Rumors are circulating that Russia’s top general, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, was killed in an attack on annexed Crimea by Ukrainian forces on Thursday.
Social media users began questioning the whereabouts of the Russian general after Ukraine said it had struck a Russian military command post near Sevastopol and a military unit near the city of Yevpatoria, in separate strikes on the Black Sea peninsula, which was annexed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2014.
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By Isabel van Brugen
Rumors are circulating that Russia’s top general, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, was killed in an attack on annexed Crimea by Ukrainian forces on Thursday.
Social media users began questioning the whereabouts of the Russian general after Ukraine said it had struck a Russian military command post near Sevastopol and a military unit near the city of Yevpatoria, in separate strikes on the Black Sea peninsula, which was annexed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2014.
Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/valery-gerasimov-dead-killed-crimea-attack-rumors-1858042](https://www.newsweek.com/valery-gerasimov-dead-killed-crimea-attack-rumors-1858042)
I doubt it with 95% defiance. But I would 100% pop a bottle of Champaign if I’m wrong.
One can hope