Putin's 'flawed' war strategy as 'troops in trouble' and true death toll hidden

dailystar.co.uk:

Vladimir Putin's strategy for the war in Ukraine has 'weak points' that could leave his 'troops in trouble' following deleted articles about Kremlin's true death toll.

Writing for El Pais, Melissa Kitson claims that "if removing the leadership of an enemy force is one of the basic goals in war, then the Russian offensive in Ukraine may be in trouble."Kitson went on to explain that at least five Kremlin generals and a handful of commanders have been killed in the first 30 days of conflict and the true death toll for Russia is being wiped from their state media.

She added: "Estimates suggest that the real death toll of Russian troops is much higher than what is being reported by the Kremlin. "The Russian Defense Ministry said on March 2 that 498 soldiers had died, but since then has made no further comment. "The New York Times, however, estimated on February 16 that between 3,000 and 7,000 Russian troops may have been killed. "While Russian newspaper Komsomólskaya Pravda reported online that 9,861 soldiers had died in combat and another 16,153 had been injured." The reports from the Russian newspaper were removed, however, the figures were screenshotted and republished by US newspaper, The Wallstreet Journal.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.According to the UN agency be "the real figures are considerably higher, especially in the government-controlled territory and especially in recent days, as the receipt of information from some locations where intense hostilities have been going on has been delayed and many reports are still pending corroboration".Alejandro Pizarroso Quintero, a propaganda expert who teaches at Madrid’s Complutense University, claimed that.