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| name = Andrei Mordvichev |
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| death_date = 2022 |
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| death_place = Chornobaivka, Ukraine |
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| birth_name = Andrei Mordvichev |
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| allegiance = {{RUS}} |
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| rank = [[Lieutenant general]] |
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*[[Russo-Ukrainian War]] |
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**[[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]{{KIA}} |
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'''Andrei Mordvichev''' (died 2022) was a Russian [[lieutenant general]] who commanded the [[8th Guards Combined Arms Army|8th General Army]] of the [[Southern Military District]]. He was deployed in 2022 to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]] where Ukrainian sources said he was killed. He would be [[List of Russian generals killed during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine|Russia's fifth general officer to be killed]] in the invasion and the most highly ranked casualty of the war so far.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=Brendan |date=2022-03-19 |title=Ukraine claims to have killed fifth Russian general since start of the war |url=https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russia-troops-generals-kyiv-mordvichev-death-1689727 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-19 |title=Russian commanders killed in Putin’s war as Ukraine invasion ‘not going to plan’ |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russian-commanders-general-killed-ukraine-b2039626.html |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> |
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Ukrainian sources said Mordvichev was killed in an airstrike on an airfield in Chornobayivka close to the Kherson airport,<ref name=":0" /> while Russian sources have not yet confirmed his death.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shoaib |first=Alia |date=2022-03-19 |title=A 5th Russian general has been killed in attack on an army base, Ukraine officials claim |url=https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/a-5th-russian-general-has-been-killed-in-attack-on-an-army-base-ukraine-officials/d33v544 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=Business Insider Africa |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bancroft|first1=Holly|title=Fifth Russian general killed as 'planes and helicopters shot down', Ukraine claims|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-fifth-russian-general-killed-b2039617.html|access-date=19 March 2022|work=The Independent|date=19 March 2022|language=en}}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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[[Category:2022 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Russian lieutenant generals]] |
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[[Category:Russian military personnel killed in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] |
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