Top Russian general Abachev critically wounded in daring Ukrainian strike
Photo: Russian Lieutenant General Esedulla Abachev (Russian media)
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian column in the Kursk region overnight, leaving Russian General Abachev severely injured, reports the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
"On the night of August 16-17, Ukrainian units inflicted fire damage on an enemy column on the Rylsk-Khomutovka highway in Russia's Kursk region," the report said.
Lieutenant General Abachev, Deputy Commander of the Russian Armed Forces' Sever (North) Group of Forces, suffered serious injuries in the strike.
Photo: Russian General Abachev was severely injured
"The injured officer was urgently flown by military transport aircraft to the Vishnevsky Central Military Clinical Hospital in Moscow. He lost an arm and a leg due to his injuries," the intelligence service added.
The Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stressed that there will be just retribution for every war crime committed against the Ukrainian people.
Earlier, in early July, the so-called "Hero of Russia" and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Mikhail Gudkov, was killed in the Kursk region.
The information was confirmed by Russia's Primorsky Krai Oleg Kozhemyako.
