Top Russian General Killed

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Top Russian General Killed:

Good riddance

Indeed.

As @Renauda said in one of the early posts in this thread, "General" might mean different things to different nations and their armies.

But, it seems like the Russian military is losing a significant percentage of their senior leadership in the assault on Ukraine.

So, assuming that these guys were "The Best," who's going to be promoted to take up their positions? The "Almost-The-Best?"

[Jolly]

Kill 'em all.

God will know his own

[89th]

These are just Russian Generals. Wait until the Specifics show up. They are the top brass.

[Klaus]

Colonel?

Maybe the Russian system is different, but over here this is below the general ranks. Senior, but not super senior.

[George K]

@Klaus said in Top Russian General Killed:

Colonel?

Maybe the Russian system is different, but over here this is below the general ranks. Senior, but not super senior.

Same here.

[Copper]

We can't give you a raise this year, but we can give you a better title.

[George K]

https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/ukraine-claims-russian-commander-lt-general-mordvichev-has-been-killed-articleshow.html

Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the general staff of the Ukraine forces have claimed that they have killed the commander of the 8th General Army of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of Russia, namely Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev. The advisor to the president's office of Ukraine, Aleksey Arestovich, informed that the general of Russia was killed in an attack by the forces of Ukraine at an airfield named Chernobaevka near Mykolaiv.

[Mik]

@Copper said in Top Russian General Killed:

We can't give you a raise this year, but we can give you a better title.

snort

[Jolly]

In the U.S. Army, colonels do not lead from the front. They are brigade commanders.

[Catseye3]

@Copper: We can't give you a raise this year, but we can give you a better title.

And scrambled eggs on your hat bill.

[bachophile]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1583410/putin-ukraine-black-sea-fleet-commander-shot-dead-navy-officer-russia-invasion-latest-news

Black Sea fleet deputy commander killed in Ukraine

So u think the Ukrainians are getting real time intel on the location of top officers and picking them off, or just bad luck?

A lot of high ranking officers dead in the course of three weeks.

[Mik]

From that same piece, more good news if it's true. A battalion of Belarus troops has gone over to fight for Mariupol.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1583268/Belarus-Russia-Vladimir-Putin-Ukraine-Mariupol-siege-war-invasion-latest-news-vn

[Renauda]

@Mik

I saw a piece about this yesterday. These are volunteers of Belorussians living abroad and are against the Lukashenka regime. Not all that different than the Canadian volunteer brigades forming here and going over to Ukraine.

I have also read though, that Minsk is hesitant to send in its own troops to assist the Russians for fear of them mutinying and joining with the Ukrainian defenders.

[Jolly]

Read an interview with a former U.S. Marine that had volunteered to fight. He said it was pretty chaotic right now. The personnel situation is very fluid, with guys coming in every day and no weapons or equipment to issue them.

Right now, a warm, dry floor to sleep on and a field ration or two per day was what they were getting. Hopefully, that gets untangled pretty quick.

[Horace]

@Jolly said in Top Russian General Killed:

Read an interview with a former U.S. Marine that had volunteered to fight.

What's the process for a random American with military experience to volunteer to fight in another country's war?

[Jolly]

@Horace said in Top Russian General Killed:

@Jolly said in Top Russian General Killed:

Read an interview with a former U.S. Marine that had volunteered to fight.

What's the process for a random American with military experience to volunteer to fight in another country's war?

Happened plenty of times before. Battle of Britain, etc.

I tend to think of the Abe Lincoln Brigade...
https://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/abe-brigade.html

Usually the country they are fighting for sets up some kind of apparatus to acknowledge their volunteer status and either assigns them to a regular army unit or assigns them to a company or brigade of volunteers. An article with Ukraine's website:
https://nypost.com/2022/03/05/want-to-go-fight-in-ukraineheres-how-to-apply/

[bachophile]

[LuFins Dad]

@bachophile said in Top Russian General Killed:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1583410/putin-ukraine-black-sea-fleet-commander-shot-dead-navy-officer-russia-invasion-latest-news

Black Sea fleet deputy commander killed in Ukraine

So u think the Ukrainians are getting real time intel on the location of top officers and picking them off, or just bad luck?

A lot of high ranking officers dead in the course of three weeks.

I've commented in another thread wondering the same thing. The Ukrainians have been claiming that they've stopped "hit squads" after Zelensky thanks to intel leaks from the FSB and even the SVR. It makes you wonder if that has anything to do with the heads of the various agencies being replaced and in some cases placed on house arrest?

[Klaus]

@Horace said in Top Russian General Killed:

Russia should stop storming cities with their generals on the front lines.

Maybe they watched LOTR.

[LuFins Dad]

@Renauda said in Top Russian General Killed:

@Mik

I saw a piece about this yesterday. These are volunteers of Belorussians living abroad and are against the Lukashenka regime. Not all that different than the Canadian volunteer brigades forming here and going over to Ukraine.

I have also read though, that Minsk is hesitant to send in its own troops to assist the Russians for fear of them mutinying and joining with the Ukrainian defenders.

I thought that I had read that they actually had tried but some officers actually flat out refused?