Valery Gerasimov, Russian army’s chief of staff, was flown out of Izyum near Kharkiv with shrapnel wounds. The top military commander had been sent to the region to take personal control of push to grab territory . Conflict in the region has intensified even further in recent weeks amid Russia’s assault in eastern Ukraine . Kharviv is also where Russia’s ninth general, Andrei Simonov, 55, was killed in a Ukrainian attack yesterday. Gerasimov was taken to Belgorod, where Russian military site was hit today in a suspected Ukrainian strike . Meanwhile in Mariupol, around 100 Ukrainian civilians have been evacuated from Azovstal steel plant. The city has been decimated by Russian airstrikes and around 1,000 civilians remain trapped in the plant . A Ukrainian university claimed the cost of rebuilding the nation now stands at more than £70billion.
siehe dazu auch: NINTH Russian general is ‘killed in Ukraine’: Kyiv claims to have taken out yet another senior officer as Putin tries to conquer the east. Major General Andrey Simonov slain, Ukraine Army sources tell Zelensky adviser. Simonov would be the ninth and youngest Russian general killed during invasion. Strike near city of Izyum, northeastern Kharkiv region also took out 30 vehicles. Average one Russian general killed each week during Putin’s failed excursion (…) Simonov died in a devastating fightback by the Ukrainians against a Russian offensive. Simonov led electronic warfare within the 2nd Combined Arms Army and is a former cyber commander of the Western Military District. Footage of the strike on the Izyum command post on April 29 was re-shared after it emerged Simonov may have been killed. The Ukrainian Army said it destroyed 30 Russian vehicles during the artillery assault. Simonov’s alleged killing adds to the 36 colonels and more than 300 Russian officers who have died in Ukraine so far.