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Another Russian general was killed in Ukraine

Russian Lt. Gen. Vladimir Frolov, deputy commander of the 8th Army, was buried Saturday after being killed in a battle in Ukraine, according to Forbes, citing Russian state media, making him the eighth Russian general to be killed in Moscow. with what the Ukrainians report.

Frolov was buried in a St. Petersburg cemetery, according to the Russian news agency TASS.

St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said Frolov had fought in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, TASS reported, without giving further details.

Some of the generals killed were veterans of Russian operations in Georgia and Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported, depriving the Kremlin of experienced commanders.

By the end of March, about 14 Russian generals and senior colonels had been claimed to have been killed, a remarkable death toll that may have disrupted Russian operations on the front lines.

An unnamed Pentagon official said on March 25 that “we are not surprised that there are [Ρώσοι] generals on the battlefield “and vulnerable to Ukrainian fire. The official said the Russians” do not give much responsibility “to junior officers and” do not have a corps of non-commissioned officers “.

Source: Capital

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