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Another senior Russian general has died in combat in Ukraine, Viségrad reports 24.

Colonel Alexander Bespalov, the commander of the 59th Guards Tank Regiment, was reportedly killed in action by Ukrainian defense forces.

It would contribute to the deaths of 16 of Vladimir Putin’s senior military officials, including five named colonels and four lieutenant colonels, confirmed by Ukraine’s defense ministry earlier this week.

A funeral for Bespalov was held in the Russian city of Ozersk on Friday, according to local media reports.

Although not independently verified, the death of Col Bespalov again raises questions about the efficiency behind the Kremlin’s war strategy, which Express.co.uk said makes Moscow’s goals “really disruptive”. CONTINUE READING

Mark Savchuk, chairman of the supervisory board of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau, said: “People like generals…they shouldn’t die because they shouldn’t be on the front lines.”

The 32-year-old, speaking from a Kiev basement where he finds shelter with a group of friends, said it was due to a “lack of preparation” by Moscow.

He described the Russian army as “an old doctrine” and said that general fighting close to the front means that “the probability of a lucky strike is actually much higher than in a conventional army”.

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