Another one bites the dust.
Posted on 04/09/2022 9:18:15 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian President Vladimir Putin has lost his ninth colonel in battle since launching his brutal invasion of Ukraine in February, as Moscow's losses continue to mount up.
A funeral was held for Colonel Alexander Bespalov on Friday in the closed Russian city of Ozersk, according to a local announcement, which said he was killed 'during a special military operation in Ukraine' - a term used by Moscow to avoid saying 'war'.
The statement said Bespalov was the commander of the 59th Guards Tank Regiment, and become the latest senior Russian military officer to be killed in the war that has seen Kyiv's forces surprise exerts with their fierce resistance.
Targeted strikes against slow-moving Russian tank units have allowed Ukraine's forces to compensate for their inferior numbers, with latest estimates from Kyiv defence officials suggesting the Kremlin has lost more than 4,000 military vehicles.
In addition, Ukraine's Ministry of Defence estimates that Russia has sent more than 19,000 troops to their deaths. Meanwhile, thousands of Moscow's soldiers have retreated from the Kyiv region to refocus Russia's military efforts on eastern Ukraine.
However, a senior U.S. defence official said Friday the Pentagon has determined that some of the Russian combat units that retreated from the Kyiv area in recent days are so heavily damaged and depleted that their combat utility is in question.
Some analysts have suggested that the focus on the Donbas and the pledge to de-escalate may merely be an effort to put a positive spin on reality: Moscow's ground forces have been thwarted - and have taken heavy losses - in their bid to seize the capital and other major cities.
The Kremlin has a policy of playing down military casualties with a 2015 decree declaring all deaths in conflict a state secret
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Another one bites the dust.
Gee...that’s a shame.
F PUTIN.
Felled by a Molotov cocktail thrown by a Ukrainian grandmother? Or is that still a thing?
Well it happens.
Pyrrhus of Epirus died in a similar fashion.
Good riddance....
Gong show winner
I believe the news sources about Pyrrhus of Epirus, before the Daily Mail.
The same few names here just seem to love showering under the sewer pipe of propaganda.
Perhaps. How many do you think have died?
Daily Mail is always good for a laugh.
the pile of dead Colonels must be visible from space by now.
:>)
9
I wonder who really knows? The propaganda has been so thick on both sides.
You could see the bucha massacre from commercial imaging satellites, so, yes.
Ain't that the truth...
;>)
UK Daily Mail has no credibility left. They were even banned from the supermarket checkout counters.
Next up…. the one who ordered the railway station massacre.
Supermarkets still sell NY Times and WashPost, so that’s not much of a metric
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