A ninth Russian general was reportedly killed in Ukraine after an artillery strike by Kyiv forces. Zelensky adviser Alexey Arestovych told a YouTube live stream he was informed by army sources.
Valery Gerasimov, the chief of staff of the Russian army, was wounded in Izyum in Ukraine s Kharviv region, which has been at the centre of intense fighting since Russia s invasion.
Russian equipment losses in Ukraine are so great the Kremlin will be unable to fight another war for years, defence experts have claimed. Moscow has now lost 185 planes, 939 tanks and 421 artillery units.
US spies have been helping Ukraine s military with intelligence about the movements of its Kremlin invaders, and at least eight generals have been killed.