On May 5, Russian Major General Roman Kutuzov was killed on the Ukrainian front lines during a Russian special operation.
Major General Roman Kutuzov was Commander of the 1st Army Corps of the Donetsk People’s Militia. He was killed during a combat mission near the settlement of Nikolaevka, Popasnyansky district of the Luhansk People’s Republic.
No details on his death have been revealed so far.
Roman Kutuzov took part in military operations on the territory of the Syrian Republic for many years.
During his service Kutuzov was awarded the Order of Courage, Distinguished Service Order, Order of Honor, as well as the medal for Courage.
On June 2, it was reported that the hero of Russia, retired Major General of the Russian Air Force, 63-year-old Kanamat Botashev, died during military operations in the sky over the Luhansk People’s Republic.
According to Russian military reporters, Botashev rescued a blocked assault group of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine. From an extremely low altitude, the Major General struck the AFU and allowed the surrounded group to escape from the fire trap. During the attack, his aircraft was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile.
Vladimir Putin posthumously awarded him the title of Hero of Russia.
So far, deaths of 5 Russian generals have been reportedly confirmed.
The fact that Russian generals are dying on the front lines confirms that they are standing alongside their servicemen on the battlefield. Their braveness is confirmed by their military feats. In contrast to their enemy, as almost all Ukrainian prisoners of war and servicemen on the front lines pledge that they were left by their military command.
At the same time, the high-ranked losses of the Russian military may be a sign of the lack in manpower of Russian forces deployed in Ukraine. The Russian grouping in Ukraine was not significantly reinforced since the very beginning of the operation.