Andrei Simonov: Last News

Vladimir Putin's top military general is said to have been wounded in Ukraine and sent straight back to Russia just days after arriving to take charge of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov had been sent by Putin to take control of the push to Donbas and East Ukraine.But the unconfirmed claim sees Gerasimov, 66, apparently wounded in Izyum in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, the centre of intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces.It is also where Russia's ninth general Major General Andrei Simonov, 55, was killed, according to reports keeping track of deceased Russian troops and top brass.An unofficial Russian source claimed: "Gerasimov has sustained "a shrapnel wound in the upper third of the right leg without a bone fracture.

Vladimir Putin has lost his ninth general to the war in Ukraine along with 15,000 Russian troops killed over the course of the invasion, according to reports.

Ukraine.Major General Andrei Simonov, 55, has reportedly become the ninth top Russian commander to be killed in battle following an airstrike in Izyum near Kharkov, Ukrainian sources say.More than 30 Russian armoured vehicles were reportedly destroyed and unconfirmed reports say around 100 Russians troops were killed in the Ukrainian assault.