Russia has suffered the death of another General, plus seven elite SWAT fighters from the feared Dzerzhinsky Division of the country’s national guard which is under Vladimir Putin’s direct control, according to reports.

It comes amid a warning from a top Russian airman that his country’s forces have suffered losses on a scale that will “horrify” people when the figure - now a closely guarded secret - is revealed.

Captain Alexander Garnaev - a famous military test pilot and recipient of the Kremlin’s highest honour, the Hero of Russia award - denounced the “completely incomprehensible” war.

Major-General Oleg Mityaev, 47, commander of the army’s feared 150th motorized rifle division, was killed in the storming of Mariupol, say the Ukrainians.


He is the fourth Russian General to die in the war, according to Kyiv.

Moscow has only confirmed the death of one General, and has not commented on the reports about Mityaev.

A picture of the corpse of the decorated military officer, a father-of-two, was released by Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko.



Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported the death of another Russian general in his nighttime address but did not name him.

A mourning picture was released in Russia showing the photographs of six elite “maroon beret” special forces fighters from the Vityaz Special Purpose Centre of the Dzerzhinsky Division, named after Soviet secret police founder Felix Dzerzhinsky.

It was later revealed that a seventh had been slain.

Only four have been named.

Major Viktor Maksimchuk, 44, was commander of a motorised rifle regiment, who also died in fighting near Mariupol.

A father and grandfather, his funeral is due on Wednesday in Krasnodar region.

Mikhail Belyakov, a 30-year-old sergeant from Penza region, was awarded the Order of Courage posthumousl

Also killed was Alexey Blinkov, a graduate of the Novosibirsk Institute of National Guard Troops.

The fourth SWAT fighter to be named was Maxim Pustozvonov, a native of Samara region.

The body of another Russian soldier Aslanbek Mukhtarov was reported to have been found on the battlefield two-and-a-half weeks after he died.

Air force pilot Captain Alexey Belkov was killed when his plane was downed.

Two others from the same city, Bratsk, in Siberia, who had been moved 3,500 miles to fight in the war - Ilya Kubik, 18, and Pyotr Tereshonok.

“I bow my head before the valour of our soldiers and officers,” said the city’s mayor.

Respected test pilot Garnaev quit from a number of positions over the “completely incomprehensible” war.

A Hero of Russia and Honoured Test Pilot, he launched a scathing attack on the way Ukrainian cities have been “bombed and crushed with tanks”.

His opposite number in Ukraine, Alexander Galunenko, had seen the giant An-225 Mriya aircraft bombed “before his eyes”.

Now he is cowering in his cellar as his house of “constantly bombed and shelled”.

He hinted at dissent in Russian ranks.

“It is unbearable for me to see how much our men - including those I know personally - suffer. This is unbearable for me.”

And he warned: ‘Sooner or later society will know the final number of losses…

“Society will be horrified.”

He quit as chairman of the board of Russia’s Club of Heroes.


https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/russia-general-killed-oleg-mityaev-swat-fighters-ukraine-war-kremlin-putin-b988348.html

CoronaVirusPro:
Now I am certain that The Nigerian Forces will run over Russia’s mikitary in less than 3 months

Damn! Russias military is the biggest joke of the 21st century. Less than 8 weeks and tremendous casualties

joyandfaith:


No Nigeria military cannot run over RA because Russian soldiers are trained to be cannon fodders. NA do not have ammunitions to kill 10 Millions cannon fodders.

plaindealer:



,,,but small Ukraine that did not have any serious army 6 weeks ago is outsmarting and beating Russia with ease abi?

Is Ukraine beating Putin with cannon fodders, and how come the 10 million cannon fodders are not protecting Russia from serious beating by Ukraine.?


First of all,no matter how Ukraine worst reach, them no fit be like Nigeria......

Nigeria get one of the worse army in the world......
Not just the infantry men sef
Them no get better weapon, no better jet fighters, no warships, no missiles....

Nigeria no fi fight war sef......

The so-called comedian is beating a so-called superpower..

You no think am through.

CoronaVirusPro:
Now I am certain that The Nigerian Forces will run over Russia’s mikitary in less than 3 months

Damn! Russias military is the biggest joke of the 21st century. Less than 8 weeks and tremendous casualties

CoronaVirusPro:
Now I am certain that The Nigerian Forces will run over Russia’s mikitary in less than 3 months

Damn! Russias military is the biggest joke of the 21st century. Less than 8 weeks and tremendous casualties

Bodmum:
the news is as sweet as aisha Buhari pussy, very pleasing. To the basterds, continue crying..... Putin dogs.

plaindealer:



,,,but small Ukraine that did not have any serious army 6 weeks ago is outsmarting and beating Russia with ease abi?

Is Ukraine beating Putin with cannon fodders, and how come the 10 million cannon fodders are not protecting Russia from serious beating by Ukraine.?

The so-called comedian is beating a so-called superpower..

You no think am through.

foryourmind:
LMAO. Where are Ndi 'Western Propaganda'? Una don tire.


The USA is truly the most powerful nation of all time.

If US attacked Ukraine, nobody will dare come to their aide. The whole thing will be finished in 1 week (how Russia thought they would win).

Putin has been demystifyed. The only thing giving him hope now is that his nuclear weapons. Even that one sef, USA fit equip Ukraine to disable nuclear missiles on Russian soil or in the sea and he will still see that he has nothing.

plaindealer:
Ukraine and the West actually anticipated urban and insurgency warfare in Ukraine, they dug graves for Russian troops al over the Ukrainian capital, but putin sq the rap and potential massive and embarrassing loss especially after losing too many already and he decided not to enter the capital even though he was less than 15 miles away..

plaindealer:
Just imagine, Russia is so weak that it can not fight Ukrainian soldiers face to face, Ukraine wiped out the tanks, planes, equipment, killed tens of thousands of troops and now wiping out their warships, Russia was forced to retreat, now all they are able to do is sit far far away and fire missiles at civilians and civilian targets, destroy apartments and public infrastructure which is actually not fighting a war, they are basically throwing tantrums out of frustration and embarassment.


What do you do when you can not defeat a small country like Ukraine and the whole world is watching as small Ukraine outsmart and slaps you around? You go crazy, you go out of character, you lose coordination and focus, you start bombing anything and everything in sight..


...but Ukraine and the West are ready for Putin'S craziness.

Putin himself won't survive this war, Russia is on a very fast road back to the stone age..


Just imagine, a common comedian is teaching the fake superpower how to fight a war.

Gra gra, pomposity, arrogance and agidi dey win wars...

Merisbankie:

Lop
Equip kor
Before that is done
Russia don finish both USA and Ukraine
Putin does not even cares about props

foryourmind:

Pouteen the finisher. This is how he captured Keiv under 2 days.

Let him finish battling a comedian and save his generals from death before facing the mighty USA.

Merisbankie:

See what you just said
Ukraine cows
Nah you wan kill putin shey
I guess you are hungry when you typed this

Merisbankie:

Not entering the capital was part of a peace talks held with Ukraine
Wise up bro
Putin is hitting the capital now with strike
Like make zelensky run to Poland