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The Ukrainian armed forces killed Russian Lieutenant General Andry Mordvichev in the framework of the Russian invasion, the Ukrainian general staff reported.
Mordichev is the fifth Russian general to die in the offensive in Ukraine.
According to an adviser to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vadim Desinenko, not even during the Second World War did the Soviet Union lose so many generals in the course of just three weeks.
Desinenko, speaking to the Rada channel, said he had nothing against it continuing to happen if the invaders continue the aggression.
The first general to be discharged was Magomed Tushaev, who died on February 26 near Kiev. On March 15, General Oleg Mtyaev, commander of the one motorized division, was assaulted by the Azov militias.
Vitaly Gerasimov, Chief of Staff, died on March 7 in Charchiv and Andrey Kolesnikov was killed on March 11 of the same month.
The US estimates that more than 7,000 Russian soldiers died after three weeks of the invasion of Ukraine
US intelligence agencies estimate that more than 7,000 Russian soldiers have died in the three weeks that have elapsed since the invasion of Ukraine, a figure that exceeds the number of U.S. military personnel who lost their lives in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to The New York Times.
The New York newspaper had access to data from US intelligence agencies, which consider the figure of 7,000 deaths among the ranks of the Russian Army to be conservative.
The casualties will have negative implications for the effectiveness of Russian troops, including those fighting with tanks, US officials told The New York Times.
Pentagon officials told the newspaper that, when 10% of the members of a military unit die or are injured, that unit is no longer able to carry out combat actions.
Currently, more than 150,000 Russian military personnel are participating in the invasion of Ukraine and between 14,000 and 21,000 are injured, which could mean that most combat units are at a minimum, reports The New York Times.
Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on February 24 and began bombing major cities, including the capital, causing a number of civilian deaths that are still unknown and more than three million refugees, according to the International Organization for Migration.
The leaders of the G7 maintain their coordinated actions to reject the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a result, new sanctions were announced against the Moscow regime and its allies. Members of the alliance will meet next week to discuss the progress of the issue.
For their part, US President Joe Biden and the head of the Chinese regime, Xi Jinping, spoke via video call this Friday to address the Russian invasion in Ukraine. They spoke for nearly two hours as the White House sought to dissuade Beijing from providing military or economic assistance for the invasion.
In the midst of international movements, within Ukraine the crisis is intensifying. The UN estimated that refugees reach 6.5 million as a result of the conflict.
(With information from EFE)
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