Russian tank commander run over and killed by his own angry troops -

Russian tank commander run over and killed by his own angry troops
Official says soldiers upset after unit suffers over 50% losses in combat, incident indicative of ‘morale challenges’ faced by army; 7th Russian general reported killed in fighting.
A Russian colonel has been run over and killed by his own troops, apparently angry over the devastating losses the unit suffered in combat, a Western security official said during a briefing to reporters on Friday.

The official said the incident occured in Russia’s 37th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade that had been fighting outside Kyiv.

The Western confirmation comes after a noted Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsimbalyuk posted a video on Wednesday of the colonel, identified as Yuri Medvedev, being evacuated by Russian soldiers on a stretcher.
Tsimbalyuk said the incident happened after the unit suffered over 50% losses. He reported that Medvedev’s legs were crushed and he was taken to neighboring Belarus for treatment.
He was later reported to have died.We believe he was killed by his own troops deliberately as a consequence of the scale of losses that had been taken by his brigade,” the official said. “That gives an insight into some of the morale challenges that Russian forces are having.”

“They really have found themselves in a hornet’s nest and they’re suffering really badly,” the official said.

he western official also confirmed Ukrainian reports that Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev, who commanded the 49th Combined Arms Army had been killed in the fighting.

Rezantsev was the seventh Russian general to be killed in combat since the invasion was launched one month ago.

Among the others said to have been killed is General Magomed Tushaev, of the Chechen Special Forces deployed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Russian Army Commander General Vlaislav Yershov, of the 6th Combined Arms Army, was identified as the general sacked earlier this week by the Kremlin.