Regional Governor Confirms Death Of Russian General In Ukraine

Major General Vladimir Zavadsky

The governor of Russia's Voronezh region, Aleksandr Gusev, on December 4 confirmed that Major General Vladimir Zavadsky died last week in Ukraine. Unconfirmed reports in Russian and Ukraine said earlier that the 45-year-old deputy commander of the 14th Army Corps of the Russian armed forces was killed in Ukraine on November 28. The Russian media website iStories said at the time that Zavadsky was the seventh Russian general whose death in the war in Ukraine has been confirmed by Russian sources. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Russian Service, click here.