Deaths of generals expose Russia's troubles in Ukraine

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Russia's troubles in Ukraine Rezantsev who was killed in fighting in Chornobaivka outside the south ern city of Kherson.
The killing in action of several Russian generals and senior military figures in Ukraine has revealed the extent of the heavy losses and logistical problems encountered by Moscow's invading army. ness of the army, "he said." All this, no doubt, demoralises the Russian army they realize that their top leadership is completely incompe tent ". Y" I would treat these numbers with a grain of salt, "said Colin Clarke, The weaknesses shown by the Russian army in Ukraine, in par ticular in intelligence, logistics and tactical errors, have forced military chiefs to go to the front lines, said at senior French. military official, who asked not to be named. According to Kyiv, seven Russian generals have been killed since the invasion was launched on Feb 24, in what Western officials say would be an unusually high casualty rate. among military top brass. is "But whether it's five or 15 gener als, the fact that they are losing any generals at all demonstrates that Russian command - and - control extremely weak and its lines of com munication have been severed by Ukrainian military success, "he added. It is not possible to independently. verify this figure and official Russian sources have so far con firmed only the death of one general and another senior naval com mander. "Orders may not have been well understood or received, units could be disobedient or there is a major problem with morale. All this could make the generals go to the front." According to the Ukraine defense ministry on Friday, the seventh Russian general to lose his life was Lieutenant General Yakov In a post on Telegram, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's adviser Mykhailo Podoliak described an "extraordinary" death rate among Russian generals and senior military figures. Of the generals, only the death in action on Feb 28 of Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky, deputy com mander of Russia's 41st Combined Arms Army, has been confirmed by official Russian sources. - AFP "This is a sign of total unprepared

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Russian losses by today as reported by the Ukrainian army.
These were first considered to be overestimates, but they are converging with the #OSNIT numbers.
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