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One of Russia's most prestigious airborne regiments has lost 3 commanders, UK Intel says
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There is “extreme attrition and high turnover” in the Russian military, even among its senior ranks, the UK Ministry Defence said in an intelligence update on Saturday.
He had replaced his predecessor, Colonel Pyotr Popov, just weeks prior, after the colonel resigned, possibly in protest against the Russian military’s failure to retrieve the bodies of dead soldiers, the UK department said, citing Russian media sources.
The regiment’s first commander, Colonel Konstantin Zizevsky, was killed in battle in the early weeks of the war.
This particular regiment’s high turnover highlights a a persistent problem across the Russian military, the UK department noted.
These deaths are not only among the lower ranks of the army, as many senior Russian commanders have been reported to have been killed in action throughout the conflict.
Ukraine said on Saturday that top Russian military commanders were among those killed or wounded in a missile strike that targeted the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Crimea on Friday.
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