Russian Major General, Roman Kutuzov was on Sunday killed in eastern Ukraine, a Russian state media journalist confirmed on Monday morning.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that Kutuzov’s death joins a long list of a string of high-ranking military casualties sustained by Moscow.
An estimated 11 Russian generals have died in the war.
The report, published on the Telegram messaging app by state television reporter Alexander Sladkov, did not say precisely when and where Kutuzov was killed.
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There was no immediate comment from the Russian defence ministry.
Russian forces have intensified attacks to capture Sievierodonetsk, a key city in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region that Moscow is targeting after failing to take the capital Kyiv early in the war.
Russia already classifies military deaths as state secrets even in times of peace and has not updated its official casualty figures.
In March 25, Russia admitted that 1,351 soldiers had been killed since the start of its military campaign on Feb. 24.
Britain’s defence ministry said on Monday that Russia appeared to have suffered significant losses amongst mid- and junior-ranking officers in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the Russian authorities have expressly assured that the use of tactical nuclear weapons will not be tolerated in the ongoing war against Ukraine.
Russia’s Ambassador to Britain, Andrei Kelin, gave the assurance during an interview with BBC which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.
Kelin said Russia has a strict code, adding that its military doesn’t use such weapons in conflicts such as the ongoing war with Ukraine.
He also described allegations of war crimes in the Ukrainian town of Bucha as ‘a fabrication’ while calling UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss ‘very belligerent’ and inexperienced.
Russian President, Vladimir Putin put his nuclear forces on high alert in late February, soon after the invasion of Ukraine, an act that many military analysts saw as a warning of what was to come.
But since then nuclear weapons haven’t been used against Ukraine even as Putin tries to gain total control of the Donbas region of Ukraine.
