One of the most famous presenters of the state TV channel “Russia-1” Olga Skabeyeva confirmed the death of General Oleg Chukov, which was announced by Ukrainian generals. he was killed on Tuesday near occupied Berdyanskinforms CNN.

Ukrainian officials said the deputy commander of the Southern Military District, Oleg Chukov, was among the Russians killed in a Storm Shadow missile strike early Tuesday. According to Ukrainian officials, the attack was aimed at the Russian headquarters in the occupied city of Berdyansk.

Olga Skabeyeva said on her program on Wednesday: “This was explained to our viewers, although there was no official information from the Ministry of Defense, all mass media have already reported,” adding that the deputy commander was killed.

Her guest Andriy Gurulyov, himself a former deputy commander of the Southern Military District and now a member of the Russian parliament, said that Chukov was “a person who saw misfortunes that some cannot even imagine.”

“Last year, he suffered a serious injury and was barely saved,” the guest said, adding that Chokov decided to return to the fight even after the injury.

Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to the exiled Ukrainian mayor of Mariupol, Vadym Boychenko, said on Tuesday that Tsokov had been the target of a Ukrainian attack before, in September 2022, when he was only wounded. Now the death of the Russian commander is “complete”, Andryushchenko added.

The Southern Military District has been actively involved in the invasion since it began in February 2022.

Independent analysts and CNN estimates show that Russia has lost about 10 generals in combat since the invasion began.

Chokov is on the sanctions list of several countries because of the war.

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