Lieutenant General Sergey Milchakov, commander of the 51st Combined Arms Army of the Russian army, is reported to have been killed as a result of a strike by Ukraine on a Russian forces command post in Donetsk.
Modern.az reports that a number of Russian and Ukrainian media outlets and the "Atesh" partisan movement have spread this information.
According to the information, Milchakov is likely to have died as a result of a missile strike on the main and reserve command posts of Russian forces in Donetsk on August 26.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that on August 26 and the night of August 27, the main and reserve command posts of Russian forces in the Donetsk region were hit by air-launched missiles.
The General Staff stated that the enemy's losses as a result of the strikes are being clarified.
The Russian side has not yet confirmed the information about Milchakov's death. (APA)