Ukraine: Russian General killed after plane crashes Israel today

A Russian Air Force general has been killed after a fighter jet flew over Ukrainian skies, the Russian-language BBC reported today (Tuesday).

According to the report, Major General Banamet Butashev, 63, was killed in a crash after the Sukhoi SU-25 plane he was flying was hit by a Stinger missile fired by the Ukrainians over the east of the country.

Butashev returned to active service with the outbreak of the war, having retired a few years ago.

Upon his death he became the 13th Russian general in the number killed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February.

Meanwhile, the Russian army recorded a significant achievement today when its forces achieved a break-in west of the town of Poposna in the Luhansk region.

The Russian forces managed to advance tens of kilometers into the territory controlled by Ukraine towards the town of Hamut on one of the main arteries in the area.

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Vladimir Zlansky Vladimir Putin, Photo: Reuters, AFP

Now there is a growing fear in Kiev that the Russian army will succeed in encircling the cities of Svrodonetsk and Lisichensk, the last two strongholds left to the Ukrainians in the Luhansk region of the Donbas region.

The Ukrainian army has retreated to lighter positions for defense and is awaiting reinforcements, in an attempt to repel the Russian attacking force.

Earlier in the day, authorities in the city of Mariupol found about 200 civilian bodies in an advanced state of decay beneath the rubble of a building in the city center.

The city of Mariupol, which fell to Russia last week, underwent a nearly three-month siege, during which the city was shelled with artillery and aerial bombardment.

Authorities estimate that nearly 20,000 civilians were killed in the fighting in the city.

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