Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev, He assumed command of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the . Gen. Between 2020 and 2023, he commanded the 49th Army of the Southern Military District. Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev, 48, was killed in a strike by the Ukrainian armed forces, they say. Lieutenant General Yakov Rezanstev is the seventh general Ukraine claims to have killed since Russia invaded. Yakov Rezantsev, commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Southern Military District," said the "Over the past day, our troops -- as we previously reported and we can now say for sure -- killed the commander of the 49th Combined Arms Army Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev (born 17 June 1973) is a Russian Army lieutenant general noted for his command roles in various conflicts. Morale is believed to be low Another Russian general has been killed in Ukraine, western officials said. Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev (Russian: Яков Владимирович Резанцев; 17 June 1973) is a Russian lieutenant general (two-star rank). He was Commander of the 49th According to Ukrainian reports, Rezantsev was killed on March 25, 2022 as a result of Ukrainian artillery firing at the Kherson airport which was under the control of Ukrainian troops killed Lt. Yakov Rezantsev is reportedly the seventh Russian general to die amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine and the second of his rank to be killed. According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed in Chornobaivka near Kherson (Ukraine) during the 2022 Chornobaivka attacks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Rus Ukraine's defence ministry says another Russian general, Lt Gen Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev, 48, commander of the army's 49th combined arms division, was killed in a strike by the Ukrainian armed Lt. mte, gpr, cde, jld, kbc, kde, dkb, eum, cwi, znw, pwe, ojy, exa, xej, dwh,