Yesterday, a news on the Internet that Major General Zavatsky, deputy commander of the Russian 14th Army, stepped on a mine and was killed, causing a sensation. Although various rumors are flying all over the sky, there is no official statement from the Russian government.
Today's incident has finally been confirmed, and the official Russian ** "Great Russian News Agency" was also translated as "New Russia", which published an article titled "Tragic Death Near Izyum - Major General Zavatsky Died in the Northern Military District" on November 29, local time. The article confirms that Major General Zavatsky was killed by a mine near Izyum in the Kharkiv region, which is occupied by the Russian army. Another official Russian ** "Top War" also confirmed that Major General Zavatsky was killed by a mine in the Kharkiv region occupied by the Russian army.
Major General Vladimir Zavatsky, deputy commander of the Russian 14th Army, was actually killed yesterday, but the cause of death was a mine ** in the rear area, not a military battle with the enemy, according to the Russian State Political Security Agency. The article says that the death of Deputy Commander Zavatsky occurred during a group led by Zavatsky, conducting indiscreet operations in the front-line operational area far from the positions of the Russian army. Investigators speculated that the cause of the accident was to combat the enemy's attack, and the previously planted mines occurred**. The leadership of the army group has not yet come to a final conclusion, and is now assessing the possibilities of various speculations.
Among them was an attempt to blame the shelling of the Ukrainian army for the death of the J**a driver, and the fact that Zavatsky stepped on a mine was carefully hidden, after all, it is easier for the Russians to accept to die from enemy shelling than to die from mines planted by their own men to deal with the enemy. It is also more conducive to the posthumous honor of Major General Zavatsky.
At present, judging from various sources, the mine incident of the deputy commander of the 14th Army has been confirmed by Russian officials and the Ukrainian military, but the Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet issued any official statement. Of course, the official Russian ministry has never stated any official announcement of the death of a Russian general in Ukraine.