Ukrainian intelligence claims second high-ranking Russian general killed

Ukrainian intelligence officials claim that yet another high-ranking Russian military officer has been killed, which, if confirmed, would be the second such fatality in a week amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Maj. Gen. Vitaly Gerasimov, chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of Russia, was “eliminated” during fighting near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s defense intelligence directorate said in a Facebook post on Monday. He was 45, according to the Associated Press.