{"id":1358666,"date":"2022-03-04T13:11:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358666"},"modified":"2022-03-04T13:22:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:22:43","slug":"russian-media-confirms-death-of-top-general-andrei-sukhovetsky-by-ukrainian-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-media-confirms-death-of-top-general-andrei-sukhovetsky-by-ukrainian-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Media Confirms Death of Top General Andrei Sukhovetsky by Ukrainian Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-media-confirms-death-of-top-general-andrei-sukhovetsky-by-ukrainian-military%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358666&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><\/p>\n<h2>Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky killed by Ukrainian military, Russia&#8217;s media confirms<\/h2>\n<div id=\"authorDate\">\n<p>\u00a0on&#038;nbsp4th March 2022 @ 3.00pm <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure title=\"Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky has been killed by Ukraine\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ukraine-kills-top-russian-general-14322.jpg\" alt=\"maj  gen  andrei sukhovetsky has been killed by ukraine\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky has been killed by Ukraine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Ukraine has killed a top Russian general during Vladimir Putin&#8217;s ongoing invasion of the eastern European nation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky was taken out by the Ukrainian military, Ukraine officials and Russian media have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>47-year-old Sukhovetsky was head of Russia&#8217;s 7th Airborne Division and one of the highest-ranking military officials among Putin&#8217;s invading forces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The circumstances of Sukhovetsky&#8217;s death are not immediately clear, but the Kremlin-backed Pravda said he was killed <em>&#8220;during a special operation in Ukraine.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to Russia\u2019s state-owned\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/defense\/1362737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TASS\u00a0<\/a>news agency,\u00a0Putin\u00a0appointed Sukhovetsky deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District last year.<\/p>\n<p>He also\u00a0served in Syria and received two commendations for bravery from the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<figure title=\"47-year-old Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky was head of Russia&#039;s 7th Airborne Division\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ukraine-kills-top-russian-general-24322.jpg\" alt=\"47 year old maj  gen  andrei sukhovetsky was head of russia s 7th airborne division\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>47-year-old Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky was head of Russia&#8217;s 7th Airborne Division<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>&#8220;The fact is, we killed him,&#8221;<\/em> Volodymyr Omelyan, Ukraine\u2019s former minister of infrastructure who has joined the militia in Kyiv,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/ukraine-military-kills-russian-general-sukhovetsky\"> told<\/a> Fox News Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. could not immediately confirm his death, according to a senior defense official.<\/p>\n<p>But multiple reports cited a post on the Russian VKontakte social media platform attributed to Sergei Chipilev, a member of a Russian military officers\u2019 group.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;With great pain, we learned the tragic news of the death of our friend, Major General Andrey Sukhovetsky, on the territory of Ukraine during the special operation,&#8221;<\/em> he wrote, according to a translation published by the English-language Russian outlet,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.pravda.ru\/news\/world\/150554-russian_general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pravda.ru<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We express our deepest condolences to his family.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin maintains that its military presence in Ukraine is a <em>&#8220;special operation&#8221;<\/em> and not an invasion or war.<\/p>\n<p>But Russian troops have attacked targets across the country since entering from the north, east, and south last week.<\/p>\n<p>Although Ukraine\u2019s defenses are out-manned and outgunned, Western intelligence analysts have said they appear to have put up stiffer resistance than Putin expected.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If it\u2019s true, it\u2019s big,&#8221;<\/em> Dan Hoffman, a former CIA officer and station chief, said of Sukhovetsky\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>It could fortify the Ukrainian military\u2019s steadfast resolve and represents a tactical victory.<\/p>\n<figure title=\"The death will be a major blow to Putin amid his invasion of Ukraine\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ukraine-kills-top-russian-general-34322.jpg\" alt=\"the death will be a major blow to putin amid his invasion of ukraine\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>The death will be a major blow to Putin amid his invasion of Ukraine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A massive Russian military convoy appears to have stalled outside Kyiv for days, bogged down by logistical problems and Ukraine\u2019s military.<\/p>\n<p>But Putin\u2019s troops have seized Kherson, a port city of almost 300,000.<\/p>\n<p>They were also shelling Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, and bombarding defense forces in Mariupol, another waterfront hub.<\/p>\n<p>Russian troops also said they seized the area around Europe\u2019s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhya, near the riverside city of Enerhodar. Reports say the facility is on fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A successful campaign across Ukraine\u2019s coastal southern region could create a land bridge for Russian forces between the homeland and Crimea, which they have occupied since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>It would also cut off Ukraine from maritime shipping.<\/p>\n<p>Russia reported Wednesday morning that it had lost 498 troops.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian officials claim that number to be as high as 9,000 \u2013 but they have not released figures of their own casualties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/18394-france-warns-putin-nato-has-nuclear-weapons\">[RELATED] France Warns Putin: NATO Has Nuclear Weapons<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky killed by Ukrainian military, Russia&#8217;s media confirms \u00a0on&#038;nbsp4th March 2022 @ 3.00pm   \u00a9\u00a0press Maj. Gen. 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