Ukraine may have captured
a Russian general in what would be the highest-ranking of Moscow’s officers to
be taken prisoner since the Second World War.
Video published Wednesday
revealed a group of Russian POWs detained by Ukraine amid a surprise
counter-attack near the city of Kharkiv, among them a man wearing the
uniform of a mid-ranking Lieutenant-Colonel.
But Ukrainian media now claims
the man is ‘likely’ to be Andrei Sychevoi, who is actually a high-ranking
Lieutenant-General and commander of Russia’s Group of Forces West.
Ukraine may have captured
a Russian general in what would be the highest-ranking of Moscow’s officers to
be taken prisoner since the Second World War.
Video published Wednesday
revealed a group of Russian POWs detained by Ukraine amid a surprise counter-attack
near the city of Kharkiv, among them a man wearing the uniform of a
mid-ranking Lieutenant-Colonel.
But Ukrainian media now claims
the man is ‘likely’ to be Andrei Sychevoi, who is actually a high-ranking
Lieutenant-General and commander of Russia’s Group of Forces West.
The Kyiv Post was
among Ukrainian outlets to report the news, claiming General Sychevoi had been
dressed in a uniform of a lower rank in a hurried attempt to hide his identity
before being captured.
The paper, which has been a
reliable source of information throughout the war, reports Sychevoi’s capture
as ‘likely, but not confirmed’.
However, some have noted
discrepancies between the man pictured in the video and Sychevoi – leaving
doubt over the capture.
Julian Röpcke, a respected
writer for German newspaper Bild, tweeted a pair of such images along with the
caption: ‘You are welcome to disagree, but to me, those are two different
persons.’
