Alexander Beglov, governor of St. Petersburg, confirmed the death of Vladimir Frolov, deputy commander of Russia's 8th army on Saturday.
general was reportedly killed by Ukrainian forces, the eighth since the beginning of the war on February 24.
Alexander Beglov, governor of St. Petersburg, confirmed the death of Vladimir Frolov, deputy commander of Russia's 8th Guards Combined Arms Army on Saturday. Frolov was given a military funeral in St. Petersburg's Serafimovskoe Cemetery on Saturday. "Today we say goodbye to a real hero. Vladimir Petrovich Frolov died a heroic death in battle with Ukrainian nationalists," Beglov said in a statement, according to Russia's state news service TASS.
"He sacrificed his life so that children, women and the elderly in the Donbas would no longer hear bomb explosions," he said."So that they stop waiting for death and, leaving home, say goodbye as if it were the last time."Here is a list of the other seven Russian generals killed in the Ukraine war, in chronological order:Tushaev, a leading Chechen special forces warlord, was killed on February 26 near Hostomel, Ukrainian authorities said.
He commanded the 141th Motorised National Guard Brigade, and had been accused of leading several homophobic purges in Chechnya.Sukhovetsky was the commanding general of Russia's 7th Guards Airborne Division and deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army. He was the first reported high-ranking loss for Russia's military—said to be killed by sniper fire on February 28, according to Ukraine.
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