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Reported killing of Russian general near Berdiansk
Summary
A retrospective on reports of a missile strike in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and a separate shooting in Krasnodar.
What was reported on 11 July 2023 from the southern front? Russian Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov was reportedly killed by a missile strike near Berdiansk, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The report came during the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The day before, on 10 July 2023, a separate killing was reported in the Russian city of Krasnodar. Stanislav Rzhitsky, deputy chief in charge of military mobilization in the city and commander of the Russian Navy submarine B-265 Krasnodar, was shot dead near the city's sports complex.
The two incidents were reported in different places and by different means: a missile strike in occupied-area territory near the front, and a shooting inside Russia. The Krasnodar case was listed among attacks on Russian military commissariats.
