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Reported killing of a Russian general near Berdiansk
Summary
A look back at 11 July 2023, when reports emerged of a missile strike that killed a senior Russian officer in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
What happened on 11 July 2023 in the southern part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast? As reported at the time, Russian Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov was killed by a missile strike near Berdiansk. The report came during the Ukrainian counteroffensive, and it placed the strike in an area of the occupied south.
The account of Tsokov's death rested on reports rather than on a detailed confirmation of the circumstances. Nothing further about the strike, the weapon used or the unit involved was established in the reporting of that day.
A killing in Krasnodar the day before
The previous day, 10 July 2023, another Russian officer died far from the front line. Stanislav Rzhitsky, deputy chief in charge of military mobilization in the Russian city of Krasnodar and commander of the Russian Navy submarine B-265 Krasnodar, was shot dead near the city's sports complex. The incident was listed among attacks linked to Russian military commissariats.
The two deaths were separate events in different places and were carried out in different ways. Each involved a Russian military officer, and both were reported within a span of two days.
