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Russian military officer
Vitaly Petrovich Gerasimov (
Russian : Виталий Петрович Герасимов ; born 9 July 1977
[1] ) is a
Russian Ground Forces
major general (
one-star rank ), the chief of staff and first deputy commander of the
41st Combined Arms Army .
On 7 March 2022,
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence announced that Gerasimov was killed in
Kharkiv Oblast during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine ,
[2]
[3] but Gerasimov was confirmed to be alive by BBC Russian when he was awarded the
Order of Alexander Nevsky on 23 May 2022.
[4]
[5]
Early life and education
Vitaly Petrovich Gerasimov was born on 9 July 1977 in
Kazan .
[6] Gerasimov graduated from the
Kazan Higher Tank Command School in 1999 and from the
Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2007.
[1]
[7]
Military career
Gerasimov fought in the
Second Chechen War (1999–2000). From 2007 to 2010, he commanded a motor-rifle battalion in the
North Caucasus Military District . In October 2013, as a
colonel , he was assigned as commander of the
15th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (Peacekeeping).
[6]
He was awarded
campaign medals for participating in the
Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, and the
Russian military operation in Syria (from 2015).
[2]
[8] In June 2016, he was promoted to the rank of
major-general .
[9]
Gerasimov was claimed by Ukrainian authorities to have been killed during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine on 7 March 2022 near
Kharkiv , along with several other senior Russian officials.
[2]
[10]
[11] The Ukrainian defence ministry offered no proof, and US officials and
CNN were not able to verify the claim.
[12] The Netherlands-based
open-source intelligence (OSINT)
fact-checking group
Bellingcat said it had confirmed the death by accessing a Ukrainian
intercept of Russian communications, as well as by means of "a Russian source".
[11]
[13]
The Guardian newspaper reported on 8 March that the Ukrainian defence department "broadcast what it claimed was a conversation between two Russian FSB officers discussing the death and complaining that their secure communications were no longer functioning inside Ukraine".
[8] Gerasimov was later seen alive when he was awarded the
Order of Alexander Nevsky on 23 May.
[14]
[15]
See also
References
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a
b
Назначения в Вооруженных Силах России [Appointments in the Armed Forces of Russia] (PDF) . Российское военное обозрение [Russian Military Review] (in Russian). 9 (185).
Russian Ministry of Defence : 78. September 2019.
ISSN
0134-921X .
OCLC
913825191 . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2022 .
^
a
b
c Massie, Graeme (7 March 2022).
"Ukraine claims it has killed another Russian general during fighting in Kharkiv" . The Independent . Retrieved 7 March 2022 .
^
Під Харковом ліквідовано генерал-майора російської армії [A major general of the Russian army was liquidated near Kharkiv].
Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (in Ukrainian and English).
Government of Ukraine . 7 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022 .
^ Smirnova, Yuliana (23 May 2022).
Воскрес "убитый" генерал ВС РФ Герасимов . Pravda.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 6 June 2022 .
^
Груз 200: что известно о потерях России в Украине к середине июня .
BBC News Russian . 10 June 2022.
^
a
b
Полковник Виталий Герасимов назначен командиром самарских миротворцев [Colonel Vitaly Gerasimov appointed commander of Samara peacekeepers]. Новости Волги (Volga News) (in Russian). 21 October 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2022 .
^ Komaxidze, Irakli (19 November 2017).
"Commanders of 15th MRB ready to carry out Kremlin's criminal orders" . InformNapalm.org . Retrieved 8 March 2022 .
^
a
b Borger, Julian (8 March 2022).
"Vitaly Gerasimov: second Russian general killed, Ukraine defence ministry claims" .
The Guardian . Retrieved 8 March 2022 .
^
Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11 June 2016 г. № 276 [Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 11, 2016 No. 276]. President of Russia (in Russian). Retrieved 11 March 2022 .
^
"Ukraine: Russian general killed near Kharkiv, say defenders" . BBC News . 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022 .
^
a
b Bowman, Verity (8 March 2022).
"Second Russian general killed on the battlefield as 'demoralised' troops suffer heavy losses" . The Telegraph .
ISSN
0307-1235 .
Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022 .
^ Picheta, Rob; Guy, Jack (9 March 2022).
"Ukraine claims Russian general has been killed in Kharkiv" . CNN . Retrieved 9 March 2022 .
^ Martin, Alexander (8 March 2022).
"Russians reportedly take out own secure communications system during Kharkiv assault" .
Sky News . Retrieved 8 March 2022 .
^ Smirnova, Yuliana (23 May 2022).
Воскрес "убитый" генерал ВС РФ Герасимов . Pravda.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 6 June 2022 .
^
Груз 200: что известно о потерях России в Украине к середине июня .
BBC News Russian . 10 June 2022.
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