Russian General Goryachev "almost certainly" dies in southern Ukraine - British intelligence

This was reported by the British Ministry of Defense on Twitter, citing intelligence data, according to Ukrinform.

Goryachev was the chief of staff of 35th Combined Arms Army (35 CAA).

“With 35 CAA's nominated commander, General-Lieutenant Alexandr Sanchik, reported to be filling a gap in a higher HQ, there is a realistic possibility that Goryachev was the acting army commander at the time of his death,” the intelligence notes.

The report also says that continues a war record which has been both difficult and controversial for 35th CA: in March 2022 elements of the army were present during the massacre of civilians in Bucha, and in June 2022 the force was largely wiped out near Izium.

As Ukrinform reported, in a previous report, British intelligence said that the head of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, refused to sign contracts with the Russian military despite Putin's orders, thus provoking the conflict.