Posted on 03/16/2022 4:58:23 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russia has lost another of its generals in the war in Ukraine, Kyiv has said, along with seven members of an elite force under Vladimir Putin's direct command as Ukraine inflicts punishing losses on Moscow's war machine.
Major-General Oleg Mityaev, 47, commander of the army's 150th motorised rifle division, died fighting around the besieged city of Mariupol, Ukraine's interior ministry said late Tuesday as officials released a photo of what they claimed was his corpse on the battlefield.
It marks the fourth Russian general that Ukraine claims to have taken out and the 13th officer overall, as Putin's invading forces suffer heavy losses at the hands of dogged Ukrainian defenders.
Seven elite SWAT fighters from the feared Dzerzhinsky Division of Russia's national guard were also revealed to have died in the fighting.
A mourning picture was released in Russia showing the photographs of six elite 'maroon beret' special forces fighters from the Vityaz Special Purpose Centre of the Dzerzhinsky Division, named after Soviet secret police founder Felix Dzerzhinsky. It was later revealed that a seventh had been slain.
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Blunders early on in the campaign including poor planning and logistics that saw vehicles stall due to breakdowns, run out of fuel and get bogged down in mud are thought to be behind the eye-watering officer death toll - as commanders were forced to the front to fix the problems before being picked off by Ukrainians.
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Hard to believe the Ukes haven’t rolled into Moscow square yet. 😆
You would at that wouldn't you?
Like deranged far left Dem ideologues usually do.
because you think your “answer” is satisfactory doesn't mean it actually is.
It must have been satisfactory because I gave you the same answer and you punted.
Burn the mongols !!!!!1
Good generals like MacArthur and Patton were often on the front lines and the generals under a MacArthur and Patton were always on the front lines when engaged with the enemy.
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Devastating. Absolutely strependously flabergasteosly devastating.
Calling pal joey to the rescue.
Wow!
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