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Important but still speculative: Reports on social media indicate Valery #Gerasimov has been injured while leading #Russia's forces in #Ukraine. Gerasimov is Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces, his country's top military commander. 🧵1/
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Reports are that #Gerasimov, who was rumored earlier this week to have been sent to #Ukraine to take personal command of #Russia's "special operation," was injured by shrapnel during a Ukrainian attack near Izyum, Kharkiv region. 2/
Reports also indicate that several members of #Gerasimov's staff were killed during the attack in #Ukraine that injured the Russian general, and that he was evacuated by helicopter to Belgorod, #Russia, and then flown on to Moscow by plane. 3/
Who is General Andrey #Simonov, the Russian officer reportedly killed by Ukraine in an artillery strike near Izium? A brief biography from Russian sources: /1 
Andrey Dimotrovich Simonov was born 29 June 1966 in Baranovka, Verkhnekamsk district, Kirov region. He graduated from Tomsk Higher Military Communications Command School in 1987. /2
He subsequently served in electronic security units as an operational duty officer, platoon commander, chief of command post, and battalion deputy commander for operational work. He graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 2000. /3
