General Valery Gerasimov – chief of staff of Russian forces and right-wing soldier of Russian President Vladimir Putin – embarked on an extremely unusual and adventurous trip to the city of Izium to try to “change the course” of what was an innocent attack. The York Times, citing him as a senior Ukrainian official and an American official with knowledge of the situation. Russian troops have set up camp in Izium to try to support their acquis in the neighboring Donbas region. The U.S. official said Gerasimov had been in the area for “two days” when Ukrainian forces captured the air of his visit and launched an attack Saturday night on a local school that had been occupied by Russian forces and that the general had been killed. earlier in the day, the Times reported. By the time of the Ukrainian attack, the general had already left to return to Russia, the newspaper reported. About 200 Russian soldiers killed in Ukrainian attack.AP / Efrem Lukatsky However, about 200 Russian soldiers were killed – possibly including Russian Lt. Gen. Andrei Simonov, who commanded the forces in the city, the Times reported. Gerasimov is said to have been one of the architects of Russia ‘s invasion of Ukraine, which has suffered serious setbacks. For now, at least, Russia has completely abandoned its claim to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and is instead trying to consolidate control in Donbas, experts said.
