Vladimir Putin has lost more than 160 top officers in Ukraine war
Vladimir Putin has lost more than 160 generals and colonels since the beginning of the Ukraine war earlier this year.
Vladimir Putin has lost more than 160 generals and colonels in the Ukraine war.
A Telegram channel operated by Colonel Anatoly 'Stirlitz' Stefan of the Ukrainian armed forces has collected reports of Russian military deaths and compiled a list of some of Putin's most prominent casualties.
Stirlitz claims that the Russian president has lost ten generals and a total of 152 generals and lieutenant colonels since launching the invasion in February.
New figures released by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claimed that 87,900 Russian servicemen have been killed in the conflict. A Pentagon estimate earlier this month said that over 100,000 Russian military personnel had been killed or wounded.
The high number of fatalities of high-ranking officials comes due to an apparent refusal to delegate responsibility to junior commanders.
Many generals and colonels are unwilling to decentralise command and have been more vulnerable to attack as they marshal their troops near the frontline.
Mothers and wives of servicemen killed on the battlefield express outrage over Putin staging a "sham" meeting last week as he held a meeting with a group of female officials and loyalists posing as military mothers.
A statement from the Council of Mothers and Wives said: "How can people be prevented from telling the truth about the needless deaths of thousands of recruits that are taking place?
"How can mothers be forbidden to learn about the fate of their sons, to protect them?
"How could our people be forbidden to speak out for peace and against wars?
"The victorious people are killed with a gag in their mouths."
