RAF chief says ‘something is going badly wrong’ with Putin’s botched Ukraine invasion

dailystar.co.uk:

RAF chief claims “something is going very badly wrong” with Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Former RAF Commander Edward Stringer said the death of three major Russian generals in less than three weeks does not bode well for Putin.

On Friday (March 11) it was reported that the commander of the Eastern Military District, Andrei Kolesnikov, had died. This came within days of his colleagues Vitaly Gerasimov of the 41st Army and Andrei Sukhovetsky of the Russian Airborne Forces also being killed in combat, the Daily Mirror reports.

The former RAF commander told Sky News: "Critical reports that three Major Generals – Major Generals don't normally get that close to the front. "If they do, something is going very badly wrong.

It shows Russia is stretched to its elastic limit in Ukraine. "And to try and salvage something from this, the generals are at the front 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 doesn't add up and it suggests things are not going well militarily." Whilst reports vary, Russia has only killed around 500 Ukrainian soldiers so far but lost more than 10,000 of its own troops.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here. Western intelligence reported that Russia was taken back by the fierceness of Ukraine’s resistance which has seen it lose more tanks than Germany has across its total army.