Another Russian general is killed! Ukraine launched a surprise attack and blew up the headquarters of the Russian 8th Army!!
Russia's special military operation in Ukraine entered the 24th day, and just as Russia and Ukraine were at a stalemate, the Ukrainian side announced another unfavorable news to Russia - another Russian general was killed, and the headquarters of the army group was also destroyed.
On March 18, the Ukrainian UKR website reported that after the Russian army seized the Chernobayevka airport in the Kherson region of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military successfully launched a surprise attack on the airport, destroying the headquarters of the 8th Army group of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation and killing the commander of the army group.
Alexei Alesse Arestović, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, announced the news, "The Russians used Chernobayevka airport as their headquarters and aircraft parking place, and the Ukrainian armed forces once again attacked the airport." Preliminary data show that the advanced command of the 8th Joint Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation has been destroyed and the commander has died. Perhaps not only him, but also several other Russian generals were killed. ”
If Ukraine claims that the information is true, it is the fifth Russian general killed by Ukraine since the beginning of the war. The information plunged the Ukrainian media into a collective frenzy, with about 24 media outlets covering it.
Ukrainian media pointed out that the death was caused by Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev, commander of the 8th United Armed Forces Group of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Lieutenant General Morvichev was also a brave and warlike soldier, who won many military awards and the "Return of Crimea" medal for his bravery in crimea. The Russian 8th Army was stationed in Novocherkask, Rostov Oblast, and was mainly responsible for combat operations in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the direction of Donbass.
This is the second large-scale Ukrainian attack on the airport since Kherson Airport was taken by Russia. On March 16, CNN reported that Ukrainian forces had launched airstrikes against Russian troops at Kherson airport, and satellite images showed that Kherson airport was shrouded in a large amount of black smoke, a number of Russian military helicopters were blown up, and dozens of military vehicles could be seen around the airport.
According to Ukrainian media claims, since the start of the war on February 24, russian troops have lost more than 14,000 soldiers, as well as 450 tanks and more than 100 fighter jets and helicopters, after four generals have been killed in Russia.
On March 4, the Ukrainian armed forces announced the killing of Major General Sukhovecki, russia's first general and deputy commander of the 41st Army, and on March 11, Major General Andrei Kolesnikov, commander of the 29th Army of the Russian Eastern Military District, was killed. On March 15, the Ukrainian newspaper Pravda reported that a special unit of the Azov Battalion reported the killing of General Oleg Mitiev, commander of the elite Russian 150th Motorized Infantry Division. In addition, Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of Russia, was also declared dead by Ukraine. In addition, Ukraine announced that it had killed more than a dozen colonels and lieutenant colonel commanders of the Russian army.
At present, Russia's propaganda on Ukraine has not made a positive response, and the "sacrifice of 5 Russian generals" does not rule out that it is a deception tactic of Ukrainian public opinion.
