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Russia’s failed Kyiv offensive was not about 'stupid general’ – Zelenskyy

Russia’s failed advance on Kyiv in 2022 was not the result of one “loser general,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with Steven Bartlett for the podcast The Diary Of A CEO on Oct. 22, pushing back on claims previously made by U.S. President Donald Trump.

22 October, 07:48 PM

Magyar confirms Russian general Anton Grunis killed in Donetsk Oblast — video

Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Robert Brovdi, call sign Magyar, confirmed that Russian Maj. Gen. Anton Grunis was killed in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast.

16 September, 02:20 PM

Russian general who briefed Putin on Kostiantynivka ‘capture’ is killed

Maj. Gen. Anton Grunis, commander of the Russian army’s 4th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, was killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine shortly after he briefed Russian dictator Vladimir Putin about the purported “capture” of Kostiantynivka, Russian propaganda outlet Anna News reported.

16 September, 10:21 AM

Russian Aerospace Forces officer tied to 2024 Okhmatdyt strike shot near Saratov

An attempt was made on the life of Russian Air and Space Forces officer Nikolay Varpakhovich, commander of Russia's 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, near Saratov, Russian outlet Agentstvo reported on Sept. 3.

3 September, 05:33 PM

Ex-FSB general found dead in Moscow home

Retired FSB Maj. Gen. Igor Laptev, 83, was found dead in Moscow on Aug. 21 in what Russian media described as an apparent suicide.

21 August, 05:18 PM

Relative of Alexander Chaiko reportedly among victims of Moscow blast

A relative of Russian Aerospace Forces Commander-in-Chief Alexander Chaiko may have died from injuries sustained in the explosion at Moscow’s Balzi Rossi restaurant, Russian outlet Verstka reported.

8 August, 02:57 PM

Russian general's daughter may be among Moscow Blast victims

Maria Chaiko, the daughter of Russian Aerospace Forces Commander Alexander Chaiko, may have been injured in the explosion at a restaurant in central Moscow, Russian outlet Verstka reported, citing its investigation on Aug. 3.

3 August, 10:22 AM

Attempt on Russian general responsible for Bucha atrocities, report says

An attempt was made April 28 on Maj. Gen. Azatbek Omurbekov in Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai, international volunteer OSINT project InformNapalm reported on April 29.

29 April, 08:27 PM

Attempted murder of Russian general barely halts trilateral talks for weeks

An assassination attempt on the Deputy Head of Russia's Military Intelligence (GRU) Vladimir Alekseyev in Moscow nearly derailed the trilateral Ukraine-Russia-U.S. peace talks, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Feb. 23, citing diplomatic sources.

23 February, 01:35 PM

Russian general boasted about severed ears of Ukrainian prisoners—report

Messages and recorded conversations from 2022 to 2024 show Maj. Gen. Roman Demurchiev boasting to relatives and colleagues about tortures, executions, and mutilation of captured Ukrainian POWs, RFE/RL reported on Feb. 19.

19 February, 11:19 PM

FSB associate detained over attempt on GRU general

Russia’s FSB detained an employee of an FSB-linked organization and his son on suspicion of involvement in an assassination attempt on the deputy head of the GRU (military intelligence), Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev.

11 February, 03:34 AM

HUR releases video of strike that killed Russian General's son

Military Intelligence (HUR) has published footage capturing the moment of a strike on a Russian position where Vasily Marzoev — the son of the 18th Combined Arms Army Commander, Gen. Arkadiy Marzoev — was present, in its post on Telegram on Oct. 27.

27 October 2025, 01:45 PM

SBU charges Russian Maj. Gen. Omelyanovych for organizing Kakhovka dam blast

Ukraine’s Security Service has charged Russian Maj. Gen. Volodymyr Omelyanovych in absentia for his role in organizing the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant, identifying him as chief of staff and first deputy commander of Russia’s Dnipro force grouping on Oct. 1.

1 October 2025, 04:11 PM

Obituary for Putin’s battlefield architect killed in car bomb blast

General Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operations Directorate, assassinated near Moscow on April 25, was in charge of the combat control group monitoring the war zone against Ukraine, according to an obituary published in the Defense Ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on April 29.

29 April 2025, 11:44 AM

Ukraine's Security Service identifies Russian general responsible for attack on journalists in Kramatorsk

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has identified Russian General Aleksei Kim as the person responsible for the deadly attack on a hotel in Kramatorsk that killed and injured journalists from the international news agency Reuters on Aug. 24, 2024.

21 December 2024, 10:07 AM

Trump's envoy Kellogg criticizes killing of Russian general Kirillov

The future U.S. special representative for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has criticized an apparent Ukrainian operation that killed Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov in Moscow on Dec. 17.

18 December 2024, 10:20 PM

Video captures explosion that killed Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow

Footage of the explosion in Moscow that resulted in the death of Russian General Igor Kirillov, the chief of Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces, was published by Russian Telegram channels on Dec. 17.

17 December 2024, 02:48 PM

Russian General charged for deadly airstrike on Odesa

Sergey Kobylash, Commander of the Long-Range Aviation branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, was charged in absentia for ordering an airstrike on Odesa on April 23, 2022, the Ukrainian National Police reported on July 6.

6 July 2024, 05:00 PM

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