‘Winging It’: Russia Is Getting Its Generals Killed on the Front Lines

Posted on AllSides March 23rd, 2022
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Russia has lost at least five generals fighting in Ukraine in less than a month, Western officials said Monday, as communications failures and a lack of discipline among hundreds of thousands of conscripted Russian troops have made it more difficult to communicate orders to the front lines.

The tally of Russian generals killed in the nearly monthlong conflict—most of them one- and two-star commanders, including at least one lieutenant general—is likely the highest death rate among general officers in the Russian military since World War II.

On Sunday, Mykhailo Podoliak,...

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