Russian Brigade Commander "Killed deliberately by his own troops"

A Russian military commander was reportedly run over with a tank by his own men in response to the enormous losses his unit suffered in the invasion of Ukraine under his leadership.

“A Russian brigade commander has been killed deliberately by his own troops after his unit suffered many losses in Ukraine,” Deborah Haynes of Sky News reported. “Colonel Medvechek, commander of 37 Motor Rifle Brigade, was run over by his soldiers.”

BREAKING: A Russian brigade commander has been killed deliberately by his own troops after his unit suffered many losses in Ukraine, a western official said.
Colonel Medvechek, commander of 37 Motor Rifle Brigade, was run over by his soldiers, the official said

— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah)

Haynes was allegedly given the news by a Western official, but take everything you hear about the war in Ukraine with a grain of salt because a lot of it is going to be propaganda by both sides.

“The brigade commander of one of the units was killed by his own troops and killed by his own troops, we believe, as a consequence of the scale of loss that had been taken by his brigade,” the Western official reportedly told the reporter. “That just gives an insight into perhaps some of the morale challenges that Russian forces are having.”

“We believe he was killed by his own troops deliberately,” the official reportedly added. “Indeed we believe he was run over by his own troops and I believe he was the commander of the 37 Motor Rifle Brigade.”

Reuters reported that as many as six Russian generals have been killed in the war along with dozens of colonels and other ranking officers. Of course, these claims were fed to Reuters by Ukrainian officials so get out the salt shakers and be skeptical. 

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said this week that it believes the Russian military has suffered up to 40,000 casualties during its invasion of Ukraine, which began one month ago. This figure includes troops killed, captured, or are missing in action. But again, these figures were provided by Ukraine along with other information obtained from Russia and additional intel sources.

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The senior NATO official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that NATO believes between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed, and that the 30,000 to 40,000 estimated casualties are “based on the assumption that for every soldier killed, three are wounded.” Not to mention the fact that they weren't masked and, you know, COVID.

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