Ukrainian military gave battle to Russian troops near Kharkov. During the fighting, Major General of the aggressor's army Vitaly Gerasimov was liquidated, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported..
In the battles in the same direction, the Ukrainian army destroyed and wounded a number of senior officers of the Russian Armed Forces.
General Gerasimov served as Chief of Staff and First Deputy Commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of Russia. Participated in the second Chechen war, the Russian military operation in Syria, the occupation of Crimea (awarded with a medal "
Our military also managed to intercept the conversations of the Russians, indicating significant communication problems in the occupier's army and with the evacuation of their broken units..