The Armed Forces of Ukraine liquidated the commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev. Information about the death of a high-ranking commander was published on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "

In turn, on Thursday evening, Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that our troops had attacked the command post of the enemy 49th Army.

According to preliminary information, the Russian lieutenant general was eliminated during another attempt by the occupiers to storm Chernobaevka.

According to Russian media, Yakov Rezantsev, born in 1973. In military service since 1990. Since August 2020 - Commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District, Stavropol. In 2021 he received the military rank of lieutenant general. Fought in Syria.

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