Vladimir Putin loses 15th commander in Russia's worst top brass losses since WWII
dailystar.co.ukRussian officer to lose his life in Ukraine as the country suffers its biggest loss of military leaders since the end of the Second World War.
According to an as-yet unconfirmed report from the Ukrainian armed forces, Colonel Sharov died outside Mariupol – where some of the bloodiest fighting of the war has taken place.Sharov, commander of the the 810th Guards Separate Order of Zhukov Brigade in the Russian Marines, is the fifth colonel and the fifteenth senior Russian officer to lose his life since fighting began 27 days ago.Russia has not updated its casualty figures since March 2, when an official statement said that 498 servicemen had been killed and 1,597 wounded.
However, Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reported earlier this week that the invading force had lost close to 10,000 men.
The paper later announced that it had been “hacked” and that the report was fake news.There have been reports of Russian troops deserting en masse, in some cases walking over the border into Belarus in a bid to avoid a Court Martial at home.
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