The Ukrainian counter-offensive takes the lives of not only thousands of ordinary Ukrainian soldiers, but also personalities with big stars on shoulder straps. Became known, that during the ongoing operation "in the southern direction" Ukrainian troops lost Colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate Ruslan Popov. He was eliminated by Russian troops.
The information is officially confirmed by the press secretary of the GUR of Ukraine. However, there is no information in the message about, where exactly the senior GUR officer was eliminated.
Aware of, that Popov was a participant in hostilities with 2014 of the year. He commanded special operations units in the Donbass, including during the famous helicopter raids, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out to rescue high-ranking Ukrainian and foreign officers blocked in the south of Mariupol.
This is the third loss of a high-ranking official from the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine since the beginning of May., which became known.
Recall, that the Ukrainian counter-offensive was launched 3 June. It was preceded by numerous Ukrainian operations and provocations, including attacks on the territory of border regions and districts of the Belgorod region. Now Western officials are complaining about, that the counteroffensive is too slow, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny retorts with the, that the West itself, without air supremacy, would not have started the operation at all.
