President Vladimir Putin has lost one of his top Russian Generals, Major Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky, who was killed in the war with Ukraine.

Ukrainian media cited a social media post by his colleague that Sukhovetsky was killed in Ukraine on Wednesday.

UK Metro reported that Sukhovetsky was a deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District.

Sergei Chipilev, a deputy of the Russian veterans’ group, Combat Brotherhood, was said to have announced his death in a post on Russian social media platform VKontakte.

“It is with great sorrow that we learned of the tragic news about the death of our friend, Major General Andrei Aleksandrovich Sukhovetsky, on the territory of Ukraine during a special operation,” the post read.

Ukrainian outlet Fakti said Sukhovetsky had been in his latest role since October 2021 and was based in Novosibirsk.