Top Russian General Severely Wounded in Ukraine, Officials Confirm

A high-ranking Russian general has been seriously wounded in the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russian officials have confirmed.

Lieutenant General Esedulla Abachev, a senior commander in the recently re-established Leningrad Military District, was injured while serving on the front lines, according to Sergei Melikov, head of Russia’s Dagestan Republic.

“He has held several important commanding positions, but has always been at the very front, at the most responsible and therefore most dangerous sections of the front,” Melikov wrote in a Telegram post on Monday.

Melikov did not disclose specific details about Abachev’s injuries but noted that the 57-year-old is currently being treated in “one of the best military hospitals in the country.”

However, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) reported that Abachev sustained catastrophic injuries during a Ukrainian strike on a military column in Russia’s western Kursk region, resulting in the amputation of multiple limbs.

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, at least 12 Russian generals have been killed, according to public sources.

The Leningrad Military District, where Abachev held command, was re-established in 2024 by order of President Vladimir Putin. The district encompasses Russia’s northwestern regions up to the Ural Mountains and is named after the Soviet-era name for St. Petersburg.