[1/5] General-Major Sergei Goryachev was almost certainly killed in a strike on a command post on or around 12 June 2023, in southern Ukraine.
[2/5] Goryachev was the chief of staff of 35th Combined Arms Army (35 CAA).
[3/5] With 35 CAAβs nominated commander, General-Lieutenant Alexandr Sanchik, reported to be filling a gap in a higher HQ, there is a realistic possibility that Goryachev was the acting army commander at the time of his death.
[4/5] Goryachev is the first Russian general confirmed killed in Ukraine since the start of 2023.
[5/5] It continues a war record which has been both difficult and controversial for 35th CAA: in March 2022 elements of the army were present during the massacre of civilians in Bucha, and in June 2022 the force was largely wiped out near Izium.
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(1/3) In recent days, heavy fighting has continued, with the most intense combat focused in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, western Donetsk Oblast, and around Bakhmut.
(2/3) In all these areas, Ukraine continues to pursue offensive operations and has made small advances.
(1/4) Over the last 48 hours there has been a substantial increase in fighting along numerous sectors of the front, including those which have been relatively quiet for several months.
(2/4) Concurrently, the feud between Wagner Group and the Russian MoD has reached an unprecedented level.
(1/4) Over the course of May 2023, Russia launched over 300 Iranian Shahed series one way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles (OWA-UAVs) against Ukraine: its most intense use of this weapon system to date.
(2/4) Russia is probably launching so many OWA-UAVs in an attempt to force Ukraine to fire stocks of valuable, advanced air defence missiles.
(1/5) Some local Russian security officials are likely interpreting Russiaβs draconian wartime legislation to mean that public display of blue and yellow items is outlawed because it might evidence discreet support for Ukraine.
(2/5) On 09 May 2023, a care home worker was reportedly arrested after wearing a blue and yellow jacket to work.
(1/4) On 27 May 2023, Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin appeared on Russiaβs NTV channel and called for a new president to be elected in 2024, in order to rebuild normal relations with Europe.
(2/4) Nadezhdin has been a vocal critic of the war since the invasion, but this is highly likely the first call for Putin to be replaced on Russian state-approved TV since it began.