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- A Russian general has died after a "long illness," an official said in a Telegram post.
- Colonel General Gennady Zhidko was a senior officer heavily involved in attacking Ukraine.
- But after a series of humiliating defeats last year, Zhidko was removed from his post.
A Russian general who was relieved of command in Ukraine last year died in Moscow after "a long illness," an official said Wednesday.
Colonel General Gennady Zhidko, a former deputy defense minister, was leading Russian forces fighting in Ukraine from May 2022 to last autumn.