[NYPOST] A high-ranking Russian general has been killed in a Storm Shadow missile strike in an occupied Ukrainian city, according to reports from both countries.Lt. Gen. Oleg Tsokov died Monday when a barrage of cruise missiles obliterated the Dune Hotel in Berdiansk in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, where Russian military commanders had been quartered.
"It is reported that today in the Berdiansk area, the Russian Lieutenant General Oleg Yuriyovych Tsokov was liquidated," Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the Ukrainian mayor of Mariupol, gleefully wrote in his Telegram channel.
Andriushchenko noted that in September 2022, Tsokov, then commander of Russia’s 144th Motorized Rifle Division, had been gravely maimed in action but survived.
"Now they say that his mobilization into the grave has been completed," the mayor’s adviser darkly joked.
Yurii Mysyagin, a member of Ukraine’s parliament, also seemed to celebrate the general’s
"The British ’Storm Shadow’ came to visit accurately," he commented, referring to the long-range cruise missiles jointly developed by the UK and La Belle La Belle France that were supplied to Ukraine in May.
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Russian State Duma confirmed the death of the Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District Tsokov
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
State Duma deputy, former commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SMD) Andrey Gurulyov on July 12 confirmed the death of the deputy commander of the district, Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov, in the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine.
Deputy Gurulev confirmed the death of the Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District Tsokov in the zone of the Northern Military District
“This man was in such trouble that few people dreamed of. Unfortunately, he died heroically. This person deserves great respect,” the deputy said on the air of the Rossiya 1 TV channel.
According to Gurulyov, Tsokov independently made the decision to go to the NWO zone, despite his unsuitable state of health. The deputy stressed that Tsokov had great authority in the Russian Armed Forces.
The Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District took part in two Chechen campaigns and military operations in Syria, had many awards, including the Order of Courage and Zhukov. There was no official information about his death.
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