Commander Robert Brovdi announced Wednesday that his operatives killed Major General Anton Gronis over the weekend. The claim follows earlier unverified reports of the general's death, which The Zioneer first reported.
Ukraine's unmanned forces commander Robert Brovdi announced Wednesday evening that his operatives killed Russian Major General Anton Gronis over the weekend. Brovdi made the statement in a post on Telegram, according to The Zioneer.
The claim follows earlier unverified reports of Gronis's death, which The Zioneer first reported on Wednesday. In that report, a single source indicated that Gronis was killed in a cruise missile strike, but the information could not be independently confirmed.
Gronis, a Hero of Russia and commander of the 4th Brigade of the Luhansk Corps, had recently been praised by President Vladimir Putin for asserting that his forces had captured the strategic city of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine. The status of Kostyantynivka remains contested: earlier reports said Russian forces controlled about 90% of the city, while Ukraine denied the city had fallen.
The new allegation from the Ukrainian side adds a secondary source for Gronis's death, though independent verification is still lacking. No comment has been received from Russian officials.
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