Andrei Sukhovetsky

Sukhovetsky was killed in combat in Ukraine on 28 February 2022.[4][7] According to Ukrainian sources, he was shot by a sniper, either in the city of Hostomel[8] or when landing at Hostomel Airport.[9][10] According to one report, he had ventured to the front of the stalled Russian Kyiv convoy.[11] In contrast, another report claimed that he died near Mariupol, which was besieged by Russian forces at the time;[6] however, the 41st Army operated in northern Ukraine, far from the Mariupol area.[12]

His death was first reported by Andrei Terekhov, a retired Russian intelligence officer, on Twitter on 1 March.[6] It was also reported by Sergey Chipilev, a former colleague of his in the airborne forces, on the VKontakte social networking service on 2 March, though he deleted his account the next day.[6] Vladimir Myshkin, an official of the Combat Brotherhood, a Russian veterans group, confirmed on 3 March that he and others had heard of the death.[6] President Vladimir Putin later mentioned in a speech that he had been killed.[5] Military historian Jack McCall notes that Sukhovetsky is the second Russian general to have been killed as a direct result of combat with Ukrainian combatants since the death of General Nikolai F. Vatutin in 1944.[13][14]