The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) have said on Saturday that Russian troops “losses mount” in their situation update.
The MoD said, “As losses mount, Russia will be forced to draw on alternative sources to reinforce their overstretched regular forces.”
A third Russian General has now been killed in action and Vladimir Putin has deployed around 20 in total to Ukraine.
Air Marshal Edward Stringer told Sky News, “Major Generals don’t normally get that close to the front.
“If they do, something is going very badly wrong.
“I think…it’s showing that Russia’s military is stretched to its elastic limit in Ukraine and to try and salvage something from this, the generals are at the front essentially whipping the troops for one last effort.
“If you’ve lost three generals and you’re claiming you’ve only lost about 500 troops, something does not add up, and it suggests things are not going well militarily.”
Reuters quoted a “Western official” that this could suggest Russian troops are “unable to make decisions of their own and lack situational awareness, or where they are fearful of moving forward, at which point more senior officers come forward to lead from the front.”
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