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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Batchelor and Jane Dalton

Russian Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky killed by Ukrainians in ‘major demotivator’ for invading army

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A high-ranking Russian general has been killed during fighting in Ukraine, in what experts say will be a bitter blow for Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Andrei Sukhovetsky was the commanding general of the Russian 7th Airborne Division and a deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army, and by far the most senior Russian figure to have died in the conflict so far.

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