General-Major Sergei Goryachev was almost certainly killed in a strike on a command post on or around June 12, 2023, in south of Ukraine, the UK Defense Intelligence reports. Sergei Goryachev was the chief of staff of 35th Combined Arms Army (35 CAA).
With 35 CAA’s nominated commander, General-Lieutenant Alexandr Sanchik, reported to be filling a gap in a higher HQ, there is a realistic possibility that Sergei Goryachev was the acting army commander at the time of his death.
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According to the UK Defense Intelligence, Sergei Goryachev is the first russian general confirmed killed in Ukraine since the start of 2023.
It continues a war record which has been both difficult and controversial for 35th CAA: in March 2022 elements of the army were present during the massacre of civilians in Bucha, and in June 2022 the force was largely wiped out near Izium.
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