Western officials confirmed that the Russian colonel was killed by his subordinates, which is another evidence of dissatisfaction among Russian forces in Ukraine. This is reported by Politico.
Colonel, commander of the 37th motorized rifle brigade, got under armored vehicles and received severe injured of both legs.
“We believe that the brigade commander was killed by his soldiers as a result of large-scale losses caused by his brigade. He was killed by his soldiers intentionally. We believe that his own troops moved it,” said one of the officials.
Wednesday, a well-known Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsimbalyuk said that the soldier of a tank battalion of 37 OMSBR accused the death of colonel commander of the colonel of the colonel Yuri Medvedev.
He chose a convenient moment during the battle and moved the tank standing near the commander, damaged him both legs. Subsequently, it became known that the commander died.
According to Zymbalyuk, it is about the BTRG of a motorized rifle brigade based on the military unit 69647 (Buryatia). Two BTGRs from more than 1,500 soldiers lost about 50% of the personnel, a large number of soldiers were injured in varying severity. At the same time, Medvedev was awarded the Order of Courage.
Western official also confirmed Ukrainian reports that the Lieutenant-General, commander of the 49th trade army, died in battle, which made it the seventh Russian general who died in battle from the beginning of the invasion.