Russian commander Abachev wounded on the frontline.

A senior Russian commander, Lt.-Gen. Esedulla Abachev, has been seriously wounded while fighting in Ukraine, Russian officials confirmed.

CBI News reports that Sergei Melikov, head of the Russian republic of Dagestan, announced the development on Telegram, praising Abachev’s frontline role since the beginning of the war.

“He has held several important commanding positions, but has always been at the very front, at the most responsible and therefore most dangerous sections of the front,” Melikov wrote.

Melikov did not disclose the extent of Abachev’s injuries but said the 57-year-old was being treated in “one of the best military hospitals in the country.”

Ukraine’s military intelligence service (HUR) claimed the general was badly wounded during a strike on a Russian military column in the western Kursk region and that “several of his limbs” had to be amputated.

Abachev is one of Russia’s most senior officers to be seriously injured in the conflict.

At least 12 Russian generals have been killed since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

The Leningrad Military District, where Abachev serves as a top commander, was re-established in 2024 on the orders of President Vladimir Putin.

It covers Russia’s north-western regions up to the Ural Mountains and takes its name from the Soviet-era title for St. Petersburg.