Vitaly Gerasimov | |
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Native name | Виталий Петрович Герасимов |
Birth name | Vitaly Pyetrovich Gerasimov |
Born | Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR | 9 July 1977
Died | 7 March 2022 Kharkiv, Ukraine | (aged 44)
Allegiance | Russia |
Service/ | Russian Ground Forces |
Years of service | 1995–2022 |
Rank | Major general |
Commands held | Chief of Staff, 41st Combined Arms Army |
Battles/wars |
Vitaly Petrovich Gerasimov (Russian: Виталий Петрович Герасимов; 9 July 1977[1] – 7 March 2022) was a Russian Ground Forces major general (one-star rank). Ukraine's Ministry of Defence said that Gerasimov was killed in Kharkiv Oblast during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2][3] At the time of his death, he was chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army.
Vitaly Petrovich Gerasimov was born on 9 July 1977 in Kazan.[4] Gerasimov graduated from the Kazan Higher Tank Command School in 1999 and from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2007.[5][1]
Gerasimov fought in the Second Chechen War (1999–2000), and was awarded campaign medals for participating in the Russian military operation in Syria (from 2015), and the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014.[2][6]
In October 2013, as a colonel, he was assigned as commander of the 15th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (Peacekeeping).[4] In June 2016, he was promoted to the rank of major-general.[7]
According to Ukrainian authorities, Gerasimov was killed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine on 7 March 2022 near Kharkiv, along with several other senior Russian officials.[2][8][9] The Netherlands-based open-source intelligence (OSINT) fact-checking group Bellingcat said it had confirmed the death by accessing a Ukrainian intercept of Russian communications, as well as by means of "a Russian source".[9][10] The Guardian newspaper reported on 8 March that the Ukrainian defence department "broadcast what it claimed was a conversation between two Russian FSB officers discussing the death and complaining that their secure communications were no longer functioning inside Ukraine".[6] CNN said it has not independently verified Gerasimov's death and US officials have not confirmed it.[11]
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