By BRENT FOSTER
The Ukrainian defense ministry reported that the commander of the Russian 49th combined army, Lt. Gen. Yakov Rezantsev, has been killed.
Local media reported that Rezantsev died on Friday at an airbase near the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the BBC reports. Rezantsev was referenced by a Russian soldier in an intercepted conversation as claiming that the “war would be over within hours” just days after the invasion began.
Russian generals are believed to have moved closer to front lines in Ukraine to boost troop morale, according to the report…




