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Vladimir Putin's top military commander has been flown out of the war zone with shrapnel wounds after being to sent to Ukraine by the Russian president to secure victory, a former Russian internal affairs minister has claimed.

Valery Gerasimov, the chief of staff of the Russian army, was today wounded in Izium in Ukraine's Kharviv region, which has been at the centre of intense fighting since Russia's invasion.

Putin had sent Gerasimov to the region to take personal control of his push to grab territory in eastern Ukraine, after the Russian army abandoned its plans to take Kyiv at the end of March in favour of a concentrated assault on the Donbas region of Donetsk and Luhansk.

An unofficial Russian source reported that Gerasimov sustained 'a shrapnel wound in the upper third of the right leg without a bone fracture.

'The shard was removed - there is no danger to life,' he said.

But Gerasimov's injury was severe enough to have him flown away from the frontlines and back to Russia to undergo further treatment, marking another embarrassing defeat for Putin's forces.

The chief of staff's injury came just one day after Russian Major General Andrei Simonov, 55, was killed in Kharkiv, according to an adviser to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

He is Russia's ninth general to have been killed since the start of the invasion.

Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said the precision strike on Izium was 'the very place where…Gerasimov, who personally came to lead the attack on Slavyansk, was located'.

A 'large number' of senior officers were killed in the attack which wounded Gerasimov, Gerashchenko said.

Pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel Vertikal also alleged Gerasimov had been 'wounded near Izium', citing unspecified sources.

'Our source reports that his legs and hips are damaged,' Vertikal said.

It suggested that three of Gerasimov's entourage had been killed before he was evacuated.

Russia is believed to have sustained heavy casualties in the eastern Donbas region and around cities Kharkiv and Izium, as Ukraine's armed forces continue their bitter defence of the Donetsk and Luhansk territories which have been partially occupied by Moscow-backed separatists since 2014.

Russia's military leaders are pouring troops and equipment into the east of Ukraine in an attempt to force a bloody victory after they abandoned plans to blitz through Ukraine's north and seize Kyiv earlier in the war.

Britain's ministry of defence yesterday said Putin's troops in the east are still struggling to make ground despite the renewed support, citing poor tactics and the deployment of low-skilled troops as reasons for the slow progress.

'Shortcomings in Russian tactical coordination remain. A lack of unit-level skills and inconsistent air support have left Russia unable to fully leverage its combat mass, despite localised improvements,' the MoD tweeted.

'Russia hopes to rectify issues that have previously constrained its invasion by geographically concentrating combat power, shortening supply lines and simplifying command and control,' it said.

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Hhmmm this is getting out of hand

A whole Chief Of Staff getting taken out just like that, even boko haram has barely touched our generals talk more of chief of staff, every day Russia military keeps getting exposed to ridicule.

Next thing we will hear Putin himself has been injured at the war front.

Outdated military!

This same man (Valery Gerasimov) was Russian first general the Ukranians claimed they killed.

let there peace, in war there i no winner.....the west should stop this madness.... download foreign mixtape on naija dj mix.com

Ok

why una no dey post this ?
we know the truth n know where to source it, when russia finish with ukrain ehn una go cry for them.

Damnnn niggar

Putin dey collect wotowoto


I don first talk am for this modern days...nobody be super man again

So sad Putin is killing his people with his own hands





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Una still dey kill una self.... I thought the Russian army has retreated


It's seems Putin wont be ending the war, he really want to make things in his own way


He will have to bear more loss than this so far

Lol

Putin will be furious and he may lunch the heads so everyone can goan rest...



I just pray he reconsider

This war should end already. Person weh die, no the come back

I fear Putin's stubbornness might lead him to unleash nuclear weapon.

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SOME SUPPORTERS OF EVIL INVASION WILL SHOUT PROPAGANDA NOW.

The biggest mistake the Russians made at the inception, was to treat the war with levity, and allow the logistics line for weapons from the west to remain. Those should have been the first targets at the beginning. They are taking over towns and cities but at a slower pace and also losing men in the process of doing that.

What is Chief of Staff doing in a war front?

olugabbie:
This same man (Valery Gerasimov) was Russian first general the Ukranians claimed they killed.

You have your names confused. This is the first time his name is being mentioned to anything injury or death

sanpipita:
A whole Chief Of Staff getting taken out just like that, even boko haram has barely touched our generals talk more of chief of staff, every day Russia military keeps getting exposed to ridicule.

Next thing we will hear Putin himself has been injured at the war front.

Una chief of staff dey fight for war front na im dey never defeat boko haram for how many years now? abi na to dey carry snake upandan?

pikin you are comparing film being acted in Theater Arts of borno state to the war in Ukraine where various modern sophisticated weapons are being used?

Preventable war. What has Russia actually benefitted from this war? They're losing resources and wasting soldiers.

Over rated Russia, na only mouth dem get….remove their Nuclear weapon, any Army can score against them!

Who cares?

We have bigger problems fvcking the country doggy style over here.

Soldiers die everyday here too.

lol
russia and its outdated army
if nato wan face them now
nothing go remain
just burn moscow and st petersburg to the ground make we rest
since they want to return to 1920

That one concern them