At least 19 Russian generals have been killed since the start of the war in Ukraine
11 January 04:26
During the entire period of full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia has lost at least 19 generals. This is reported by Russian propaganda media, citing analysis of open data, as well as reports from Russian and Ukrainian sources. The media notes that not all deaths have been officially confirmed by the Russian authorities, reports "Komersant Ukrainian".
Among the confirmed losses are Generals Andriy Sukhovetsky, Oleg Mityaev, Vladimir Frolov, Andriy Simonov, Kanamat Botashev, and Roman Kutuzov, who died in 2022. In subsequent years, Sergei Goryachov, Oleg Tsokov, and Vladimir Zavadsky were killed. Also killed were the head of the RCBZ troops, Igor Kirilov, the deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff, Yaroslav Moskalik, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Navy, Mikhail Gudkov, and the head of the Operational Training Directorate of the General Staff, Fanil Sarvarov.
Losses among senior commanders were recorded both at the front and in the rear as a result of strikes on headquarters, aviation incidents, sabotage, and explosions. Some of the generals were killed by sniper fire and artillery in the first months of the war. Some of the commanders were retired or serving in volunteer formations, including various private military companies and the Storm Z unit, at the time of their deaths.
In early December, a senior NATO official told the BBC that the total number of Russian army casualties could be close to 1.15 million. Shortly before that, the BBC Russian Service, based on monitoring of open sources, wrote that the number of confirmed losses of the Russian army since the start of the full-scale invasion had reached 152,142 killed. The largest confirmed losses were in Bashkortostan (7,643 people), Tatarstan (6,599), and the Sverdlovsk region (5,386). The vast majority of the dead (67%) were from villages and small towns with a population of less than 100,000.
According to The Economist’s estimates, by the end of autumn 2025, Russia could lose about 1% of its pre-war male population in the war in Ukraine.
