During the tenth fire attack on the strategic airfield of Chornobaivka village in Kherson region, the Ukrainian army yesterday, March 24, killed Yakov Rezantsev, the commander of the 49th All-Military Army of the Southern Military District of the russian federation.
This was announced at a briefing today, March 25, by the adviser to the head of the President's Office Oleksiy Arestovych.
In addition, the General Staff and intelligence notes the low level of moral and psychological condition of russian troops, according to Arestovych.
"The 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade was destroyed. 645 of the 648 recruits were killed. Two of the three survivors were wounded," Arestovich said.
He added that 50% of one of the regiments of the 7th Assault Brigade of the russian federation wrote reports of refusal to participate in hostilities.
Last night, Arestovich said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had previously destroyed the advanced command post of the 49th Army of the russian federation in the south. He confirmed this information today.
48-year-old Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev has been the commander of the 49th All-Military Army of the Southern Military District since August 2020. Its base is Stavropol. He fought in Abkhazia and Syria. He was awarded medals.
On March 21, the Armed Forces of Ukraine seized the staff maps of the russians, Armed Forces seized Russian military staff maps, and "phenomenon" of Chornobaivka was revealed. The fact is that at this airfield near Kherson, the rascists stationed the headquarters of almost all units of their group: the 22nd Army Corps, the 7th Assault Division, the 127th Separate Intelligence Brigade and the 20th Motorized Rifle Division. And most importantly - the command post of the whole group of Russian troops in this direction.
On March 15, fighters of a separate Azov special unit of the National Guard, which together with the Armed Forces defended Mariupol, killed Major General Oleg Mityaev, known for atrocities in the DNR and Syria. He headed 150 MSD - 150th Motorized Rifle Idritsko-Berlin Kutuzov Order Division of the Land Forces of the Russian Armed Forces (unit 22179) with a location in Novocherkassk, Rostov region. This unit is part of the 8th Guards General Army of the Southern Military District.