Top Russian General Killed
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How the 63-year-old retired general ended up piloting a Su-25 in Ukraine is unknown, although former subordinates told the BBC that he "simply could not stay away."
This defies belief. At 63 he is no physical condition to fly a fighter jet in a war zone. Wanna take it for a joyride in the skies around Moscow? Sure. This? No.
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Russian general killed in eastern Ukraine,
A Russian general was killed in eastern Ukraine, a Russian state media journalist said on Sunday, adding to the string of high-ranking military casualties sustained by Moscow.
The report, published on the Telegram messaging app by state television reporter Alexander Sladkov, did not say precisely when and where Major General Roman Kutuzov was killed.
There was no immediate comment from the Russian defence ministry.
Russian forces have intensified attacks to capture Sievierodonetsk, a key city in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region that Moscow is targeting after failing to take the capital Kyiv early in the war.
Russia already classifies military deaths as state secrets even in times of peace and has not updated its official casualty figures in Ukraine since March 25, when it said that 1,351 Russian soldiers had been killed since the start of its military campaign on Feb. 24.
Russia says it is carrying out "special military operation" designed to demilitarise Ukraine and rid it of nationalists threatening the Russian-speaking population. Ukraine and Western countries dismiss Russia's claims as a pretext to invade.
Britain's defence ministry said on Monday that Russia appeared to have suffered significant losses amongst mid- and junior-ranking officers in Ukraine.
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Not a general but a good whack all the same:
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Because Vladimir Putin is quickly running out of senior commanders, an overweight former general from the Russian military has been deployed to fight on the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine.
After the previous leader of the Russian special forces operating in the region was gravely injured in an artillery strike, the 67-year-old general who weighs 20 stone is now believed to be in charge of the forces operating in the region.
General Pavel is the name of the man who fought in Russia’s terrible war in Afghanistan.
Sunday night, a top intelligence source told FOX3: “Putin is now scraping the bottom of the barrel.
He has had to resort to sending second-rate officers who don’t last very long to the front lines because the majority of his best and most experienced senior commanders have been dead or injured fighting in Ukraine.
“He is now dragging generals out of retirement, and one of those he has brought back is General Pavel. “
“Putin is comparable to a mafia lord who commands absolute obedience from everyone. There is not much that can be done if a retired general gets a communication from Putin saying that mother Russia needs them to fight in Ukraine. Because of the sanctions, it is now possible to go away from Russia.
Pavel served in the military for more than 40 years and eventually became a commander in Russia’s special forces; however, this accomplishment occurred 25 years ago, when he was significantly younger and physically stronger.
It is believed that he served in Syria right up until the time that he officially retired from active duty five years ago.
He had been living in a suburb of Moscow up until very recently, but it is believed that he was given orders to go back to active duty about a month ago.
The officer’s enormous girth necessitates that he wear two sets of body armor in addition to having his uniform tailored specifically for him so that it can accommodate his weight.
It is believed that he must eat five meals a day, each of which must be followed by at least one liter of vodka.
It is estimated that Russia has as many as ten generals and as many as thirty senior officers involved in the conflict in Ukraine.
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MOAG
@Doctor-Phibes one article said that he weighs 280 lb.
I think they got the first digit wrong.
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@Doctor-Phibes one article said that he weighs 280 lb.
I think they got the first digit wrong.
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I bet they’ll need a block and tackle just get him on his horse. Won’t be the first general needing such assistance.
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They dropped him on Mariupol this morning.
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U.S. Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals, Officials Say
The United States has provided intelligence about Russian units that has allowed Ukrainians to target and kill many of the Russian generals who have died in action in the Ukraine war, according to senior American officials.
Ukrainian officials said they have killed approximately 12 generals on the front lines, a number that has astonished military analysts.
The targeting help is part of a classified effort by the Biden administration to provide real-time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine. That intelligence also includes anticipated Russian troop movements gleaned from recent American assessments of Moscow’s secret battle plan for the fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, the officials said. Officials declined to specify how many generals had been killed as a result of U.S. assistance.
The United States has focused on providing the location and other details about the Russian military’s mobile headquarters, which relocate frequently. Ukrainian officials have combined that geographic information with their own intelligence — including intercepted communications that alert the Ukrainian military to the presence of senior Russian officers — to conduct artillery strikes and other attacks that have killed Russian officers.
Nice reporting NYT. This feeds the Russian propaganda perfectly.
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Word has it they whacked another one along with several colonels:
One of the colonels being Kens.
