According to the Echo Kavkaza station, which falls under Free Europe, Gerasimov’s injuries were reported on the Initiator Ukraine Telegram.
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The general was reportedly wounded on April 30 during an attack on command post number 2 near Izjum. The general was to be at the crash site.
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According to another channel on Telegram Ukraine Online, the bodyguard of the chief of staff and Major General Andrei Simonov were killed in the attack.
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“At the time of the attack, there were 40 members of the senior officer corps (majors to colonels), twenty of whom became two hundred squadrons,” said the Ukraine Online channel. Two-wheelers are a reference to the film Cargo 200. This is how people who fell and are transported in zinc coffins are called.
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The channel further stated that there were many victims from the team.
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Blogger Alexandr Šuľman wrote in a now inaccessible Facebook report that Gerasimov has an injury in the upper third of the shin, but the bone is not broken.
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He is said to be not in danger of life. Shulman also lists twenty officers.
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According to another Telegram channel, Vertykal considered Gerasimov’s withdrawal from Izjum due to heavy losses.
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No Russian media has commented on this speculation.
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Attack on Izjum
In a live interview, reported by Ukrinform, Ukrainian President’s adviser Alexei Arestovich said: Even at the lower limit (casualties), count 100 dead on one, 200 on the other and no less than a hundred on the third division. According to some reports I need to check, the Air Force Chief of Staff has been paralyzed. “
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Andrei Simonov, born in 1966, is the chief of troops of the Russian Federation for electronic warfare.
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