Deputy Russian army commander killed in Ukraine: Official | Russia-Ukraine war News

The governor of Russia’s Voronezh area says Vladimir Zavadsky died at a fight put up within the ‘particular operation zone’.

The deputy commander of Russia’s 14th Military Corps, Main-Basic Vladimir Zavadsky, has been killed in Ukraine, a prime regional official confirmed.

Zavadsky died “at a fight put up within the particular operation zone”, Alexander Gusev, the governor of Russia’s Voronezh area, stated on Monday with out offering any additional particulars.

The “particular army operation” is the time period Russia makes use of to explain the conflict in Ukraine, which it launched in February 2022.

Gusev paid tribute to Zavadsky, calling him “a brave officer, an actual common and a worthy man”.

Zavadsky’s dying marked the seventh major-general confirmed useless by Russia, making him the twelfth senior officer reported deceased because the onset of the war, investigative information outlet iStories reported.

Combating ongoing

In the meantime, on Tuesday, Ukrainian authorities reported that their army efficiently downed 10 out of 17 assault drones launched by Russia in a single day.

In line with the governor of Ukraine’s Lviv area, three drones focused unspecified infrastructure, inflicting minimal harm with no reported casualties.

Kyiv’s air drive said the drones have been intercepted throughout “varied areas”. Concurrently, six S-300 missiles have been reportedly launched at civilian targets in jap Donetsk and southern Kherson.

On the similar time, Russian officers claimed their forces neutralised at the very least 35 Ukrainian drones.

“An try by the Kyiv regime to commit a terrorist assault with aerial drones … was foiled final evening,” the Russian Ministry of Defence stated in an announcement on Tuesday, including that “22 Ukrainian drones have been destroyed and 13 others have been intercepted over the Sea of Azov and Crimea”.

“A brand new assault try by the Kyiv regime” on Tuesday morning noticed 4 Ukrainian drones shot down and two intercepted over the Sea of Azov, the ministry stated in a separate assertion.

The Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, serves because the headquarters for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet and a significant provide route for his or her forces in southern and jap Ukraine. The area is regularly topic to assaults from Ukrainian forces.