U.S. can’t confirm top Russian general wounded during Donbas visit, U.S. official says

Chief of the Typical Workers of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov attends the yearly global armed service-technological forum “Military” at Patriot Expocentre in Moscow Location, Russia August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

WASHINGTON, May perhaps 2 (Reuters) – The United States thinks that the Russian military’s Chief of the General Workers, Valery Gerasimov, visited Ukraine’s Donbas area previous 7 days but are unable to validate media reviews that he was wounded throughout combating, a U.S. defense formal mentioned on Monday.

“We can verify he was in the Donbas,” the senior U.S. formal informed reporters, speaking on issue of anonymity.

Reporting by Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart

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