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Major General Andrei Simonov reportedly died after his command post came under artillery fire by Ukrainian forces on Saturday April 30. The bombardment also took out more than 30 Russian armoured vehicles, including tanks. Videos circulating on social media appeared to show the command post being hit by Grad rockets, fired from a multiple-launch rocket system.

Presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said in an interview that some 100 Russian servicemen were also killed in the rocket attack.

The rate at which the Kremlin is losing senior commanders appears to be setting new records in modern military history.

Foreign correspondent Ian Birrell noted in a tweet: "Russia is losing one general a week on average in Putin's disastrous war, which must be an almost unprecedented rate of attrition for such senior officers."

The high casualty rate among among senior officers is also indicative of low morale among the rank and file, an ex-Estonian general told Express.co.uk.

Riho Terras said the senior commanders had to go to the frontlines to try and motivate their troops.

He said: "But the spirit in the Russian troops is still disastrous.

"Why is it that so many high ranking commanders, generals have been killed?

"Because they need to go to the troops in the front and try and encourage the troops to fight and get killed themselves.

"It only shows me that the spirit is not there."

Russian forces are trying to push south from Izyum towards Slovyansk, in a pincer movement designed to encircle Ukrainian troops defending the Donbas.

The strategic importance of the Izyum axis for Moscow was shown with the recent announcement that Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov would take personal command of the offensive there.

Ukrainian intelligence officials told the news outlet Defence Express that Gerasimov was already in-theatre and would command the offensive “at the operational and tactical level".

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1603798/putin-ukraine-tenth-russian-general-killed-invasion-Izyum-kharkiv-andrei-simonov

Menance:
Seems ones you're a Russian general you're bound to die.

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Detuner:
For one who is familiar with russia military doctrines, generals dying at war front is a common occurrence and is to be expected.

Being a general In a western army entails fighting or commanding from the rear, far from the battle front.

Opposite is the case in Russian military. Being a general in Russia means one has to fight alongside field troops at battle fronts to keeps fighting moral high. It is a doctrine Russia adopted since their war of revolution. It is a doctrine that also helped russia defeated Nazi Germany in WW2. Also because of this doctrine, Russia has the largest number of military generals of any army in the world. Russian generals are easily replaceable!

360degreess:
Nonsense.. You people should continue deceiving Ukraine while Russian army is roasting them like Suya..

pquaver:
Is it your roasting? Is Ukraine complaining to you? Why cry more than the bereaved?

Onyiiobi7735:
This war could have been prevented in the first place, but Ukraine chose to be foolish and let herself be played like a fiddle by the manipulative West.

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Fuckyoumod:
Russia never see anything yet.

So by the time NATO finally enters the war, which General Russia go use fight?

Because, I see NATO eventually joining this war soon.

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Quiny32323:
This war should be tagged "The foolish war of the century "
Na why America is more smart than others,they don't give to war if there is nothing to benefit from the war but putin decided to invade an obsolete country. Tufiakwa

pquaver:
Correction Russia did not defeat hitler point of correction, the allied forces did. The red army could not have done it alone.