Killed somewhere near Mariupol.[14]
Yakov Rezantsev Lieutenant General 25 March 2022 Commander of Russia's 49th Combined Arms Army. Ukrainian officials claimed he was killed as a result of a Ukrainian strike on the command post of 49th Russian Army in Chornobayivka airfield in the Kherson Raion.[20][21]

Analysis

The number of Russian generals killed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine suggests that the poor performance of the Russian military requires that high-ranking officers put themselves at risk in an effort to achieve military objectives.[22][18] Analysts believe that Ukrainian armed forces are deliberately targeting high-ranking officers.[14] In addition to these flag officers, an unusual number of senior officers have been killed by Ukrainian forces; as of 23 March, this reportedly amounted to 'dozens of colonels and other officers'.[23] That same day, The Times counted 5 Russian colonels (Полко́вник polkóvnik, the next rank under major general) killed in Ukraine so far, including Alexei (Aleksei) Sharov during the Siege of Mariupol.[24] A staffer in the office of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Wall Street Journal that a unit of Ukrainian military intelligence sought out information on upper-level Russian officers, such as generals, artillery commanders, and pilots.[3][14]

The Russian military is top-heavy, with generals playing a larger role in day-to-day operations than in other militaries,[14][3][25] with Russian battalion commanders being given more authority only three years before the 2022 invasion.[14] According to both analysts[14] and Western officials,[26] Russia deployed approximately 20 general officers to Ukraine,[14][26] of whom seven have been killed.[21] Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, described the number of Russian generals killed as "a shocking number."[26] David Petraeus remarked that it is "very very uncommon" for so many generals to be killed and that the Ukrainian military was "picking them off left and right."[27] The situation has been characterized as generals "killed at a rate not seen since World War II".[28]

The deaths of Russian officers on the front line has been attributed to a number of Russian vulnerabilities in Ukraine, including the use of unsecured communications and the movement of officers to the front line to boost flagging morale as well as address discipline issues such as looting.[14][26][25][28] The use of unsecured phones has been attributed to the failure of Russia's secure telephone technology system, Era.[29] In mid-March 2022, two U.S. military officials told the New York Times that Russian generals in Ukraine frequently had conversations on unsecured phones and radios, and that in at least one instance, a general and his staff were killed after the Ukrainians intercepted a call, geolocated it, and attacked the location.[26]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Deaths of generals expose Russia's troubles in Ukraine". France24. 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ Reuters (23 March 2022). "Russia's military hit by high-ranking losses in Ukraine". Reuters. Retrieved 29 March 2022. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ a b c Mauldin, William; Grove, Thomas; Pancevski, Bojan (16 March 2022). "Four Russian Generals Killed in Three Weeks Show Moscow's Vulnerabilities in Ukraine". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ^ Weinthal, Benjamin (1 March 2022). "Pro-Putin Chechen general who led 'gay purge' killed in Ukraine". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. ^ "The subdivision of the National Guard Forces Command of the Chechen Republic is destroyed near Kiev, commander of the regiment Tushaev is killed - Ministry of Defense of Ukraine". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. ^ Ling, Justin (26 February 2022). "Russia Tries to Terrorize Ukraine with Images of Chechen Soldiers". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Kadyrov denied rumors about destruction of Chechen military in Ukraine". Silkway. 26 February 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Магомед Тушаев: «Я тот, кого «трусливые зайцы» в интернете назвали мертвым» (+видео)" (in Russian). 16 March 2022.
  9. ^ a b Anna Mukhina; Mark Krutov (3 March 2022). ""Звоните в ФСБ". В Россию пошли первые "похоронки"". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Russian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  10. ^ Wiehe, Noelle (4 March 2022). "Russian general killed in Ukraine fighting, Putin confirms". Coffee Or Die. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  11. ^ Demerly, Tom (4 March 2022). "Reports: Russian airborne forces commander killed by sniper in Hostomel". The Aviationist. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  12. ^ "АНДРЕЙ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ СУХОВЕЦКИЙ 25.06.1974 – 28.02.2022 г." (in Russian). Союз Десантников России [Union of Russian Paratroopers]. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Russian major general killed in Ukraine at end of February". CNN. 10 March 2022. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Tobias, Ben (16 March 2022). "War in Ukraine: Fourth Russian general killed - Zelensky". BBC News. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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  16. ^ Borger, Julian (8 March 2022). "Vitaly Gerasimov: second Russian general killed, Ukraine defence ministry claims". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  17. ^ Picheta, Rob; Guy, Jack (9 March 2022). "Ukraine claims Russian general has been killed in Kharkiv". CNN. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  18. ^ a b "Russian generals face peril as Ukraine invasion intensfies". France 24. 8 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  19. ^ Naughton, Philippe (16 March 2022). "Fourth Russian General Killed in Ukraine as Putin's Losses Mount". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  20. ^ "Sodan nopeaa päätöstä luvanneen kenraalin sanotaan kuolleen" (in Finnish). Verkkouutiset. 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  21. ^ a b Kesaieva, Yulia (25 March 2022). "Ukrainian army says Russian general has been killed in Kherson fighting". CNN. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  22. ^ Cullison, Alan; Osipovich, Alexander (11 March 2022). "Russian General Is Killed in Ukraine as Airstrikes Intensify". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  23. ^ Reuters (23 March 2022). "Russia's military hit by high-ranking losses in Ukraine". Reuters. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  24. ^ Parker, Charlie (23 March 2022). "Russian commander killed in Mariupol is 15th top-brass loss". The Times. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  25. ^ a b Detsch, Jack. "'Winging It': Russia Is Getting Its Generals Killed on the Front Lines". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  26. ^ a b c d e Cooper, Helene; Barnes, Julian E.; Schmitt, Eric (16 March 2022). "As Russian Troop Deaths Climb, Morale Becomes an Issue, Officials Say". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  27. ^ "Video: Retired Gen. Petraeus explains how Ukrainians are taking out Russian generals - CNN Video". Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  28. ^ a b Booth, William; Dixon, Robyn; Stern, David L. (26 March 2022). "Russian generals are getting killed at an extraordinary rate". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  29. ^ Borger, Julian (8 March 2022). "Vitaly Gerasimov: second Russian general killed, Ukraine defence ministry claims". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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